A CASE OF "PHONIC SPASM" SUCCESSFULLY TREATED BY ELECTRICITY.

Angioma serpiginosum successfully treated by a single session of intense pulsed light therapy

Angioma serpiginosum (AS) is a nevoid capillary malformation developed congenitally or thereafter. The AS stops growing after puberty and may remain persistent throughout life. The pulsed dye laser (PDL) and KTP are used to treat the AS usually after several sessions. We treated a patient with AS with only one session of intense pulsed light (IPL) therapy. A 40-year-old lady with Fitzpatrick sk...

HEMIFACIAL SPASM: A RERORT OF 100 CASES TREATED BY MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION

100 patients with hemifacial spasm treated by microvascular decompression are presented. There were 60 females and 40 males. Their ages ranged from 29 to 75 years with a median age of 54 years, and the left side was involved predominantly. The common focal signs were facial nerve palsy in 41 cases, diminished hearing in 14 cases, trigeminal neuralgia in 11 cases, and homolateral trigeminal...

A Case of Hysterical Coma Successfully Treated by Stimulants

C?She9couid swallow a little quantity of liquid, not more than two drams at a time. , . , Strychnia in tablet was injected hypodermically and a mustard plaster on the cervica vertebra wa applled b t no sensation was found within half an hour Free application of liniment of ammonia on the whole body and hot fomentation by bottles filled with hot water on the upper and lower extremity were contin...

A Case of Facial Erysipelas Successfully Treated by Brilliant Green

A Case of Strangulated Hernia Successfully Treated by Inversion

dispensary on the 4th of December 1873 with strangulated hernia. The rupture (oblique inguinal hernia, right side) had appeared 26 hours before bis admission, and the patient and his friends had made many attempts to return it, but without success. Severe pain in the part came on during the night, and finding him getting worse his friends brought him to the dispensary early in the morning. The ...