Vol. 60, 1909 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

ABSTRACTS.
juprarenalis. The thyroid was enlarged, •sj«€««€€Se*S€e!$S*r$-$;5SSS:'$i$S$S*$i$,
3Ut the hypophyses were not. The case %
yas Iherefore, one of atrophv of the germ ^"^ J; cj t ^'--'^ T T » « ;!;
jlands ds with witl: hypertrophy of those of the 4 1 Ollet ^^^-^OyP^ieniC %
I'ascular system
Urachal Cyst Simulating Appendicu.
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ar Abscess; Arrested Development ol 4
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[Genital Tract.— Doran, in The London 'k . a,-. . • il
,» r J 1 T i i- »i r ;!; H;:trrra After trvinE: various aeents -P
iMed.cal Lancet, mentions the case of a pa- * feai recommended for the hygiene of |
:ient, a girl of l/'j years, who complained /fi ~!?H.| the toilet without satisfactory
)f pain in the right stde of the abdomen for % S:5^=3j results, give Tyree's Powder a *
)ne month previously. On examination a ^^m i» chance. Try a twenty five cent ^
ii- r '
I J 1 »i • i_^ r .1 W r DOS. It has tfle Dlehest indorse- 'ft
arge swelling was found to the right of the * ments from ^cient.s-s ai:d practitioners. |
nediuin line; there was no fever. The va- g who have used it tor a great many years %
jina was only two inches in depth and a * witu unfailicg results in Leocorrhea, Gon- \t
small opening leading to a canal was dis. | ""'^ff- Y?^'°''^?; P'^'itus, etc.. as well as %
1 . ., J ,1 t 1 . 1 S> Prickly Heat, Ulcers, Poison Oak, Tender cK
:overed at the upper end, through which % ^^^^^ ^offensive Perspiration, Hi^es, Ec- %
he menstrual flow was seen to come. At j}> zema, Old Sores, and Catarrhal Conditicas *
jperation the mass was found to be a cvst «t> °^ ^^^ Nose and Throat. ^
)f the urachus containing clear fluid. The %, ^\ neither pains or stains. Is odorless jj>
^ J 1 .1 1 1 1 1 I ? ana economical, without the all pervaomji "i
:yst was connected to the bladder by means vj/
^^1, jaie odor of Carbolic, Iodoform, eic. ^ t.
)f a cord and the upper end lay just beiieatli ^ Be sure you get Tyree's Powder. A 3/
he umbilicus. In addition the uterus was ^K sample and booklet containing its compo- #
•oundtobebicornate, both horns lying be- «> sition bacteriological and clinical poten- a>
J ,. . » .1 » i, %-i »•/ cies furnished the profession free upon w
ow and ad.iacent to the cyst vvallr 1 he «> appij^ation. >'?
;yst lining was removed and the cavity was % . _ „„„„„ -,, • i m v » n n (!i
>losed by buried sutures: the patient made * J- S. TYREE, CliemiSt; WaSniDgtOD, D. C. |
m uneventful recovery.
Doran reviews the pathogenesis of those
:ysts. The epithelial lining of the urachus. always causes more or less cardiac weakeniccordiiig
to Wutz, grows steadily up to the ing, and this may sometimes become spe-
>.5th year, and in about one-third of the ciallv manifest. '
The erroneous idea as to
:ases cystic dilatations of the canal are the effect of sodium salicylate on the heart
sresent. The writer found that the vesical has led to its being given oiilv in small
)rifice of the urachus is guarded by a trans- doses. The addition of double the quantity
rerse valvular fold. Others have found of sodium bicarbonate is an effectual means
hat in a considerable number of cases, the of diminishing side-effects, and the unpleasipper
wall of the bladder presents a diver- ant taste may be covered bv glycerine and
iculuin of varying depth, sometimes even peppermint water or chloroform water.
is far as the umbilicus. A urachal mesen- -f ijjg combination should be given in freery
is not uncommon. Cysts of the urachus quent and increasing doses until the occursresent
themselves in four different types: rence of any unpleasant side effect is ob-
.1 ) with fistukee: ( 2 ) primary cystic fistukx; served. The paper gives full details of the
rommunicaling with either the bladder or treatment of acute and subacute rlieumahe
umbilicus: (.ij pure urachal cysts; (4) tism by this means.
lecondarv cystic fistula;, deleloped from —:, _ „,.
mre cysts whieh have acquired communi-
Toxicity ol Mother's Milk.
:ations with the bladder or the umbilicus. Raymond Francois believes that he has
The author guards against the temptation «een cases in which the milk of its own
o call all cysts in the neighborhood be- mother has been an evident poison to an
ween the bladder and the umbilicus, ura- infant, while it would thrive on the milk of
:lial cvsts. .Many of these are merely cases wet nurse or on artificiol feeding. He be-
•f encysted peritonitis, tubercular or other- I'eves that there are conditions in which
yise. the human milk has a toxic effect on the
infant. This poison is evidently in the
Sodium Salicylate in Rheumatism.— xnWV, and is due in general to some form of
.«es: (Proc. Royal Soc. Med.) says that intoxication in the mother, the poison of
odium salicylate, when given to a rheu- which is carried over into the milk. It has
natic patient, does not cause any weaken- been shown that coloring and other matters,
ng of the cardiac action. The idea that it diphtheria antitoxin, etc., are carried over
S a depressant probably arose from the i„to the milk. Menstruation, dyspepsia,
nresence of impurities in the drug during constipation, and similar conditions may
ts early apijlication; these are now rarely produce this poison.—Journal de Medecine
net with. But rheumatic taxsemia itself de Paris,