Wisconsin medical recorder . iron meets most in-dications not calling for the arsenateor iodide or quinine the patient a vial with 100 of Ab-botts granules, a milligram each, andtell her to take one every hour, in awine glassful of water. They will lasta week. If at the end of this time thereis not a decided gain of hemoglobin, re-peat the prescription, adding 100 nucleintablets. Let one of these be taken witheach dose of iron, but the nuclein mustbe sucked like a lozenge so that it maybe absorbed from the mouth and notfrom the stomach. Whatever else nucleindoes, it has
Wisconsin medical recorder . iron meets most in-dications not calling for the arsenateor iodide or quinine the patient a vial with 100 of Ab-botts granules, a milligram each, andtell her to take one every hour, in awine glassful of water. They will lasta week. If at the end of this time thereis not a decided gain of hemoglobin, re-peat the prescription, adding 100 nucleintablets. Let one of these be taken witheach dose of iron, but the nuclein mustbe sucked like a lozenge so that it maybe absorbed from the mouth and notfrom the stomach. Whatever else nucleindoes, it has the power of fixing iron inthe system. This observation is of farmore value than any hair-splitting ortheoretical disquisition on the choice ofiron preparations. Iron is iron; theform that agrees best with the patient isthe best for him. Meanwhile the valueof iron is bound to be appreciated morethan ever, since we know how to preventits bad effects. 40 WISCONSIN MEDICAL RECORDER DEPT. OF SURGERY By John D;c^™:B- S., M. The etiology ofappendicitis a slaid down in thestandard books onthe subject includ-ing the comprehen-sive works of Deav-er and Kelly, isdistinctly portray-ed. Bacterial inva-sion of the appen-dix, especially bythe colon bacillus(bacterium coli comune, of Escherich)is now known to be the only cause ofthe disease. But why the affectionshould be so prevalent as it is, and justwhat are the local intestinal conditionsand the systemic changes which favorits development, have been questionsof debate and fruitful sources for theenunciation of theories which are moreor less plausible. We may state at oncetliat the old idea of an invasion of thecanal of the appendix by foreign bodiesin each and every instance of the dis-ease, especially the presence therein ofgrapeseeds (traumatic appendicitis),has now been abandoned. Except in avery small percentage of the cases, suchextraneous matter cannot be found anddoes not exist. Thus, Kelly states thatin 1,000 cases operated
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