The Bulletin of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, Volume 3, Issue 3 |
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A. M. SHIPLEY Annapolis Anne Arundel County annual meeting Arundel County Medical BALTIMORE MEDICAL COLLEGE Board of Medical BULLETIN C. M. ELLIS C. R. WINTERSON CAROLINE COUNTY Carvel Hall Centreville Chas Chestertown City Clinical COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY Course begins Sept Crisfield DAVID STREETT December Delegate Discussed by Drs editor Elkton Emeritus Professor Emil Novak F. H. THOMPSON Faculty Fall Course begins FREDERICK COUNTY GORDON WILSON H. B. Gantt Hagerstown Health infant mortality J. L. RILEY J. W. HUMRICHOUSE January John Ruhräh July and October L. B. HENKEL L. C. CARRICO L. F. Barker LEE HALL Maryland Medical Examiners Medicine MEMOIR COMMITTEE newspaper Obstetrics OTOLOGY P.M. Reception Port Deposit President prevention of infant programme QUEEN ANNE COUNTY Salisbury Second Tuesdays Secretary-Treasurer SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING Smith TALBOT COUNTY Tetanus Antitoxin Third Tuesdays Treasurer Trusses Tuesday in April Tuesday in June W. R. Dunton W. S. ARCHER Warfield wound
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Page 27 - Carefully and thoroughly remove, from the wound every particle of foreign matter. "3. Cauterize the wound thoroughly with a 25% solution of phenol (carbolic acid). "4. Apply a loose wet boric acid pack. "5. Inject subcutaneously 1,500 tmits of antitetanic serum. "6. In no case should the wound be closed; it should be allowed to heal by granulation. The dressing and packing should be removed every day.
Page 32 - Transactions of the First Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality.
Page 27 - To put the matter in a nutshell, it may be stated dogmatically that the value of Tetanus Antitoxin as a prophylactic agent is very great, and its efficiency nearly absolute. To neglect to use antitoxin as a curative agent is also unwarranted in the light of our present knowledge.
Page 32 - Association as stated in the constitution were: 1. The study of infant mortality in all its relations. 2. The dissemination of knowledge concerning the causes and prevention of infant mortality.
Page 28 - Department for Teaching Clinical Obstetrics ; Large Clinics. Send for Catalogue, and address DAVID STREETT, MD, Dean...
Page 27 - Tetanus Antitoxin is effective, and will, in most cases, forestall a fatal issue if injected immediately or very soon after the wound has been incurred. This agency is no longer 'of doubtful value' or 'in the experimental stage' ; indeed, in our belief, this has now been so well demonstrated that the physician neglecting its use would be held legally negligent in the event of any suit. "Prophylactic doses of Tetanus Antitoxin (1500 units) given immediately upon the injury are almost absolutely effective....
Page 27 - The tetanus mortality has dropped in six years from 406 to 55. We have made extensive inquiries into the treatment received by those injured in Fourth of July accidents, and have yet to learn of a single case in which tetanus developed in a person who had early received a prophylactic dose of antitoxin."— Ed.,/.
Page 32 - This association is the outgrowth of the Conference on Prevention of Infant Mortality, held by the American Academy of Medicine at New Haven, in 1909, and the next annual meeting will be held in Chicago, next November.
Page 33 - Medical and Material Aspects of Industrial Employment for the Insane," Dr. GA Blumer, Utica, NY The meeting then adjourned to permit the members to attend the centennial celebration of the Maryland Hospital for the Insane at Catonsville, Md. SECOND SESSION. The meeting was called to order at 8 pm by the President, Dr. TO Powell. The annual address on "Advances in Neurology and Their Relations to Psychiatry,
Page 27 - 2. Carefully and thoroughly remove from the wound every particle of foreign matter. "3. Cauterize the wound thoroughly with a 25% solution of phenol (carbolic acid).