Trichinosis
Trichinosis. Preventive Measures Are Of Much More Importance Than Therapeutic Methods, Since Little Can He Done Once The Larvx Of Trichina Spiralis Have Become Encysted In The Muscle Of The Human Patient. Prophylaxis Is Obvious, Since The Disease Can Be Entirely Prevented By Thorough Cooking Of All Food Obtained From ...
Trichorrhexis Nodosa
Trichorrhexis Nodosa. This Interesting Condition Of The Hair Of The Heard And Whiskers, In Which The Shafts Are Marked By A Series Of Partial Breaks, Causing At Irregular I Ntervals The Appearance Of White Transverse Bands Like Porcupine Markings, Was Exhaustively Investigated By The Author Many Years Ago. The Results ...
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis. In The Various Articles Dealing With The Treatment Of The Different Local Manifestations Of Disease Caused By The Tubercle Bacillus The Principles And Details Of Treatment Have Been Already Fully Dealt With, Especially Under Phthisis, Peritonitis (tuberculous), Mesenteric Gland Disease, Caries, Meningitis, Lupus. Etc. Great Advance Has Been Made ...
Tuberculous Adenitis
Tuberculous Adenitis. Chronic Inflammation Of Lymphatic Glands May For All Practical Purposes Be Regarded As Of Tuberculous Origin. The Writer Has Endeavoured To Show In His Cavendish Lecture For 1908 That The Main Source Of The Tubercle Invasion Is Through The Lymphatics And Vessels Of The Intestine, The Glands Being ...
Typhoid Fever
Typhoid Fever. Propuvlaxis.--this Is Of Vital Importance To The Public Health In A Disease Of Such Widespread Distribution, Frequent Incidence And Serious Mortality. The Bacillus Tvphosus Is Easily Carried By Water, Milk, Food Contaminated By Flies, Shellfish As Cockles, Whelks And Mussels Collected From The Polluted Foreshore In The Vicinity ...
Typhus Fever
Typhus Fever. Prophylaxis.—the Prevention Of Typhus, Especially In Time Of War, Siege, Famine, And Overcrowding From Any Cause, Particularly When Accom Panied By Destitution, Is Of Vital Importance. Except In The Case Of Smallpox, There Is No Other Disease So Actively Contagious, Hence The Most Effective Prophylactic Agent Is Free ...
Ulcer
Ulcer. The Treatment Of Ulceration Of The Anus Is Dealt With In The Article On Anal Fissure On P. 46. Gastric Ulcer Is Dealt With Under Its Own Heading On P. 3] S. The Treatment Of Lupoid And Syphilitir Ulcerations Will Be Found Detailed In The Articles On Lupus And ...
Ulcerative Endocarditis
Ulcerative Endocarditis. The Primary Disease Of Which This Is A Secondary Result May Call For Prompt Treatment: This Is Sometimes Rheumatism Associated With Previous Long-standing Valvular Disease, Erysipelas, Pneumonia, Gonorrhoea Or Diphtheria, But As Is Usually The Case The Original Malady May Have Dis Appeared And Left Nothing But Its ...
Urethral Fever
Urethral Fever. This Is Also Known As Catheter Fever, And Has Been Already Incidentally Dealt With In The Description Of Stricture Of The Urethra, Enlarged Pros Tate, Etc. If The Condition He Regarded From The Pathological Point Of View Its Prevention And Treatment Become A Simple Problem In Rational:thera Peutics. ...
Urethral Rupture
Urethral Rupture. When Laceration Of The Urethra Is Met With Soon After The Injury, A Sterilised And Well-lubricated Soft Rubber Catheter Should Be Passed Down The Tube And Coaxed Into The Bladder If Possible; Failing In This Attempt, The Patient Should Be Put Under Chloroform And A Rigid Instrument Tried. ...
Urinary Fistula
Urinary Fistula. This May Be A Sequel To The Last-mentioned Condition; More Frequently It Follows As A Result Of Old Gonorrhoeal Stricture, Impacted Calculi, Prostatic Abscess, Etc. The Primary Condition Which Causes The Obstruc Tion To The Flow Of Urine Must Be The Obvious Aim Of All Treatment. Only One ...
Uterine Displacements
Uterine Displacements. From A Practical Point Of View The Only Two Displacements Of Much Importance Are Backward Displacement—retroversion--and Downward D Ispl Acem En T—pro/apse. A True Anterersion Can Only Take Place In The Case Of A Pregnant Uterus In The Later Months Of Pregnancy, When It May Sag Fore Anis ...
Uterine Fibroids
Uterine Fibroids. The Treatment Of Fibroids Is In The Main Operative, And This Is Due Entirely To The Fact That The Operative Measures For Their Removal Have Been So Far Perfected In Technique That The Risk Of Myomectomy Or Hystero Myomeetomy Is Now Comparatively Negligible, While The Results Both Immediate ...
Varicocele
Varicocele. In All Mild Degrees Of This Condition, Palliative Measures Should Have A Fair Trial Before Operative Procedures Are Thought Of, Unless Where The Subject Of It Is Exposed To Severe Physical Exertion, Or Where He Wishes To Cuter Into Some Department Of The Public Service. Indeed, Many Cases Cease ...
Varicose Veins
Varicose Veins. Palliative Treatment Is All That Is Required In Most Cases. Prolonged Standing, The Use Of Garters, Chronic Constipation, And Anaemia Or Plethora Should Be Guarded Against, And Everything Calculated To Improve The General Health And Diminish Venous Engorgement Must He Insisted Upon. Support To The Dilated Vessels By ...
Wounds
Wounds. Operation Wounds.—the Object Of The Surgeon Is To Obtain Primary Union In All Wounds Which He Necessarily Inflicts During A Cutting Operation. This Can Only Be Effected By The Most Rigid Asepsis, Arrest Of Hemorrhage, And The Bringing Together In Accurate Apposition The Edges Of The Wound, Which Is ...
Writers Cramp
Writer's Cramp. The Treatment Of This Troublesome Affection Is To Be Conducted On The For The Management Of The Other Craft Palsies, Such As Those Met With Amongst Typists, Telegraphists, Sempstresses, Pianists, Violin Players, Etc. Drug Treatment Is As A Rule Useless; Massage And Electricity Often Aggravate Matters Unless When ...
Yellow Fever
Yellow Fever. No Drug Possessing A Specific Action On This Disease Has Been Yet Dis Covered. Remarkable Advances Have Been Made In The Prevention Of The Malady, Though Its Exact Pathology Is Still To Be Cleared Up Unless The Discovery Of An Intracorpuscular Parasite By Seidelin Proves To Be The ...