BLEEDING AS A REMEDY IN DISEASE.

Goa Powder as a Remedy in Psoriasis

Contribution to Venesection as a Remedy

Mr President and Gentlemen,?In response to the request of some of our ex-Presidents, I have selected the subject of Venesection. Though regarded as a bete noire or almost forbidden subject ?indeed, a questio vexata?at various periods during the last three centuries, yet as a wave in its favour seems now impending, I feel it my duty to contribute a few cases from past practice in illustration of...

Turmeric Flower as a Remedy for Gonorrhœa

Sib,?In your issue dated 1st July I have had the opportunity of reading two articles regarding injections of quinine and cinchona into the urethra as the best remedies for gonorrhoea, and this induces me to send you this notice of a specific, which I have lately discovered, as being a useful medicine in that disease, and hope your readers will kindly try it and let the profession know the resul...

Coeliac disease presenting as acute bleeding disorders.

Case I A previously well, 27-year-old woman was admitted to an acute haematology unit with multiple severe bruising. For 3 months before admission she had been having vague colicky abdominal pain with pale, bulky, offensive stools which were difficult to flush away. She had lost 9 5 kg in weight. Two weeks before admission she had developed spontaneous bruising of her limbs. She had no melaena ...

Disgorgement as an Antitrust Remedy

My topic is an antitrust remedy that is legally available, enormously powerful, but seldom used—disgorgement. I want to ask what explains the rare usage of this remedy in antitrust cases and whether the reasons for its historic backstage status continue to apply today to dominant firm misconduct. More provocatively, given the growing obstacles to private and class action damage suits and the fr...