Anoci-association


By the law of phylogenetic association, we are now prepared
to make a practical application of the principles of the discharge
of nervous energy. In the case of a surgical operation, if fear
be excluded and if the nerve-paths between the field of operation
and the brain be blocked with cocain,[*] no discharge of energy will be
caused by the operation; hence no shock, no exhaustion, can result.
Under such conditions the nervous system is protected against
noci-association, resulting from noci-perception or from an adequate
stimulation of nociceptors. The state of the patient in whom all
noci-associations are excluded can be described only by coining
a new word. That word is "anoci-association" (Fig. 14).


[*] See footnote, page 4.@@@


The difference between anesthesia and anoci-association is that,
although _inhalation anesthesia_ confers the beneficent loss of
consciousness and freedom from pain, it does not prevent the nerve
impulses from reaching and influencing the brain, and therefore does
not prevent surgical shock nor the train of later nervous impairments
so well described by Mumford. _Anoci-association_ excludes fear,
pain, shock, and postoperative neuroses. _Anoci-association_ is
accomplished by combining the special management of patients
(applied psychology), morphin, inhalation anesthesia,