Fever, combined typhoid and malarial, Fevers, potassium chloride in, 45 Fistulæ, superior pelvi-rectal abscess as a cause of extensive and obstinate, 528 Formulary, the Medical News pocket, 335 Fractures of the radius between the in- Gall-bladder disease, some remarks on the diagnosis and treatment of, 113 GALLOWAY, F. W., M.D., 561 Goitre, exophthalmic: resume of cases GOLTMAN, M., C.M.. M.D., 1, 138, 357 GREENE, RALPH N., M.D., 521, 525 Gynecology, Dudley's, 560 Hay fever, the serum treatment of, 101, 594 HAYNIE, W. R., M.D., 474 Heart and circulation in pregnancy and Heart and its treatment, valvular disease Heart disease, prevention of, 660 Hematoma of the nasal septum, double, Hemophiliac, obstinate nasal hemor- rhage following removal of a septal Hemorrhage, fundal incidental and cer- Hemorrhage, with hystero-spasms, vica- Impression?, is there anything in mater- Infancy, an analysis of one hundred and eighteen cases of lobar pneumonia in, Infant feeding in its relation to health Injections, abuse of vaginal, 206 Injured, first aid to the, 233 Inoculation experiments on anthropoid apes with syphilitic virus, 95 Insanity, the diagnosis of, 346 Insanity, traumatic,-report of a case, 649 Intratracheal medication in the treat- ment of catarrhal diseases of the lower respiratory tract, a further report on Ischuria in retroflexion of the gravid JELKS, JOHN L., M.D., 431 KEYES, THOMAS BASSETT, M.D., 365 KRAUSS, WILLIAM, M.D., 225, 450 Labor, hemorrhage before, during and Ladies' Home Journal and "patent med- Ladies' Home Journal as an aid to the Larynx, cancer of the, treated by X-rays, Larynx, carcinoma of the, cured by lar- Larynx, malignant disease of the, 538 Larynx, tuberculosis of the, 182 Legislation In Tennessee, some thoughts Leprosy, the propagation of, 155 Life, the four epochs of woman's, 112 Lingual tonsil, primary cancer of the, Liver, cirrhosis of the, regenerative Liver, cirrhosis of the, with remarks on the pathology of some cirrhoses, path- ologic report of a case of, 509 Liver, floating; report of a case, 77 MAURY, JOHN M., M.D., 420 MAY, W. L., M.D., 473 MCCOWN, O. S., M.D., 89, 174 Mechano-therapy, a text-book of, 336, 448 Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society, proceedings of, 110, 162, 220, 273, 329, 383, 444, 499, 554, 612 Metabolism and nutrition, clinical trea- Medical annual, the international 221, 389 Medical epitomes, Lea's series of, 560 Medicine, legal, and toxicology, a text- Medicine and surgery, the American Medicine, progressive, 222, 448 Medicine, progressive, Vol. III, Septem- Medicine, progressive, Vol. IV, December, Microscopy and chemistry, manual of Middle-ear diseases, treatment of acute, MITCHELL, EDWARD D., M.D,, 113 MOORE, ALFRED, M.D., 251, 316, 416, 581 Nasal polypus, observations on the mode Nervous and mental diseases, Nagel's Nose and throat, diseases of the, 447 Nose and throat work for the general Nursing, obstetric and gynecologic, 336,392 Obstetrics, the practice of, 53 Ophthalmology, modern, 446 Osteomyelitis of the spine and acute sup- Otitis in children, acute, 597 Pain, abdominal, of intestinal origin, 199 Paraphimosis, the treatment of, 519 Parliamentary usage, Howe's handbook Pathology, a text-book of, 336, 503 Pediatrics, Tuley's epitome of, 334 PENDERGRAST, LAWRENCE H., M.D., 519 Perforations, typhoidal, treatment of, 200 Physics and inorganic chemistry, 280 Physiology, Hall's experimental, 671 Pneumonia, a suggestion in treating, 189 Pneumonia, effusion following, 463 Pneumonia in young children, hints on the diagnosis and treatment of, 400 Pneumonia, the mortality in, 48 RAINES, N. F., M.D., 141 RAWLINS, JAMES S., M.D., 393, 630 Reaction, a clinical study of the Diazo, 532 Reflexes of nasal origin, abolished, 203 ROBINSON, W. S., M.D., 187, 472, 524 Roentgen rays in therapeutics and diag- nosis, the practical application of the, Sanitary milk depot for Memphis, 265 Sections, with one fatality, some observa- Septum, deviations of the nasal, 244 Shoulder joint, dislocation of the, of three months' duration, successful reduc- Sinus, surgery of the frontal, 150 Sinusitis, maxillary, treated and cured by Skin, Hyde and Montgomery on the, 615 Social diseases, Morrow on, 167 Spectacles and eyeglasses, some popular facts and fancies concerning the use Speech center, lesions of the brain involv- STERRETT, ROBERT M., M.D., 470 Stomach and intestines, lectures to gen- eral practitioners on the diseases of Stomach wall, cyst of the-traumatic, Surgery, a text-book of operative, 336 Surgery, American text-book of, 50 Surgery, drainage in abdominal, 1 2 Surgery, general and operative, modern,54 Surgery, points of interest in obstetric, 571 Surgery, some interesting results in Surgery, Whitman's orthopedic, 111 Telephone, the danger of infection which Tetanus, report of a case, recovery, 239 Therapeutics, a system of physiologic, 280 Therapeutics, Hare's practical, 671 Throat, tertiary syphilitic lesions of the, 308 Thrombosis occurring in the course of Tonsils and adenoids, rash following re- Toxicology, Dwight's epitome of, 672 Tri-State Medical Association of Missis- sippi, Arkansas and Tennessee, pro- Tri-State Medical Association of Missis- sippi, Arkansas and Tennessee, the Tri-State meeting, the, 608, 666 Tuberculosis and acute general miliary tuberculosis, 335, 390 Tuberculosis and heart disease, 583 Tuberculosis, open air treatment of, 530 Tuberculosis, the physical signs and the sputum of incipient pulmonary, 585 Tuberculosis, the suppression of, 558 TURNER, B. F., M.D., 346, 460, 647 Typhoid fever in its earliest stages, dif- Typhoid fever, internal antisepsis in, 349 Typhoid fever on the heart and vessels, Ulcer, indications for intervention in gastric, 591 United States, medical education in the, United States, suicides in the, 488 Urea-excretion in gout and lithemia, Urethritis, treatment of chronic poste- Urine, examination of the, 336, 616 Utero-ovarian artery, or the genital vas- Uterus, cancer of the, the abdominal and Uterus, operative treatment of retrover- Uterus, rupture of the, report of a case, Uterus, tumor of the, the final results of Visiting list, the Medical News, 55, 672 Visiting list, the physician's, 50, 672 WALKER, D. A., M.D., 454 Wounds, streptococcic infection of, 29 Yellow fever, some characteristics of THE first deliberate attempt to cure chronic Bright's disease by a surgical operation was made by Dr. Geo. M. Edebohls, of New York, in 1901. The publication of the first series of cases by Edebohls was revolutionary, to say the least. In the spring of 1902 I was at Johns Hopkins Hospital and saw a young man who had had his kidneys decorticated four weeks prior to my visit, when he was referred from the medical to the surgical ward by Prof. Osler. This patient's normal weight was 120 pounds. At the time of operation he weighed 178 pounds 58 pounds waterlogged. When I saw him he was ready to leave the hospital, weighed 127 pounds, confessed to feeling well, and the urine, while not normal, was clearing rapidly. Strips of kidney tissue removed at the time of operation and examined confirmed the diagnosis of chronic parenchymatous nephritis. Scarlet fever in childhood was the probable etiological factor. I also saw a girl of 15 operated upon by Prof. Halsted. She had had scarlet fever when seven years old, and was referred to the surgical wards, like the previous case, after everything *Read before Tri-State Med. Assn. (Miss. Ark. & Tenn.) Memphis, Nov. 18, 1903 Vol. 24--1 had failed to relieve her in the medical wards, and this at the hands of Prof. Osler and his assistants. General dropsy was marked, the fluid literally pouring from the incised tissues. I watched this patient's progress for ten days, when she was passing almost twice the normal amount of urea, the albumin and casts continuing about the same as before the operation. I heard Professors Osler and Halstead talk these two cases over; they considered the results remarkable as far as they One month later Dr. Follis, the first assistant surgeon, writes: "The patient is doing well. Dropsy is disappearing; headache is gone, and she thinks she is very much improved; so do I. Albumin and casts are about the same." Last spring, at the New Orleans meeting of the American Medical Association, the subject of renal decortication as a cure for Bright's disease received considerable attention at the hands of the surgical section. The opinion conservatively expressed by conservative men was, "There is something in the operation." Dr. McArthur, of Chicago, who had hitherto opposed the measure, related a case where he was almost compelled to do the operation by force of circumstances in a young girl after everything else had failed to relieve her in the medical wards of the Cook County Hospital. He conceived the idea of operating first on one kidney, and then, if ureteral catheterization should prove that the urine from the operated kidney was improving, he would operate on the other kidney. "The improvement," he said, "was remarkable," and after several weeks he operated on the other kidney, and again improvement was noted. Dr. McArthur closed his remarks with the words, "There is something in the operation.” Armed with these facts, and coming face to face with an advanced case of chronic parenchymatous nephritis in a prominent business man of this city, with dilated heart and fast increasing dropsy which resisted every remedial measure adopted, I made bold to advise the operation, feeling that it was the only thing that promised any relief. Dr. J. M. Maury saw the patient with me and concurred in this opinion. I took the patient, who is 50 years old, to New York. When eleven hours journey from our destination he suddenly went into collapse and spat up several mouthfuls of blood. |