MEDICAL RELIEF IN SICKNESS.

Rural Medical Relief

Unwanted Medical Relief

By S. D. S. GREVAL LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, late I.M.S. Scrolof/ist. to the Government of India, School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta The following is a typical case. After a deed of violence and a domestic tragedy the victim and family are much more concerned about the revenge than the relief. Precious hours which if availed of in seeking medical relief can save the life of the victim are spent in...

Medical Education and Rural Medical Relief

Nitroglycerine: relief from the heartache of decompression sickness?

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS (DCS) was first described in the early 19th century in compressed-air workers and divers who, after decompressing from increased ambient pressure, developed joint pain, paresthesias, and sometimes spinal cord injury or death. In animal experiments, Paul Bert (1) in Paris was able to demonstrate bubble formation after decompression, which he confirmed as due to inert-gas (...

An Experiment in Rural Medical Relief