The past and present treatment of intestinal obstructions, reviewed, with an improved treatment indicated / by Hugh Owen Thomas.

  • Thomas, Hugh Owen, 1834-1891.
Date:
1879
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    the treatment another objectionable feature—Gal- V anism. It may be interesting to notice the practice the paper contained in the ' British Medical Asso- ciation Journal' for 1853, p. 117, where is recor- ded a series of nine cases. I append a condensed account of each. The first case was treated by opiates and enemata, with metalic mercur)', and the patient took 7 lbs. of this metal and yet recovered. The second case was treated by calomel, colocynth, black draught, castor oil, enemata, turpentine stupes, and a pint of newly fermented yeast, and recovered. The third case was treated by calomel, opium, castor oil, and enemata, and proved fatal, the patient succumbing in 12 hours. The fourth case was treated with purgatives, and died on the third day. In the fifth case nearly all the list of purgatives was tried, also quicksilver and tobacco enemata, and the patient died on the sixth day. The sixth case was treated by purgatives, and proved fatal in thirteen hours after the commencement of the treatment. The seventh case was treated with purgatives and tobacco enemata, and also proved fatal. The eighth case was treated with purgatives, and opium, and proved fatal. The ninth case was treated with mild aperients, opium, and enemata, and was fatal on the third day. In comparing the treatment of these cases with that of one reported and discussed before the Clin- ical Society of London so late as last October, and reported in the 'Lancet,' of the 21st of the same month, I am forced to the conclusion that we are not improving upon the treatment practised in times