The Practitioner . s in the right iliacregion, its tip cut off, and the lumen of the appendix utilisedfor irrigating the large intestine with medicated lotions forcertain diseases of the large bowel. Dr. Willy Meyer has alsosuggested, with a certain amount of reservation, that theappendix might be so utilised for the relief of obstruction of thelarge intestine, provided its calibre be adequate. A soft rubbercatheter is employed for irrigating purposes, passed throughthe appendix into the caecum. The method has also beenused in America by Dr. Dawbarn for amoebic colitis; byDr. Willy Meyer for s
The Practitioner . s in the right iliacregion, its tip cut off, and the lumen of the appendix utilisedfor irrigating the large intestine with medicated lotions forcertain diseases of the large bowel. Dr. Willy Meyer has alsosuggested, with a certain amount of reservation, that theappendix might be so utilised for the relief of obstruction of thelarge intestine, provided its calibre be adequate. A soft rubbercatheter is employed for irrigating purposes, passed throughthe appendix into the caecum. The method has also beenused in America by Dr. Dawbarn for amoebic colitis; byDr. Willy Meyer for syphilitic ulceration of the colon andrectum, and for multiple papillomata of the large bowel ; andby Dr. Howard Lilienthal for papillomatous colitis (a failure),and for two successful cases of ulcerative colitis. Appendiceal enterostomy is a fascinating and ingenioussuggestion, and with probably take a secure place in the treat-ment of chronic ulcerative conditions for the large bowel. (To be continued.) V\.\\K srurENSEE. BY-PATHS OF MEDICINE. 99 BY-PATHS OF MEDICINE. DOCTOR AND DICTATOR. [With Plate II.]There is a saying that joumahsm may lead to anything inFrance—provided it be given up. To a certain extent the samemay be said of the profession of medicine. Till lately amedical man was President of the Swiss Republic. At thepresent time there are at least two medical Prime was the leader of the Liberal party in Germany andwithstood Bismarck to his face. Clemenceau was a long timeleader of the Radical party in France and is still a political forceto be reckoned with in that country. A doctor, who till theother day was Governor of Cuba, seems to have a good chanceof becoming Commander-in-Chief of the United States doctor not many years ago played a conspicuous,though not altogether glorious, part as the leader of an army inSouth Africa. A doctor is now Minister of Public Instructionin Italy. A doctor was Minister of Marine and another docto
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