Memphis Medical Monthly Volume 18 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...who use that of Asche, it being adapted to a greater number of the cases which present themselves. The Asche operation consists of making two bisecting incisions midway of the greatest convexity of the septum, then bending the four points of cartilage thus left toward the concave side, and inserting in both nares either an Asche, or Mayer's modification of Asche's, hollow nasal splint. The after-treatment, during the four weeks in which the tubes are kept in the nares, consists of an occasional removal of the tubes and irrigation of the nose. While with this operation we have not yet reached the ultima thule of surgical correction of septal deviation, still for those cases of more or less complete stenosis due to deviation of the cartilaginous septum, it holds out relief which can be fairly safely promised our patient. The Asche operation has not yet received much vogue, for indeed no operation for a similar purpose has, most rhinologists contenting themselves with simply paring off the thickened portion of the septum, but being recently afforded the opportunity of seeing a number of cases upon which this operation had been done by Dr. Asche, I am convinced that it holds out the most practical and best results which have thus far been obtained by any operation of this character. The next time I appear before you I trust that I shall be enabled to report some successful cases of this operation occurring in my own practice. Continental Building. PROGRESS OF MEDICINE. PteMritte. Under Charge Of B. F. Turner, M.d. Visiting Physician St. Joseph's Hospital. A Plausible Method of Vaccination Against Yellow Fever. Finlay (Phila. Med. Jour., vol. 1, no. 24) suggests a method of vaccinating against yellow fever, of which the following is the modus operandi: Having se...