CONCLUSIONS BASED UPON ONE HUNDBED AND FOURTEEN CASES

Fourteen Cases of Completed Ovariotomy

The operation of ovariotomy not long ago was looked upon as an unwarrantable proceeding; nor need it be wondered at when we know the terrible feelings of dread with which surgeons regarded interference with the peritonseum, and the extremely exaggerated fears they had of peritonitis. Bat within the last twenty years the labours of Mr Spencer Wells, Dr Thomas Keith, etc., in this country, and of...

One Hundred and Fourteen Cases of Typhus Fever Seen in an Indian Military Hospital in Calcutta

many cases have been seen both in British and Indian troops. As Dr. Napier pointed out (Editorial, 1936 ; Napier, 1943) the ' detecting power' of troops for disease, when they are introduced into India, is considerable. They need not be British troops. Indian troops when moved outside their own areas are prone to pick up disease to which they have not been exposed in their own country. The case...

Seabather's eruption: report of fourteen cases.

Seabather's eruption is a papulo-pruritic dermatitis caused by the nematocysts of the larvae of the jellyfish Linuche unguiculata retained in the clothing fibers. Previously reported in Brazil, this work describes fourteen cases that occurred in the State of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil. The new cases observed over a short period of time (the first half of January, 2012), at the height of...

Fourteen cases of imposed upper airway obstruction.

Imposed upper airway obstruction was diagnosed as the cause of recurrent and severe cyanotic episodes in 14 patients. Episodes started between 0.8 and 33 months of age (median 1.4) and occurred over a period of 0.8 to 20 months (median 3.5). Diagnosis was made by covert video surveillance, instituted after either (a) the observation that episodes began only in the presence of one person, or (b)...

Fourteen Cases of Cerebro-Spinal Fever