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History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

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1 94 <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medical Practice <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>oisthe Vag<strong>in</strong>a." When a patient so operated developed bowel obstruction tendays after vag<strong>in</strong>al hysterectomy with clamps, he put his hand up <strong>in</strong>to theabdom<strong>in</strong>al cavity via the vag<strong>in</strong>a, got hold <strong>of</strong> the distended and obstructedloop <strong>of</strong> bowel which he pulled down <strong>in</strong>to the vag<strong>in</strong>a, and there put <strong>in</strong> aMurphy button. Gas and feces were passed on the second day through therectum. Later a fecal fistula developed per vag<strong>in</strong>am but this slowly healedand closed. The Murphy button was passed by rectum and the patientrecovered."Iod<strong>of</strong>orm Injection Treatment <strong>of</strong> Hip Jo<strong>in</strong>t Disease" was presented byDr. Alexander Hugh Ferguson <strong>of</strong> Chicago. He recommended from 120 <strong>in</strong>jections, and disagreed with the use <strong>of</strong> the Thomas spl<strong>in</strong>t immobilization."Cholelithiasis, a Plea for Operative Treatment" was the next paper,read by Dr. E. Mammen <strong>of</strong> Bloom<strong>in</strong>gton. He quoted Senn as say<strong>in</strong>g: "Theremoval <strong>of</strong> calculi from the gallbladder can now be accomplished withvery little danger to life. The simple fact that a patient is suffer<strong>in</strong>g fromgall stones does not furnish a positive <strong>in</strong>dication for surgical <strong>in</strong>terference.The physician's and nature's resources should be given a chance, and thesurgeon's services should be limited to those cases <strong>in</strong> which positive <strong>in</strong>dicationsfor treatment present themselves. The surgeon who recorded the firstsuccessful case <strong>of</strong> cholecystectomy has s<strong>in</strong>ce become the victim <strong>of</strong> gallstones, but <strong>in</strong>stead <strong>of</strong> call<strong>in</strong>g upon one <strong>of</strong> his colleagues to open the gallbladderand remove the stones, he made a pilgrimage to Carlsbad and waspromptly relieved." Whether relief was permanent or not was not stated!Dr. Mammen outl<strong>in</strong>ed the <strong>in</strong>dications for cholecystectomy, and reported acholecystoduodenostomy us<strong>in</strong>g a Murphy button upon f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g a stonelodged <strong>in</strong> the common duct. The button passed on thediscussion Dr. Ferguson said:to17th day. In the"Cholelithiasis has become a surgical subject.No medication does it any good." He spoke <strong>of</strong> the dangers <strong>of</strong> the use<strong>of</strong> the Murphy button and <strong>of</strong> the possibility <strong>of</strong> remov<strong>in</strong>g a common ductstone through the bowel and ampulla <strong>of</strong> Vater."Metatarsalgia" was presented by Dr. A. E. Halstead <strong>of</strong> Chicago. Headvised resection <strong>of</strong> the nerves <strong>in</strong> chronic cases, record<strong>in</strong>g three <strong>of</strong> his own.This operation has recently been reported as "new.""Surgery <strong>of</strong> the Gasserian Ganglion with Demonstrations" was given byDr. J.B. Murphy <strong>of</strong> Chicago who advised an <strong>in</strong>tracranial operation.1897An address was given by Dr. Weller Van Hook <strong>of</strong>Chicago on "ThePresent Relation <strong>of</strong> Surgery to Internal Medic<strong>in</strong>e." He po<strong>in</strong>ted out thatanatomy gave a dignified basis for surgery. He also spoke <strong>of</strong> the recentadvance <strong>of</strong> anesthesia and <strong>of</strong> the knowledge ga<strong>in</strong>ed from cellular pathol-

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