I. Traumatic Injuries of the Parenchymatous Abdominal Organs

Pneumatic Aspiration; Puncture of Parenchymatous Organs; Direct Depletion

Abdominal injuries.

hospitals realized which cases they should transfer immediately. In most cases it takes no more than two hours to move a patient from any hospital to a major centre, and it is in this area of improved transport of a patient to the major centres that the greatest improvement in our treatment could be achieved. A railway ambulance car would help more than any other single thing in an island such ...

Traumatic injuries of the diaphragm.

Traumatic injury of the diaphragm is not an infrequent occurrence. With the rise in violence and increasing use of automobiles, more diaphragmetic injuries may be seen, especially in inner-city hospitals. Sixty-six cases from our institution within the last five years were reviewed. Of these there were 41 penetrating injuries and 23 secondary to blunt trauma. Two cases were surgically induced f...

Traumatic Wounds of the Female Reproductive Organs.

The Treatment of Parenchymatous Goitre

principle the correction and removal of the factors responsible for producing the diseased state, and in addition it is usually found that the organ or organs affected demand rest, physical, physiological, or both. The aetiology of parenchymatous goitre has been discussed ad nauseam, and it is only proposed here to pick out of the medley of theoretical observations a few of the facts that seem ...