THREE CASES OF SUCCESSFULLY TREATED RETROPERITONEAL PERIGRAFT ABSCESS

A Case of Psoas Abscess Successfully Treated

Two Cases of Leprosy Successfully Treated

The case was one of the mixed variety; he had crooked fingers, a little thickening of the lobes of the ears in which leprosy bacilli were found, superficial anaesthesia of the legs almost up to the knees and of the forearm's and hands all round, and swelling of the ankles. General health?poor, almost emaciated, and unable to do any work. No family history of contact, but he had been in prolonge...

Abscess of the Liver Successfully Treated by Tapping

On the 4th July last, I was called to see Annundo Churn, a mookhtiar, suffering from an acute attack of hepatitis. I continued to attend the case for 4 or 5 days, when being disgusted with the patient and his friends for neglecting my instructions, though I cltarly put before tliein the future danger of such neglect, I abandoned the case, and heard nothing more about it till the 4th August, whe...

Solitary brainstem abscess successfully treated by microsurgical aspiration.

A case of pyogenic pontine abscess detected by computerized tomography scan in a 10-year-old boy is presented. While on broad-spectrum antimicrobial treatment, he deteriorated and developed new symptoms of respiratory distress. Microsurgical exposure of the abscess and aspiration of pus resulted in rapid improvement in his neurological state and radiological resolution of the lesion. The aim of...

Three cases of atopic dermatitis in pregnant women successfully treated with Korean medicine.

BACKGROUND Korean medicine (KM) is used in many patients with atopic dermatitis (AD), which is commonly aggravated during pregnancy. However, to date, no previous studies have reported the safety and efficacy of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapy for pregnant patients with AD and their fetus in clinical practice. SUBJECTS Three pregnant women were suffering from AD that firs...