. St. Louis courier of medicine. n a state of caries. Case V. Walter Roseberry, set. 26, brakeman on K. & , admitted Nov. 16, 1887, having been injured the night be-fore. Eighteen cars had passed over him, and it was presumedfrom the position in which he was found, that they had all passedover the instep of both feet. The feet, from the instep downwere ground into mince meat. The operation instituted by de Lignerolles, and popularized i1846 by Malgaigne, was performed on both feet, Dr. E. amputating the left and I the right. We were com-pelled, on account of the extensive lacera
. St. Louis courier of medicine. n a state of caries. Case V. Walter Roseberry, set. 26, brakeman on K. & , admitted Nov. 16, 1887, having been injured the night be-fore. Eighteen cars had passed over him, and it was presumedfrom the position in which he was found, that they had all passedover the instep of both feet. The feet, from the instep downwere ground into mince meat. The operation instituted by de Lignerolles, and popularized i1846 by Malgaigne, was performed on both feet, Dr. E. amputating the left and I the right. We were com-pelled, on account of the extensive lacerations about the upperpart of the foot anteriorly and about the ankle joint laterally,to use lacerated integument in the flaps. Union by first inten-tion was obtained nearly throughout in both operations. All ofthe cicatricial tissue in either is shown in the wood cut. 42 Original Articles. [July, 1888. The points at which the greatest pressure will come are coveredby the old, hard integument of the heel. He writes me that he. Fig. 5. can walk on these naked stumps by using crutches. He is nowin St. Louis having artificial limbs adapted with every hope ofsoon being able to walk quite well with the use of a single cane. THE TKEATMENT OF FEVER BY THE ICE COIL. By Geo. N. Kreider, A. B., M. D., Springfield, III. [Bead at the Meeting of the District Medical Society of Central Illinois,Pana. April 24,1888.] FOR some time I have contemplated writing upon my ex-perience with the ice coil in the treatment of fever, buthesitated about selecting this subject for the present meeting,because I believed it desirable to have my favorable statementsconfirmed by a greater array of cases. I acknowledge in ad-vance that I will not be able to present in this paper that proofof the value of the treatment which would be desirable. Butthe opportunities in private practice for making a thorough testof any line of treatment are so unlikely to occur, and my expe-rience with this method has been so encou
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