Cryotherapy for piles.

An Operation for Piles

In tlie British Medical Journal, November 2Gth, 1898, Mr. Thelwall Thomas published an account of an operation for piles which I have tiied and found so satisfactory that I have since been in the habit of performing it on all my cases. The results are excellent, and it has the advantage of being easily and quickly performed. The patient complains of very little pain and recovery is rapid. A ful...

Injection for Piles

Twenty-Five years ago the surgical world in England, as I remember it, was largely dominated by a small circle of London Surgeons, of whom Sir Frederic Treves might fairly be considered the chief. It was a school with a short way with dissenters, and no doubt had its little mannerisms. The instrument known as a director (a harmless tool if properly employed, and still in common use in spite of ...

Cryotherapy for liver tumors.

The curative management of primary and metastatic liver tumors has traditionally relied on surgical resection. Unfortunately, fewer than 10% of newly diagnosed patients have tumors that are considered to be surgically resectable. Limitations that often preclude a safe surgical resection include bilobar or centrally located tumors, insufficient hepatic reserve, cirrhosis, and/or associated comor...

Cryotherapy for rosacea.

History of Cryotherapy Treatment by cold (cryotherapy) has been practised in medicine for many centuries. The use of liquid air to produce intense cold locally by White in I899 introduced a new and valuable method of treatment into dermatology. His technique was soon adopted successfully by other American practitioners such as Trimble (I905), Whitehouse (I907), and Dade (I908); liquid air was u...

A Simple Operation for Piles