Abstract: A method of combined spinal and epidural anesthesia includes (a) inserting a catheter into an epidural space in a patient; (b) performing a spinal anesthesia for the patient; (c) monitoring an analgesic level of the spinal anesthesia in the patient; (d) in the event that the analgesic level of the spinal anesthesia is found to be insufficient in the patient, injecting a physiological saline solution through the catheter into the epidural space, thereby rapidly expanding the analgesic level of the spinal anesthesia in the patient. Preferably, the analgesic level of the spinal anesthesia is monitored at a point of time about 10 minutes after the spinal anesthesia. It is also preferred that the amount of injection of the physiological saline solution be adjusted as a function of the height of the patient to rapidly raise the analgesic level of the spinal anesthesia to a desired level in the patient.

Abstract: A crab-meat-type fish paste product. The appearance of the product and the feel in the mouth, even with a fish paste, are very close to those of crab meat over prior art products. The product comprising a number of short cut fibrous fish meats which are disposed diagonally in a certain direction across the longitudinal direction of the finished product and the individual short fibrous meats are completely separated from one another.

Abstract: Apparatus for continuously producing fish meat processed food which is produced by preparing fine filaments from paste-like fish meat and bundling a number of said filaments. The continuously producing apparatus comprises a solidification device for solidifying paste-like fish meat into thin web-like fish meat, a first cutting device for cutting the solidified fish meat lengthwise to form fine filament-like fish meat, a collection device for collecting the filament-like fish meat while transporting the same, a bundling device for successively urging and fixing filaments of the collected fish meat while transporting the same into the desired diameter, a packaging device for packaging the bundled fish meat with a packaging film, and a second cutting device for cutting the packaged fish meat into the desired axial length.