Proceedings of Meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. . he first was relieved. Hehas had just the slightest sort of an attack, but is now perfectlywell. Four surgeons gave him twelve hours to live without anoperation. The second has been out of the hospital four was a marked case of chronic appendicitis. A strong, burlyson of the Emerald Isle who had been unable to work for monthsowing to the pain which came on so frequently. He had heard ofthe oil treatment and had been trying it. he said. When I ex-plained to him the importance of regular
Proceedings of Meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. . he first was relieved. Hehas had just the slightest sort of an attack, but is now perfectlywell. Four surgeons gave him twelve hours to live without anoperation. The second has been out of the hospital four was a marked case of chronic appendicitis. A strong, burlyson of the Emerald Isle who had been unable to work for monthsowing to the pain which came on so frequently. He had heard ofthe oil treatment and had been trying it. he said. When I ex-plained to him the importance of regularity of the bowels he ad-mitted he had not given himself the attention he should have. Acute and Sudden Recurrent Appendicitis. 623 not knowing the danger of neglect. The violent attackwhich brought him to the hospital determined him to have theoperation. I set the day, but his improvement was so markedthat he insisted that he continue on, and he left the hospital in fourweeks. I saw him a few days since and was curious to know ifhe w ere sensitive over the appendix. In reply to my question, he. Fig. 2.—Temperature, Pulse and Respiration Curves in a Case of Recurrent Appendicitis. said. You know I used to feel before I had these attacks that Icould be hit with a hammer without having it hurt me; I feel sonow. The remedies given internally for reducing the fever and in-flammation in addition to those mentioned in the various stagesas seem indicated are: Aconite, belladonna, bryonia veratrum,phenacetine and Warburgs tincture. CHAPTER XVII. foreign military Sanitary 21Iattcrs. I. THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE MEXICANNATIONAL ARMY. By Major LOUIS M. MAUS, FORT HAMILTON, X. Y.,SURGEOX IN TITE UNITED STATES ARMY. THE medical service of the Mexican National Army is di-vided into six divisions, namely:i. Medical Corps. 2. Pharmaceutical Department. 3. Veterinary Service. 4. Administration. 5. Company of Hospital Attendants. 6. Ambulance Corps. These various branches are component part
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