The International Journal of Surgery, Volume 131900 - Medicine |
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abdominal abscess accident acid adhesions amputation anesthesia antiseptic appendicitis applied asepsis aseptic Association bandage bladder blood bone bowels broad ligament cancer catgut catheter cause cavity cent cervix Clinical color condition cure danger diagnosis disease drainage dressing Dysmenorrhoea effect employed employees eucain examination fingers forceps fracture fragments frequently gall-bladder gauze give gonorrhoea Gynecology hand hemorrhage hernia Hospital hysterectomy inches incision infection injury instrument intestinal iodoform joint Jour JOURNAL OF SURGERY kidney laceration ligature limb ment method muscles necessary normal occur operation ovary pain passed patient peritoneal peritoneum physician position possible posterior practice present prostate railroad RAILWAY SURGEONS rectum relief removed resection septic shock side skin solution splint sterile stricture strychnia surface Surg surgeon surgical sutures symptoms tendons tibia tion tissues traumatic treated treatment tube tumor urethra urine usually uterus vaginal weeks wound York
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Page 352 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in beauty's circle proudly gay ; The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent...
Page 351 - Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Page 67 - I then became a follower of Ochsner, and claimed that some cases came to the surgeon too late for an early operation, and too early for a late operation, and that an effort should be made to carry them over this period by gastric lavage, prohibition of food by the mouth, and nourishment by the rectum. Finally, however, after much thought and careful observation, I have become firmly convinced that Murphy was right in his bold and dogmatic statement...
Page 59 - Ohio have already done so, and when the other systems follow their lead it will be to their interest, as well as to the interest of the...
Page 343 - The meeting of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association will be held in Atlanta, November 13th, 14th and 15th.
Page 156 - Resolved, That the Secretary of this Association be instructed to send a copy of these resolutions...
Page 57 - No z, which shows that fifteen per cent, of the former and ten per cent, of the latter were rejected, principally on account of lack of vision, an absolutely necessary qualification, if they were to properly or safely perform their duties, and who, if the rule requiring the examination had been in force when they applied for employment, would never have gotten into the service. The information given in table No. 3, of the special examination of employees, showing that over ten per cent, of the...
Page 352 - ... invention and science. The condition of the Pacific coast is equally defenseless. The early completion of suitable harbor defenses would, therefore, seem to be an object of pressing importance. " Peace is the dream of philosophers, but war is the history of man.
Page 27 - Always empty the bladder before tapping the abdomen. Neglect of this precaution, especially in old men who may have retention due to prostatic trouble, may lead to puncture of the bladder. Pin worms about the rectum, in women, are a frequent source of pain which may resemble a good deal the pain of coccygodynia. In other instances they lead the patient to believe that some uterinedisturbance exists.
Page 326 - ... This tumor will probably be quite tender on pressure, will be quite symmetrical in outline, and will usually be distinctly pulsating. When such a tumor is found in a woman in whom we have reasonable grounds to suspect a pregnancy; when the uterus at the same time is found somewhat enlarged and having the feel of pregnancy, but not enlarged as much as we would expect in a pregnancy of so long continuance as the history indicates, a presumptive diagnosis of tubal pregnancy is warranted, and the...