SOME REFLECTIONS ON GASTRO-JEJUNOSTOMY.

The Effect of Posterior Gastro-Jejunostomy on Chronic Duodenal Ulcer

on the 7th May 1925, with a typical history of chronic duodenal ulcer, extending over 12 years. Within recent months the symptoms of pyloric obstruction had been increasing. He was operated on on the 8th of May. There was found a very chronic ulcer on the anterior surface of the first part of the duodenum, with great thickening, and a considerable amount of stenosis. Posterior gastrojejunostomy...

Gastro-Jejunostomy with a Bamboo Clamp

Sir,?A male patient, aged about 35 years, a Kapu by caste, came to the London Mission Hospital, Kamalapuram, in July 1924, suffering from abdominal pain with discomfort and vomiting, of 6 or 7 years' duration. On examination of the case a diagnosis of pyloric stenosis was made and a date fixed for operation. As the equipment at this branch hospital was inadequate for the operation, a message wa...

A Few Points on the Technique of Gastro-Jejunostomy

Some reflections on talc poudrage.

We read with interest the well researched article of Stefani et al. [1] about the different techniques of intrapleural talc. This technical paper really filled the gap in our knowledge following established evidences of superiority of the talc itself [2,3] over other products. We have a question and two comments. Could we be provided with data on the size of the talc particles? This intriguing ...

Some reflections on racial profiling.

of the Editor. The authors were invited specifically to critique, or use as a stimulus, an article that appeared in the New York Times Magazine (June 20, 1999). The article, entitled "The Color of Suspicion" and authored by Jeffrey Goldberg, was an analysis of the practice that has come to be commonly known as racial profiling, articulated by Goldberg as "the stopping and searching of blacks be...