Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences, Volume 4Charles Eucharist de Medicis Sajous F.A. Davis, 1890 |
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Page 34 - Annual Report" of the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service of the United States...
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Page 21 - The necessity for this depends on the size and attachments of the growth. 4. The forcible separation of the two jaws, and the introduction through the gap of the finger, periosteal scraper, or other similar instrument, with the view of separating secondary connections of the growth to the surrounding parts.
Page 36 - ... in sparse districts. With regard to specific causes, Dr. Longstaff says: "The cause or causes should not be sought for primarily in any high development of civilization, such as sewers, but rather in some condition associated with more primitive modes of life. Again, privies and ash-pits can hardly be important agents in breeding or disseminating the disease, or we should expect to find diphtheria exceptionally prevalent in those northern towns where such nuisances reach their worst, whereas...
Page 76 - Trompetter«^ gives another instance of the. successful removal of a piece of steel from the vitreous by means of the electro-magnet.
Page 5 - Record, 1890, says that the stimulating and narcotic properties of tobacco have an effect upon the body in moderate use as well as in immoderate use, the effect being simply in proportion to the quantity used, though the effects of moderate use may not be measurable by ordinary means. It is easy to see the effects of large amounts of tobacco in the stunted growth of adolescents, in functional cardiac disorders, loss of appetite, neuroses of motion, intellectual sluggishness, loss of memory, color-blindness,...
Page 90 - A certain number of cases of secondary glaucoma, especially those in connection with iritis, cyclitis, etc., are susceptible of permanent relief by eserine, and do not require an operation. This remark probably applies to most cases of increased tension in association with interstitial keratitis. 13. Although, as has been admitted, the prognosis after operation for simple glaucoma is always doubtful, it is yet the surgeon's duty to resort to operation in all cases in which the disease is definitely...
Page 60 - The acuteness of vision, other things being equal, is greater than that after the old operation. 3. Eccentric vision and orientation are much better than by the old operation. 4. Small particles of capsule are not so likely to be incarcerated in the wound, and thus act as foreign bodies and excite irritation. 5. The necessity of after-operations is probably not so great as after the old operation.
Page 60 - The cornea! section must be larger in order that the extrusion of the lens may be facilitated, as the presence of the iris acts as an obturator or obstacle to its passage. The corneal section must be performed rapidly so as to avoid the danger of the iris falling on the knife and being excised. The cleansing of the pupillary space and the posterior chamber is much more difficult than after the old operation. 2. Posterior synechiae, secondary prolapse, and incarceration of the iris are more frequent...
Page 10 - ... suffered from loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting, with headache, and her arms and legs felt heavy and powerless. About this time she came from India to England and came under Dr. Felkin's care. On examination, it was found that a remarkable hypertrophy of the integumentary system had taken place over the whole body, with the exception of the head and neck, the forearms and hands, the legs below the knees and the feet ; also the anterior aspect of the trunk from 3 inches below the clavicles...