Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1916 — "Twilight Sleep” Has Competitor. [ARTICLE]

"Twilight Sleep” Has Competitor.

“Twilight sleeß” it is declared, will be superseded by the use of nitrous oxidoxogen gas to make childbirth painless. The latter gas, the new use of which was discovered by Dr. Carl Henry Davis, in Rush Medical college, is practically harmless, while “twilight sleep” is regarded by American doctors as being extremely dangerous to the patient. Nitrous gas, according to Doctor Davis, deadens all pain, but allows freedom of thought and action. A patient under its influence can follow instrucst ructions, and it need be inhaled only in small quantities and at infrequent intervals to be successful.