Emetine and Liver Abscess *Read at Medical Section of Asiatic Society of Bengal.

The Emetine and Other Treatment of Amœbic Dysentery and Hepatitis Including Liver Abscess *Read at Medical Section of Asiatic Society of Bengal

say very little on the value of hypodermic injections of emetine hydrochloride introduced by me last year, as the rapid specific curative action of this treatment has been generally recognized in all parts of the world where amoebic cases are met with, and it is not too much to say that one of the most distressing and intractable diseases of tropical and sub-tropical climates has been conquered.

Treatment of Liver Abscess *Read at Medical Section of Asiatic Society of Bengal.

cases were treated, in the first instance at least, by aspiration?indeed, the condition of many of them would not allow of any more prolonged interference. Those treated by incision and drainage include all the cases of abscess of the left lobe, which class of abscess, as a rule, is smaller and less serious than abscess of the right lobe; 21 cases were treated by aspiration alone, and of these ...

A Note upon Routine Blood Cultures *Being an abstract of a paper read before the Medical Section of the Asiatic Society of Bengal on the 12th March, 1924.

The Prevention of Heart Affections in India *Being a paper read before the Medical Section of the Asiatic Society of Bengal on the 26th July, 1932.

The Treatment of Hepatic Abscesses of Amœbic Origin *Being an abstract of a paper read before the Patna Medical Society on October 29th, 1926.

The object of this paper is twofold:? 1. To show that liver abscesses can be cured by emetine alone. 2. To suggest definite rules for their treatment. Sir Leonard Rogers in his Lettsomian Lectures, reported in the Lancet of March 11th, 1922, p. 465 ct scq., gives a masterly statement of his researches. He states that single or multiple abscesses can be cured by simple drug treatment, and that a...