Puerperal Septicaemia Treated with Nuclein

Esch. coli septicaemia treated with ampicillin.

Hyperpyrexia due to meningococcal septicaemia treated with cold peritoneal lavage.

An 18 year old male presented with fulminant meningococcal septicaemia and renal failure. He subsequently developed hyperpyrexia which failed to respond to conventional methods of treatment. Cold peritoneal lavage was employed which resulted in rapid lowering of his core temperature and helped manage his renal failure. The possible causes of the late onset of hyperpyrexia and the use of cold pe...

A Case of Puerperal Convulsions. Treated with Chloroform Inhalation

snore loudly, and as she could not be roused, the door was forced, and the girl was found lying flat on the floor quite insensible, her breathing stertorous, eyes semi-closed, jaws locked, features distorted, and a stream of bloody froth running out from both the angles of the mouth, her muscles rigid, her dress saturated with urine, voided involuntarily, with violent convulsions occurring almo...

Three Cases of Puerperal Convulsions Treated by Venesection

Meningococcal septicaemia treated with combined plasmapheresis and leucapheresis or with blood exchange.

Mortality among patients suffering from meningococcal septicaemia has reached nearly 50% in parts of northern Norway despite intensive care. The activation of complement and blood cells by endotoxin is assumed to be the cause of most of the associated pathophysiological changes. Consequently, it would seem logical to remove such constituents either by combined plasmapheresis and leucapheresis o...