Industrial medicine and surgery . Fig. 121. general anesthetic the axillary and the shoulder absesses were incisedat three different points, and tube and gutta-percha drainage least 8 ounces of thin, yellowish pus was evacuated. Large hotboracic dressings were applied to the site of operation and a secondlarge hot dressing applied from the fingers to the axilla over the siteof the lymphangitis. Subsequent course: In spite of the evacuationof the pus, the temperature continued to rise. The second day the. Fig. 121 and 122.—Show a deformed middle finger following a neglecte
Industrial medicine and surgery . Fig. 121. general anesthetic the axillary and the shoulder absesses were incisedat three different points, and tube and gutta-percha drainage least 8 ounces of thin, yellowish pus was evacuated. Large hotboracic dressings were applied to the site of operation and a secondlarge hot dressing applied from the fingers to the axilla over the siteof the lymphangitis. Subsequent course: In spite of the evacuationof the pus, the temperature continued to rise. The second day the. Fig. 121 and 122.—Show a deformed middle finger following a neglected splinterwound. This finger was later amputated in order to obtain a better economic end-result. temperature was 103°, pulse 120; third day, 103^°, pulse 120; fourthday, 105°, pulse 140. The patient was exceedingly sick and showedall the signs of a general systemic infection. The fifth day, tempera-ture was 104°, pulse 120; the sixth day, temperature 100° to 102°;and from this time on it gradually subsided, until at the end of it reached normal and remained there. On the third day, a 588 INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY stock streptococcus vaccine was injected, and on the fourth day, asmall dose (50 million) of autogenous vaccine, which had been pre-pared, was administered. A slightly larger dose of autogenous vac-cine was given on the sixth day, and again on the ninth day. Thesevaccines were repeated every four days for four more doses. She leftthe hospital at the end of three and one-half
Size: 2421px × 1032px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdec, booksubjectmedicine, booksubjectsurgery
