In the treatment of sciatica by elec tricity each ease must be a law unto itself. Splendid reaults obtained per sonally from a high tension, alternating current, eombined with the direct, cur rent. F.11. Bishop (Virginia Med. Semi monthly, July 8, '98).
elve cases of rheumatic seiatieit treated with strong hydrochloric acid ap plied to areas several centimetres itt di ameter over thc tender points in tho 1. 'tit I till Den t and at tile Of tile trtela al column, cl.ery second or third day, and nal plied after the effects of the irL ding 1,1,1 t 1011 1111 Ve liaSS01.1 oir.
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Tut-) obstinate cases of many years' duration in u hich saloplien alkaline solu tion, each 10 cubic centimetres contain ing 1 gramme of salophen, injected into the gluteal muscles every other day. After the eleventh injection the pain prac tically gone. Thirty injections were given in all, after IN Ilia the patients felt quite men. Seen fourteen months later, they had remained free from pain. Glictti .Gaz. degli Osped., Sept. 23, 1900).
Frictions with chloral liniment proved very sati.stactory. The liniment is rubbed vigorously in the painful area for ten minutes night and morning. It consists of equal parts of chloral-hydrate and olive-oil, the former being previously dis solved in the smallest possible amount ot water. The mixture requires to be pre pared fresh each time. Lafond Grellety
Jour. de A1ed. et de Chin Pratiques, Jan. 10, 1901).
Case of sciatica in which most active measures proved unavailing. A warm intrarachidean injection of 2-per-cent. aqueous solution of cocaine was then given in the fourth lumbar space, about one centimetre to the right of the me dian line, and proved successful. There was slight fever lasting three or four days. and a patch of labial herpes, but no secondary symptoms followed. The analgesia lasted about ten to twelve hours and the sciatica did not return. Pulle atiforma Medica. Feb. 22, 1901).
Intra-arachnoidal injections of cocaine tried in a case of sciatica. The patient, a man aged 35, had sufTered from right sided sciatica for eight days. Cocaine, 1/,, grain, was injected into the intra arachnoid space. After three minutes the pain ceased and the patient rose and walked about all day. Although the pain retur-ned later, it was of a mild de gree, and the patient considered himself cured. Marie and Guillain fGaz. Hebd. de 3.1):A. et de Chir., No. 27, 1901).
S Malty cases of sciatica there are abnormal adhesions existing just above t he exit of the nerve from Una greater sciatic foramen or at the foramen, therefore in stubborn cases of sciatica the nerve should be exposed at its exit and any existing adhesions be broken up with the finger. ltoman von liaracz (Contralti. f. March 1, 1902).