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

280 THF CHARLOTTE MEDIOAL JOURNAL i
the left lateral ventricle uiid downward to Hemorrhoids preseni t«o forms, •iiigoma i
the fourth ventricle, through the aqueduct and simple varix. Diagnosis presents no j
ofSylvanus. From the fourth ventricle pus difEculty, Treatment is the same as in
had escaped into the arachnoid space, and adults, the Miculicz operation giving the
caused a basal meningitis, and involved all best results.—Archives Generalesde Chirur- ;
the cranial nerves. The chief interest of gie.
the case lay in the comparatively long time
^ Drcssina*"lorBurns.
the patient lived after the rupture, ot the
abscess into the lateral ventricle. This was Campho-Phenique makes an ideal dress- :
probably due to the operation being per- ing for burns. It is soothing, and while i
formed very soon after the rupture, and stimulating, does not irritate. Itsantiseptic ,
from the rupture being more a gradual properties makes it of inestimable value in •
leakage into the ventricle rather than a a wide field of both minor and major surgi- |
sudden burst.— British Medical Journal. cal work. i,
Campho"Phenique is not a recent produc- i
Cystalgia In Movable Kidney. tion. It has stood the test of time and en- 1
Ferdinando Gangitano gives the svmp- Jovs t^ie confidence of many of our promi- j
tomatologv of movable kinev as including
"ent surgeons and general practitioners. J
all sorts of neuralgic pains in the lumbar, Campho-Phenique is presented in both pow- I
crural, and intercostal regions, gastralgia,
^er and liquid form and a liberal sample I
hysterical attacks, nervous phenomena, with litetature will be forwarded upon re- ^
abolition of reflexes, diminution of the l^^st. ,
visual field, and disturbances of the genital
organs. The author records a case in which
the disturbances of the bladder were very
Hyperemia in the Treatment of Cliilbls>ins.
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severe and of a neuralgic nature. The ^r: B. Ritter states that not one case of ,;
pvelo-uretero-vesical reflex was excited
chilblains failed to improve under the appli-
in
this caae. The nervous filaments become c^^ion of which hyperemia is produced,
congested or affected bv toxic elements and The same thing can be brought about by*,
react excessively. The same plexus which the application of hot air to the part, in the
supplies the bladder enervates the lower porabsence
of the constricting bandage. The
tion of the uterer. The pain resulting causes
application should extend from six to twelve
^^o^rs,
in the author's case a course of treatment
with
for
a pause of at least two houre
cystisis by means of lavage of the bladder
daily.—Pritish Medical
to Jou rnal.
be undertaken. The reflex genital pains Feeding by Rectum.
caused a curretting and other uterine treat-
^^ ^^^^^^ ^e remembered that injection of
mentto be undertaken, all of which produced
nutrient material into the lowerbowel excites
no benefit because the cause of all the trouble
^^^^^-^ secretion, andmav thus account for
was a movable kidney The pain was due
^^^ ;„ j,^ ^^^ stomach frequently cornto
contractions of the detrusor and sphmc- pj^j^.^^^ ^f j,^ ^^^^^-^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ rectal feed-
ter of the bladder, and with them was combmed
disturbance of micturition.-La Ritorma
Medica.
-^^^ ^j^^-^ -^ important, because rectal feed-
j^^ jg ^ften advocated in gastric ulcer in
^^^j^^ ^^ ^.j^.g complete rest to the stomach,
Hemorrhoids in the Child.
not only from food but from the secretion of
gastric juice-— British ^ledical Journal.
Denis G. Zesas stf^tes that, although hemor
holds are rare in children, they do occur, Danger Due to Substitution.
forming bluish tumors about the anus. The Hardly another of all the preparations in exist-
4i _ 1 v ii .L r ,.1 r 1 ence offers a wider scope to imposition under the
author beieves that one of the factors is
piea of 'jnst as good" than the scientificallv standheredity,
there being an abnormal congeni- ardized Eucalyptol.
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tal thinness of the mucous membrane of the The most recent fraud practiced in regard to this I
anorectal region . The vessels of this region product is an attempt to profit by the renown of the
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participate in this thinness and they are
^j^rr^'a^cr'udV^oitThat h^^r^^ed
unable S^ to support the column of blood press- applicatioi:, ttie firm name of Sander & Sons is
i"8 against the walls of the hemorrhoidal illicitly appropriated, the make-up of their goods
veins. Constipation is an important factor
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imitated and finally the medical reports commend- I
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, • „ u-i ii 1. ng on the merits of their excellent preparation are,
in many cases, while in o hers a chronic „g^,^ „^^ „f j„ -^^ tj,^ ^^3i,^j l^,^ ,^ j,,^ i„;
diarrhea causes weakness of the walls. Tu- ended deceit.
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mors in the abdomen and enlarged liver are This fraud, which was exposed at an action tried •.
occasional causes of pressure on the veins, before the Supreme Court of Victoria at 1 elbourne, !
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T lifer.*;,.,, ,„-,„ ^lo^ k= 1 *• Infection may also be a cause, inoculation
talcing place trom simple subsphmctenc
ulcers and excoriations of the anal region,
and Others reported before in the medica literatiirei
show that every plivsician should see that his patent
gets exactly what he prescribed. No "just as
good" allowed.
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