AND MARIO STEFANINI, sI.D.t H EMATOLOGIC CHANGES following the subcutaneous injection of epinephrin were first described by Loeper and Crouzon in 1903.’ Leukocytosis of varying degrees after parenteral administration of epmephrin has since been regularly observed by all investigators.28 Epinephrin-induced leukocytosis appears to occur in two distinct phases: (1) an early phase, due mainly to an...

osteo-malacia, oven the acute form, developing during pregnancy, may be cured by the injection of adrenalin. This interest in Germany has become so general as to lead to this method of treatment being ordinarily spoken of as the " Bossikur." The interest in the subject has been extended very greatly, during the last few months, by further assertions, of Professor Bossi, based on experimental wo...

Experimental clostridial myonecrosis closely resembling gas gangrene was produced in goats by the intramuscular injection of washed clostridia suspended in adrenalin. The preparation provides a model for the study of clostridial myonecrosis that is relatively isolated from preceding trauma. A new test for the demonstration of clostridial exotoxins, the hemolysin indicator plate test, was descri...

Aberrant pancreatic tissue is mostly found in the submucosal layer of the upper gastrointestinal tract, occurring in 1.7% of the population according to summarized post-mortem studies [1]. Gastric pancreatic heterotopia was first recognized by Klob in 1859 [2]. Hereinwe describe the resection of gastric pancreatic heterotopic lesions in children by endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). After ...

of articles on ' Epidemic Dropsy '??the burning question of the day?even in the remotest villages. The treatment indicated is tincture ephedra vulgaris for the heart, which is analogous to the action of adrenalin and so will accelerate the heart. What should be done in the following case of epidemic dropsy? (1) Patient, aged 7 years; history of beri-beri? three months. (2) Sudden dilatation of ...