PUERPERAL ARTERIAL OBSTRUCTION

Unilateral Renal Arterial Obstruction

Low back pain due to arterial obstruction.

There are enough commonly known causes of backache to torment, as well as to test the skill of, the practising physician. In addition to the more recognised causes. backache from vascular obstruction must be considered. The following observations support this fact. The term claudication properly means limp. and in some instances there may be no pain but only weakness of the legs with disturbanc...

Puerperal Septicæmia

Dr. GkddES presents the above admirable thesis based upon the fact that puerperal fever occurs more frequently in the practice of medical practitioners in Great Britain than in the practice of certified midwives, and one must confess that he has proved his case in this book. Puerperal fever, unfortunately, does not seem to get any less in its incidence, and it would appear that while the majori...

Puerperal Fever

Puerperal Fever

commend curetting in acute cases, an operation which is practically condemned by all modern writers. No mention is made of any other operative treatment such as pelvic drainage, hysterectomy, ligature of pelvic veins, removal of tubes or ovaries, etc., all of which may have to be considered under certain conditions, nor does he seem to be aware that the treatment of puerperal septicaemia by mea...