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Norman M. O'Farrell, M.D.
340 Kalmia St. San Diego, Calif.

AMA Arch Derm. 1955;71(5):617.

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To the Editor: In the section of the Clinical Notes of the issue of the ARCHIVES for January of 1955 is an article by Eugene L. Saenger entitled "Roentgen Ray Epilation Under Anesthesia." The author advises that where epilation is necessary for a child who is too young to cooperate that the subject be admitted to a hospital and the procedure done under ether anesthesia.

It has been my experience that this is entirely unnecessary. I have epilated children as young as 2 years of age by having the parents insert 3 grains of pentobarbital (Nembutal) in the rectum two hours before the epilation is planned. With this drug the child is usually not asleep but so heavily sedated that there is no resistance to the positions and shielding needed, and the whole thing can be carried out in the office. I have never seen ill effects from this dosage. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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