The Journal of Advanced Therapeutics, Volume 28A.L. Chatterton & Company, 1910 |
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Page 558 - General Surgery. Edited by John B. Murphy, AM, MD, LL.D., Professor of Surgery in the Northwestern University, Attending Surgeon and Chief of Staff of Mercy Hospital, Wesley Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital and Columbus Hospital; Consulting Surgeon to Cook County Hospital and Alexian Brothers
Page 609 - MOIST HEAT. Thermotherapy in inflammatory conditions seems to prove most effective when applied in the form of moist heat. The relaxation of pressure by infiltrated and swollen tissues upon nerve endings, as experienced by the relief of pain, specifically proves this. The advantages of moist heat where indicated is generally acknowledged.
Page 557 - DISEASE — Etiology, Pathology, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Prophylaxis, and Treatment. — By George Dock, AM, MD, Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, Medical Department Tulane University of Louisiana, New Orleans, and Charles C. Bass, MD, Instructor of Clinical Microscopy and Clinical Medicine, Medical Department Tulane University of Louisiana, New Orleans.
Page 338 - Anal fissure should be cocainized, then a copper probe attached to the positive pole should be applied until a pronounced deposit of the oxychloride of copper salt is obtained. There will be considerable soreness for a few days, but the patient is always greatly benefited by the first treatment if not cured by it, and is always cured by five or six treatments. Where the edges of a fissure are greatly hypertrophied the negative pole should be applied to cause liquefaction of the dense tissues.
Page 409 - By Sinclair Tousey, AM, MD, Consulting Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Clinic, New York City.
Page 454 - ... little children, for the following reasons: "1. The short time required for a cure in over 85 per cent of cases. "2. The ease of administration of the vaccine, no special apparatus or knowledge of technic being necessary.
Page 559 - Gynecology. Edited by Emilius C. Dudley, AM, MD, Professor of Gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School; Gynecologist to St. Luke's and Wesley Hospitals, Chicago. And C.
Page 338 - Where the edges of a fissure are greatly hypertrophied, the negative pole should be applied to cause liquefaction of the dense tissues. In cases of prolapse where the redundancy of the rectal wall is of moderate degree, galvanism is of marked benefit, an electrode attached to the positive pole should be introduced into the rectum and a current of fifteen to twenty-five milleamperes used daily for ten or fifteen minutes.
Page 599 - Eugene Rogers, MD, Formerly Demonstrator of Anatomy in the University of New York City. With Original Illustrations.
Page 609 - Thermotberapy in inflammatory conditions seems to prove most effective when applied in the form of moist heat. The relaxation of pressure by infiltrated and swollen tissues upon nerve endings, as experienced by the relief of pain, specifically proves this. The advantages of moist heat where indicated is generally acknowledged. The method of its application from professional preferment seems to be in the form of Antiphlogistine. By this method a high temperature can be maintained in contact with the...