Thc account of the therapeutic uses of lipiodol occupies but fifteen pages. It has heen employed for pain in various positions and of varying causation ; and also for such conditions as chronic arthritis, tuberculous abscess, and bronchicctasis. Tlic therapeutic effects do not appear t o be such as
St. Bartholomew's hospital reports. Edited by Sir Thomas Horder, Bart., K.C.V.O., Ronald G. Canti, Wilfred Shaw, Charles F. Harris, J. Paterson Ross, R. C. Elmslie, W. Girling Ball, and Geoffrey Evans. Vol. LXV. Large 8vo. Pp. 1–317, with Index of Vols. XLI–XLV. Illustrated. 1932. London: John Murray. 21s. net
- Book ID
- 101731318
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1933
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
T H E obituary notice of Sir Frederick William Andrewes recalls his charming personality and reminds those who worked within the London area during the war of the valuable work that he did in the treatment of tetanus. Mr. Douglas Harmer's Semon Lecture on the relative value of radiotherapy in the treatment, of cancer of the upper airpassages-regarded in this country as a classical authority on this question-is reprinted with admirable illustrations. Mr. J. Paterson Ross contributes a thoughtful paper on causalgia, for which he advocates sympathectomy ; he attributes the success of this treatment t o the fact that dilatation of the small vessels of the limbs
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