. Virginia medical semi-monthly . tisfy myselfthat the needle was there, though the patientinsisted that it was. She was advised to bathethe foot frequently with hot water, keep offof it, and report progress. She continued tosuffer considerable pain, and in a few days thefoot was much swollen, the patient now insist-ing that the needle had shifted its positionand was on the dorsum of the foot, in closeproximity extensor tendons of the secondand third toes. At this time, in order to determine whetherthe needle was in the foot, and if so where,I requested that Professor Moreland, ofWashin
. Virginia medical semi-monthly . tisfy myselfthat the needle was there, though the patientinsisted that it was. She was advised to bathethe foot frequently with hot water, keep offof it, and report progress. She continued tosuffer considerable pain, and in a few days thefoot was much swollen, the patient now insist-ing that the needle had shifted its positionand was on the dorsum of the foot, in closeproximity extensor tendons of the secondand third toes. At this time, in order to determine whetherthe needle was in the foot, and if so where,I requested that Professor Moreland, ofWashington and Lee University, should ex-amine it by means of the excellent X ray ap-paratus he has in his laboratory. Two radio-graphs were taken—the first with the tubeover the dorsum of the foot and the plate onthe plantar surface; the second with the tubeover the outside of the foot with the plate onthe opposite or inner side. The needle showedplainly in both views. The first is the onehere illustrated, and speaks for itself. The. second showed that the needle lay in closeproximity to the under surface of the metatar-sal bone with its axis .about parallel with thatof the shaft of the bone. With the needle thus definitely located, onNovember 10th its removal was undertakenand accomplished—using chloroform anesthe-sia. The wound was dressed antiseptically,and kindly healed in the usual time withoutpus. Another Collective Investigation of Antitoxin. The American Pediatric Society, for their sec-ond collective investigation, asks that recordsof diphtheria cases occurring in the UnitedStates involving the larynx, whether opi ratedon or not, be sent to their secretary, Dr. W. , 57 E. Seventy-ninth street, NewYork, N. Y. 480 THE VIRGINIA MEDICAL SEMI-MONTHLY. [December 11 Proceedings of Societies, etc. MEDICAL SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA. Twenty-seventh Annual Session, held at RockbridgeAlum Springs, Va., September 8-10, 1896. [Continued from page 456, November 27, 189G.] Dr. Geor
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