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Problems in chest surgery: Cases with prolonged toxaemia or amyloid disease require an anaesthetic agent of low toxicity. When sputum or blood are present in the tracheobronchial tree the anaesthesia should abolish reflex distrubances and excessive sputum be removed by suction. The technique should permit the use of a high oxygen atmosphere; controlled respiration with cyclopropane or ether fulfil these requirements. ⋯ During other procedures it is essential to maintain quiet respiration. In war casualties it is almost always possible, with the technique described, to leave the lung on the affected side fully expanded and thus frequently to restore normal respiratory physiology. Co-operation between surgeon and anaesthetist is essential.