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

ABSTRACTS.
:over chancres on the lips or face. Noso- point.s in favor of this method are said to
,hen,s a good dust.uff powder, and ortho- be: 1. That it is an efficient method of
orm may be used in painful cases. Ma- skin sterilization. 2. The sur-eon can be
ignant forms of the disease responded best absolutely certain that it has been applied,
o injections of calomel. When inunctions .3. It is quickly and easily applied. 4. It
!,7P.^"d/"'P'^"'- '"ay l^e saves the patient the suffering of Zmw ..Sh
a prepara-
|iseful ly added. The iodides are most use- tion which is at present verv lengthy and
ul m the tertiary lesions, but act well in very disagreeable. 5. It obviates the ne-
Pa*'^'^^^
"''''''' °^ shaving, which is
't^lrT.7 f"^^°"'^^''>' '"?'^"T unpleasant at
|r throat. lodism may be removed by daily the time and causes considerable irritation
dministrat.on of 1,. grains of sulphanilic afterward. 6. It saves an enormous amount
c.d in / ounces of water. In sensitive of labor upon the part of assistants and
ases lodip.n IS a useful subst.tute.-British nurses, with conseqnentiv a lessened exled.cal
JournaL penditure. 7. It saves the cost of prepara-
..T^ • ^°^^' niaterials • „ w and dressings. 8. It can .
be
It IS a well recognized fact that salicylic used in emergencv cases where preparation
cid, the drug invariably indicated in rheu- by the usual method is impossible
latism, is also the best bowel antiseptic. ^__^_^
Vhile the salicylic acid prepared from the The Symptomatic Expression Called Exatural
oil is not depressant to the heart, ophthalmic Goiter in its Relation
he synthetic salicylic acid on account of to the Function of Reproduces
iini)urities is both depressing and irrita- tion in the Woman.
ating, and hence should never be given in- , „• j r
rnally. ^- I i"ard, after giving the history . of an
Salicvlic acid
'"^^^esting
is best
case
administered
observed
in the
by him, in which
orm of sodium '^ symptoms
salicvlate
of
as it is then
exophthalmic
abgoiteraporbed
as a sodium P^-'^ed
salt and
whenever the
is also
reproductive
more functions
fl'stiirbed, gives it as the result of his
cceptable to the stomach. Small doses of Y'^
le natural sodium "'nervations
salicvlate
that the
frequentlv
syndrome called ex-
•dministered "P''/lialmic
have a
goiter
cumulative
has
action and
an etiologic relation
,an be long tolerated
ovulation
without and
discomfort
not with
or V pregnancy,
without any unpleasant or undesirable ^°T' '''^
. harmonious rhythm of the
[.mptoms." reproductive functions is re-established the
'*>'"''''0'"e Tongaline disappears.
fulfills
It
j all these conditions
would be prema-
Soroughly and is an ideal
^°
vehicle
^^^ ^^*' engrafted on
for
a
the
nervous
^"I'f
ministration of the ^'^
natural
autointoxication '
salicylic
resulting
acid T "^^J^''^'^
irom a derangement of an internal secretion
Sterilization ol the Skin of
of
^
Operation the ovaries, not the thyroid.—Annales de
ireas.-Stretton ( Brit. Med. Jour. ) applies (b'necologie et d'Obstetrique.
b the skin a solution of iodine consisting of
«ie part of liqu. iodi. fort. ( B. P. ) and three ^ Supporter that Supports.
^"^,. °f< equal parts of methylated spirit A perfect binder and supporter has been
na distilled water). The writer commenced long in making its appearance, buttlieconle
use of this method m minor cases, but sensus of opinion by those seeing the exhi-
as soon so well satisfied that he extended bition of the '
-Storm" Binder and Support
to others. It is carried out as follows: at the recent meeting of the A. M A at
wide area of the surface to be operated Atlantic City was that perfection had at
bon IS painted on very freely, especially last been reached. Many who had been
^er hairy parts, and allowed to soak in. previously unconvinced by the advertiseis
again painted immediately preceding ments of this invention of Dr. Storm in the
!ke operation. After the stitches are insert- medical journals, where they have appeared
I they are painted over for a margin of an for some time, were delighted with the
ch all round. The first and only dressing practical demonstration of its value. The
usually made on the eighth day: the unsolicited expressions of approval and
tches are then removed, and the line of satisfaction from those who are using them,
cisioii Willi a margin of one inch is paint- and which Dr. Storm is constantly receivwith
the iodine solution. If for any ing, speak more loudly than all else: for,
ason the wound requires to be inspected after all, the iiomely old adage is as potent
an earlier date, it is painted as above de- as ever, that the "proof of the pudding is
ribed. No previous preparation of any in the eating." If you are in despair for
nd is undertaken—no bath, no scrubbing, an abdominal binder that w/// support and
Id no shaving. The latter is an import- yet not cause discomfort m the wearing.
It point because it saves the patient a and will in fact be so comfortable that your
od deal of after-discomfort. The chief patient will rather wear it than not, try one
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