43. Extirpation of Goitre

Extirpation of the Spleen

rest all belong to the present century. If his own case is reckoned as a recovery, the mortality is 73 per cent'.; if otherwise, the mortality is 76; the recoveries being twelve or eleven out of the forty-two cases, according as this is or is not reckoned as belonging to that category. The cause of the eleven deaths was septicemia in one case, peritonitis in one case, and hasmorrhage either dur...

The Extirpation of Malaria

Sir,?I have read with much interest Major Ronald Itoss' lecture on The Extirpation of Malaria. There are one or two questions I would like to ask him concerning matters not fully explained in his lecture :? (1) By what method does the Plasmodium malar-ice pass from the mosquito into the blood of man ? (2) Does he deny that there are any ways in which the poison of malaria can be conveycd to man...

Extirpation of the Lachrymal Sac

Toxic Goitre

history of excessive perspiration three months previously, followed two weeks later by a "sweat rash." She became very fretful, refused her food, and did not sleep. There was marked photophobia. She was admitted to hospital, and kept on sedatives to procure sleep. She took her feeds better, but began to have a temperature; loose motions followed, and eventually she died of gastro-enteritis. In ...

Management of intrathoracic goitre.

an intrathoracic goitre is a thyroid gland with more than 50% of its mass located below the thoracic inlet. This term can be further classified as an “incomplete” or a “complete” intrathoracic goitre. When the goitre is “incomplete,” a major portion of the goitre on the neck is visible, with its lower pole being substernal, subclavicular or intrathoracic. Conversely, a “complete” or “true” intr...