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

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THF CHARLOTTE MEDIOAL JOURNAL
delivery by the natural passages should be other run-down conditions.—Gaz. Med.
out of the question.
Lomb.
An interesting case in this connection recentlv
has been the subject of a coroner's Treatment of Basedow's Disease with
Antithyroldin.
inquest in the town of St. Laurent in Canada.
A woman suffering from an abscess The patient observed by Galli-\'alerio
in the brain died during labor, and at the and Rochaz first noticed a slight swelling
order of the priest in attendance a midwife of the isthmus of the thyroid gland, but
performed post-mortem Csesarean section, typical Basedow symptoms appeared after
itissaid with a razor, and extracted a living an angina. A subsequent diphtheria conchild
who survives. The matter naturally siderably aggravated the condition, and
occasioned a good deal of comment in a palpitation of the heart, dyspnea, diarrhea,
small town, and in view of the rumor which and extreme prostration were marked sympprevailed
that the woman was not dead at toms. The milk of thyroidectomiz-id goats
the time the operation was performed the
midwife was held by many to have committed
murder. A post-mortem examinacould
not be taken, and rodagen, though it
slightly improved the condition, causedsuch
gastrointestinal disturbance that its use was
tion, however, cleared up the cause of death discontinued. In the meantime the cirand
all the parties concerned were exoner- cumference of the neck had increased to 36
ted. The performance of such an opera- Cm.
tion by anyone but a properly qualified Antithyroidin was then tried, in doses of^,
medisal man, especially in a case in which /2 to 2}i Cc, three times a day before-;
the patient was not dead at the time of its meals, with light wine. After 50 Cc, given
performance, might well expose the persons during eighteen days, the nodules softened i
concerned to a charge being preferred and there was marked improvement in the ,
against them of manslaughter, if not of subjective symptoms. This continued after I
murder —The London Medical Lancet. a second and a third similar course. Sleep
returned, weight increased, the appetite was '
Indications ior Euquinine. good, and the tremor and profuse perspira- :
tions disappeared. The pulse remained the ;
Previous eyperiments have shown that a same, but both exophthalmos and thyroid ;
large percentage of ths dose ingested of tumor were less noticeable. An attack of i
euquinine—the quinine carbonic acid ester influenza was followed by a return of the
quinine, which contains as much as 78. 2 symptoms, again relieved by the antithy-
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percent, quinine— is rendered soluble by roidin. No after-effects were noticed, ex- |
the gastric juice, and also by the bile, which cept that some hair was lost after the second 1
forms soluble taurocholates and glycocho- course of treatment, and the finger nails be- I
lates. It is rapidly and completely absorb- came brittle. The liquid preparation seems j
ed, just like the quinine dihydrochloride, to be superior to the tablets. It will prob- ,
and hence is equally as active. This is also ably be necessary to take the remedy from i
proved by the fact that very large doses will time to time, until a permanent cure has \
give rise to toxic symptoms in man as well been established.—Therap. Montashefte.
as animals. Euquinine possesses the ad- „ .. „^ .^,— „ « ^ i, i
c , ^11 .^.1 1^ Brooklyn Physicians to Honor Dr. Cook. I
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vantage of being practically tasteless, but
care must be taken that it is not prescribed A public reception in honor of Dr. Cook .]
with acid substances. is being planned by the medical profession j
From a large number of cases collected of Brooklyn. A meeting was held a few ^l
from the literature by C. Zucchi, it is evi- days ago to make arrangements to welcome i
dent that euquinine is a tasteless drug which Dr. Cook back to Brooklyn, and among i
is readily taken by children in milk, broth, those present were reprejentatives from the I
or cocoa. It causesno gastric disturbances, following medical societies of Brooklyn: I
except in a very few instances vvliere an Medical Society of the County of Kings, the I
idiosyncrasy is present. The disagreeable Homoeopathic Society of the County of i>
symptoms of quinine intoxication do not Kings, the Eclectic Society, the Brooklyn i
occur. Euquinine is indicated as a pro- GynEecological Society, the Brooklyn Sur- I
phylactic and curative drug for malaria, gical Society, the Brooklyn Pathological :
even in cases where quinine itself is without Society, the Associated Physicians of Long I
effect. It is also a good febrifuge in typhoid. Island, and the Brooklyn Medical Society. „;
pyemia, influenza, articular and muscular A committee of arrangements was appoint- ';)
rheumatism, puerperal fever, bronchitis, and ed consisting of Dr. Elias II. Bartley. Dr. :^
tuberculosis. As antispasmodic, it is serv- Walter B. Chase, and Dr. Alfred Bell who J
iceable in pertusis. It has a decidedly bene- will communicate with Dr. Cook regarding 'i
ficial action in many neuralgias and is ^n the date of the reception.—N. Y. Medical 3
excellent tonic in anemia, chlorosis, and Journal. i
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