The Treatment of Oriental Sore by CO2 Snow
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Some eight months ago I sent a brief note to' the I. M. G. on the treatment of Oriental sore by C0S snow which was based on a personal experience. Since that time the method has been in constant use in Lahore, and a large number of cases have been treated, on the results of which I now propose to offer some remarks. These observations are drawn from the records of 50 patients who attended the out-patient department until sound healing was considered to have occurred. Many patients do not return after the first or second application of the snow, and a still larger number stay away when they consider the trouble is cured,
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