A New Electric Light For The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Diseases Of The Nose

Author : William Scheppegrell
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230154794
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (547 download)

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Download or read book Electricity in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear written by William Scheppegrell and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...may result when the cautery is allowed to cool and then removed from the cauterized tissues. Where hemorrhage follows a nasal electro-cauterization, it is usually due to the non-observance of this rule. The lack of success in many cases of cauterization is attributed by Jno. G. Taylor (209) to the fact that the operation was contraindicated. In the acute state of hypertrophy of the nasal mucosa, he found a constitutional treatment, combined with the local application of astringents, quite sufficient for a cure. When other organs are affected, as the stomach, liver or kidneys, or where a rheumatic or gouty diathesis is present, these should not be neglected. Where, however, the hypertrophy is chronic, the most rapid and permanent cure is effected by means of the prompt application of the electro-cautery. In the last six years he has never seen a relapse. He limits the application to the hypertrophic tissue and never cauterizes as far as the bone. After the operation he applies an ointment of cocaine and vaseline. Where a cautery application is indicated, it should be judiciously applied. T. A. de Blois (211), in reviewing this subject, states that there are two extremes which should be avoided: the first, in which the cauterizations are not made sufficiently, and in which the parts soon return to the original hypertrophic condition; and the second, in which it is overdone and the nostril is left full of cicatrices. He hopes that we will find a method by wliich we can select a medium between this "Scylla and Chary bdis." Among the strong advocates of the electro-cautery in diseases of the upper respiratory passages and the ears is J. Sendziak, of Warsaw (212), who also recommends its application in laryngeal tuberculosis, and...