GUY'S HOSPITAL. Scalded Glottis; Tracheotomy; Artificial Respiration for five hours and a half; Recovery

Tracheotomy in a Case of Laryngitis: Recovery

the 5th. of January 1877. Stated that he had been suffering from occasional fits of dyspnoea for the last 3 or 4 months, and that lately his voice also has become hoarse ; has led a very irregular and dissipated life since his boyhood, and had syphilis and bubo about 20 years ago. Used sundry native drugs and was salivated. Is father of 3 children, two of whom died at an early age, one from cho...

Five guys named Moe: a tribute to Moe Bergman.

ors. It was not about Moe Bergman, but the name of the musical is a metaphor for Moe. He was an unpretentious mover and shaker who made major contributions in several different areas. He had an amazing ability in addressing a diffi cult problem to demonstrate personality traits that were appropriate for the task at hand. On many occasions, he demonstrated an ability to address several diverse p...

Artificial Respiration

lowering the arms gave still less favourable results. Howard's direct method of alternately compressing the lower chest wall by the spread hands and letting go sharply was found to cause a much larger air entry, but still below the normal; but it is conducted in the supine attitude which, in many cases, as in drowning, prevent other useful indications from being fulfilled and is sometimes subje...

passivity in waiting for godot and endgame: a psychoanalytic reading

this study intends to investigate samuel beckett’s waiting for godot and endgame under the lacanian psychoanalysis. it begins by explaining the most important concepts of lacanian psychoanalysis. the beckettian characters are studied regarding their state of unconscious, and not the state of consciousness as is common in most beckett studies. according to lacan, language plays the sole role in ...

Artificial Respiration Explained