The Philadelphia Medical And Surgical Journal Vol 6 PDF Download

Excerpt from Philadelphia Medical Times, Vol. 6: A Bi-Weekly Journal of Medical and Surgical Science; April 1, 1876 Ligature ofthe external iliac artery BY AN antiseptic material, for the cure or AN unusual number or aneurisms Oliver Pemberton, Ed, reports in the London Lame! Of February 26 the case of a patient 47 years of age, in whom were present in the same limb three considerable aneurismal tumors, - namely, one beneath Poupart's ligament, one at the apex of Scarpa's Space, and one in the popliteal region, - and in whom he tied the external iliac with a carbolized animal ligature. Three weeks after the operation the wound was soundly healed, having for the first fourteen days been treated thoroughly antiseptic, and for the subsequent ones dressed with a resin ointment to remedy some adjacent excoria tion. The aneurismal tumors at the time were firm and contracting in dimensions. Gangrene, which had occurred, ended by a well-defined line at the middle of the leg. The dead part being dry, absolutely without putre faction, under an antiseptic dressing of cotton wool prepared by saturation in a solution of carbolic acid in ether. The patient was well, and, beyond suffering pain near the line of demarcation, was undisturbed by the death of his foot. Salicin IN rheumatism. - Dr. T. Mac lagan has used salicin in rheumatism. He employed it in eight cases, and arrives at the following conclusions: I. We have in salicin a valuable remedy in the treatment of acute rheumatism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.