“…19F spectra of anaesthetic agents have been reported in model systems (see, for example, Koehler, Jain, Stone, Fossel & Koehler, 1978), in blood (Wyrwicz, Schofield & Burt, 1982), and in biological tissues (Wyrwicz, Pszenny, Schofield, Tillman, Gordon & Martin, 1983;Burt, Moore, Roberts & Brady, 1984;Moore & Roberts, 1985). The 19F chemical shift of halothane shows a pronounced dependence on tissue type, and at least in excised tissues there are demonstrative differences between tumour and non-tumour tissue.…”