The Peoria Medical Monthly Volume 1 (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. 1881 Excerpt: ...growing larger, and the process of replacing it will become more and more difficult, while the life of the foetus is greatly endangered. Peoria, 111. J. L. H. For the Peoria Medical Monthly. Catarrh of the Bladder in the Female--Treated Successfully hy Dilatation of the Urethra. I had a very interesting case a short time since, and as the treatment was so eminently successful, thought it might be of assistance to some of the readers of your monthly. Mrs. F., one of our wealthiest ladies, had been suffering severely with chronic catarrh of the bladder for some weeks. She had terrible tenesmic pains in the bladder, constant desire to void urine a few drops at a time, anaemic, distressed expression, " complete loss of appetite, et caetera." She had employed several of our best physicians, and as she said, they had exhausted the materia medica. She had been fed on opium, belladonna and all kinds of diuretics until she Was about disgusted. As she was six months advanced in pregnancy I made a careful examination, thinking it might depend on pressure, but everything seemed normal in that respect. So after testing the capacity of the bladder, I dilated the urethra and paralyzed the sphincter muscle so as to very readily admit my index finger. Of course all this was done under the influence of sulphuric ether. The bladder was gently syringed with liq. calcis one pint, acid carbol. half a drachm, for three days, and my patient has not had a semblance of a pain since. I saw her this morning, three weeks from the date of operation, and under the influence of tonics and a generous diet does not look like the same woman. A. V. Banes, M. D. St. Joseph, Mo., October 2, 1880. For the Peoria Medical Monthly. Boracic Acid. My experience in the use of boracic acid, c...