SMOKING AND THROMBO-ANGIITIS OBLITERANS

Thrombo-Angiitis Obliterans

In 1936 I published a report of a case of thrombo-angiitis obliterans which had reacted favourably to the operation of peri-arterial sympathectomy. The cure has been maintained so far and might be considered satisfactory. This case proves the utility of the operation in certain milder types of the disease. More recently I saw a patient in an advanced stage of the disease where the radical opera...

Thrombo angiitis obliterans

Thrombo angiitis obliterans : its etiology, pathology, symptomatology and differential diagnosis

Soap Lake: A Spa for Thrombo-angiitis Obliterans *

A spa treatment for thrombo-angiitis obliterans was brought to my attention first by a patient who was planning to "take the cure" after reading an article entitled "Some Won't Die," featured in a veterans' journal.2 I had never heard about this spa, but my interest was sufficiently aroused by the name, "Soap Lake," and the brief description of the water given in the artide, to visit the lake d...

Thrombo-Angiitis Obliterans Treated by Bilateral Lumbar Sympathectomy

Thromboangiitis obliterans or Buerger's disease is a relatively common disease in our country and is responsible for many cases of obscure pains and aches in the feet or legs. Its aBtiology is not definite though most certainly there is a low-grade infective factor associated probably with a certain amount of spasmodic element of the musculature of the media of the affected vessels. The diagnos...