. Tri-State medical journal. conditionswhich are of a nature that pinch the conscious, and of which the only con-soling element is to be found in the thought and act of IVe must be bomagain; then will the possibility present itself of increasing the membershipof the Kansas State Society to upwards of 1,000, and that of the AmericanMedical Association from less than 5,000 to a possible 50,000—which esti-mate will include only a limited number in excess of one-half of the practi-tioners of rational medicine in our state and nation, respectively. Then,and not until then, may we confidently hope t
. Tri-State medical journal. conditionswhich are of a nature that pinch the conscious, and of which the only con-soling element is to be found in the thought and act of IVe must be bomagain; then will the possibility present itself of increasing the membershipof the Kansas State Society to upwards of 1,000, and that of the AmericanMedical Association from less than 5,000 to a possible 50,000—which esti-mate will include only a limited number in excess of one-half of the practi-tioners of rational medicine in our state and nation, respectively. Then,and not until then, may we confidently hope to find enlisted the requisitemajority essential to ultimately have success reward our efforts by bringingabout through unitary action, legislation in all things concerned with thewell-being of the people, as it should be, namely: In dependence uponconcerted medical advice. Will we do our duty, be loyal, and deservesuccess? ss TR1-STATE MEDICAL JOURNAL NOTES ON DISEASE OF THE MASTOID. BY C. M. HOBBY, M. D., Iowa City, HE importance of distinguishing be-tween those forms of disease of themastoid process and region which areacute in their formation, or at leastdeveloped from an acute otitis media,and those forms which occur in thecourse of chronic suppurative diseaseof the middle ear, and, therefore, asso-ciated with degenerative changes, hasbeen elaborately insisted upon byPolitzer, and the subject illuminatedby his genius. The circumstances under which the conditions resultingfrom long continued suppuration render surgical invasion of the mastoid,and even of the tympanum, advisable, are beginning to be understood, andthe results obtained in these obstinate cases are so encouraging, that wemay hope in the not distant future it will not be necessary to wait for lifeto be threatened before operation is considered allowable. The fact that recovery sometimes takes place, in every form of mastoiddisease, affords a basis for the too conservative surgeon to prolong efforts atre
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