Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Part 88

Author: Jacob Anthony Kimmell
Publication date: 1910
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Nephroptosis without coloptosis, it is boldly asserted, does Dx occur. In fact the prolapsed colon, weighted down with aceuma- lated fecal masses as a result of associated constipation. 23. tugging on the right kidney by means of the nephrocolic lig ment is considered the principal contributory etiological factor in movable kidney.

Acting upon this idea the author has devised an operation for the correction of nephroptosis the essential feature of which the utilization of the nephrocolic ligament as a substantial sup- porting structure.

There are chapters dealing with the subject of movable kidney from the standpoints of Anatomy and Pathology. Etiology, Symp tomatology, Diagnosis and Treatment; and at the end is appendet a somewhat detailed report of 54 cases of nephrocolopexy ic substantiation of the author's claims.

The illustrations are numerous, clear and helpful; and the publishers' work is creditably done.

The book will doubtless stimulate surgeons generally to search very carefully for the nephrocolic ligament in all cases operated upon for nephroptosis. It seems very strange that such & definite anatomical structure, of such vital importance etiologically in 3

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trety" communion disorder, as described and pictured by Dr. year should have escaped notice so long. But judgment as ; real worth must be withheld, of course, until the author's Is have been thoroughly tested by other surgeons. Any ite contribution to the study of movable kidney from an gical standpoint should be gratefully received, and justly 's careful consideration, in view of the present chaotic state r knowledge upon this subject. For one cannot help being essed by the curious discrepancies and radical differences of on met with when comparison is made between the views fferent authors who have made a special study of movable y. Thus, for example, F. W. Griffith (Johns Hopkins Hosp. XXI, 75) who made a very elaborate and painstaking study ›dy-shape in relation to movable kidney, concluded that / body-shape is more important as an etiological factor all others combined.

: so Longyear, however, who holds this to be only one of minor contributory causes, regarding chronic constipation ; relation to coloptosis as of very much more importance. he explains the much greater frequency of right-sided 'optosis, since fecal matter does not accumulate in the de- ing colon; and his statistics show that of 155 cases of mov- kidney found among 1000 women examined, he met with not gle case occurring on the left side alone.

ffith, on the other hand, reports from a study of both clin- nd operative statistics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital that orrect proportion of right- to left-sided nephroptosis is about to one! He found furthermore that a history of constipa- was obtained in 49 per cent of white women and 70 per of colored women; or, as he says, "White women in whom ble kidney is common do not suffer from constipation as ently as do colored women in whom movable kidney is un- on."

s evident, therefore, how far we are from any uniformity of on upon this subject at present, and Dr. Longyear is to be atulated on having contributed in this attractive little te so much food for reflection, which it is safe to predict timulate the surgical world to speedily interest itself in a igh test of his original suggestion. E. H. RICHARDSON.

as Vesalius, The Reformer of Anatomy. By JAMES MOORES ALL, M. D., St. Louis. Quarto size (10 x 1234 inches), inted on heavy Normandy vellum, deckle edge, with heavy tension cover to match. A de luxe volume, issued in the ghest style of the typographic art as regards page format, pe cutting, decoration and solidity of ink. Pages XVII + . Fully illustrated. Price $5.00. (St. Louis: Medical ience Press, MDCCCCX.)

e has long been need of a publication in English giving, able form, the available data in regard to Vesalius. Burg- s Mémoire (Gand, 1841) and Roth's scholarly biography , 1892) have largely supplied this want for a French and reading profession. It has been a regret to all, interested cal History, that the promised "Vesalius " in the Masters Icine series has never appeared, for what is wanted is life of Vesal as Paget gave us of John Hunter and Power lam Harvey in this series. Doubtless Dr. Taylor found ge task, and in view of Professor Roth's exhaustive study many years of labor, there must have been hesitation to e same field. However, there may always be something the subsequent biographer-vide the long series of orations-and Roth himself has shown, by a number of bers, that the last word on Vesalius was by no means said mprehensive volume.

[are many points of view from which a biographical jay be written, and Roth's much annotated " Andreas

Vesalius " would, if translated, probably make rather dry and un- interesting reading for the average physician. Few combine the scholar's knowledge with a style suited to all readers.

Though Dr. Ball makes no pretense of having made original studies, his narrative will give to English readers, unfamiliar with Roth and Choulant, a pleasant and helpful picture of Vesal, his contemporaries and his times.

For its interesting introductory chapters and for the review of anatomy in ancient times, it is to be hoped that the volume will be largely read, but as a picture of Vesalius it falls short of one's expectations. The narrative is broken up by the insertion of fragmentary and isolated biographies of Vesal's forerunners and contemporaries to the distraction of the reader's attention from the main theme. To really do justice to the subject would re- quire the pen of a Henry Morley and a knowledge of the 16th century equal to his, and one could wish that he had added a Vesalius to his Jerome Cardan and his Palissy the Potter. His short sketch in Fraser's Magazine in 1853 is an indication of what might have been expected, and he did us a service-to which Dr. Ball refers-in calling Vesal the Luther of Anatomy.

Not only in its content, but typographically, the volume has much deserving of commendation. The Medical Science Press is to be congratulated on the appearance of the work, and the proof- reader, on the scarcity of typographical errors. An " of " is miss- ing from line thirteen, page 76, etc. The book is printed on heavy paper, Normandy vellum, imported from France-a commentary on the protective tariff-which takes the type and blocks of the numerous illustrations as no American made paper can. Unfor- tunately it has been necessary to use two qualities (pages 81-96 in the copy used for review). The index would seem to be un- necessarily elaborate-a rare and perhaps a good fault.

The attention of medical students should be directed to this volume, though it is rather too expensive a work for the majority of them to hope to possess. H. C.

Urinary Surgery-A Review. By F. S. KIDD, M. B., B. C. (Can- tab.), F. R. C. S. (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1910.)

In the preface the author states that his purpose is to supply practitioners of medicine with a practical treatise which will aid them in becoming more familiar with the diseases of the urinary system.

The book, of 412 pages, is divided into five sections: 1. Dis- eases of the Kidney; 2. Diseases of the Ureters; 3. Diseases of the Bladder; 4. Diseases of the Prostate; and 5. Diseases of the Urethra.

English medical books are usually carefully written; this one, however, is a striking exception, for the English shows a viola- tion of most of the rules of rhetoric and a careless use of those of grammar. Ideas of slight relation to one another are con- nected by conjunctions and jumbled together in the same sen- tence; prepositions are misued, verbs are omitted, inelegant ex- pressions are injected here and there, and words are often used which inaccurately express the meaning intended. There is al- most an entire lack of coordination and unity in the long sen- tences and many of them require a second or third reading before the author's meaning is apparent.

A few examples of the author's English construction may be quoted: "The patient should lie up in bed, with the foot-end slightly raised, either on her back, or on her right side, and the attack will pass off in a few hours." "Stone is the commonest cause of single cyst in the kidney met with at operation." Re- ferring presumably to the X-rays which were spoken of in a preceding sentence, he says, "Before their advent stones were approached in the dark." "Intervals of years may intervene." " The symptoms cool down." "The abscess breaks on to the skin." "A triangular shadow in the renal region with a nose

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pointing downwards with phosphatic urine means ureteric block, ." and "gross parasites such as hydatid cysts."

The arrangement of the subject matter in short paragraphs with distinctive headings is faulty and in many instances very confusing.

It does not seem necessary in a work of this kind to give the embryology of the kidney and ureter; if the reader does not know it beforehand, he will not be much enlightened after hav- ing read the synopsis.

In what should be a very important chapter on renal calculus, there is nothing new, and the arrangement of the facts given is so poor that a clear idea of the subject cannot be obtained.

The discussion of new growths of the kidney is very inadequate, in many places being reduced to simply a naming of the con- ditions. Inflammations of the bladder and prostate are some- what better handled, but here again the author falls short.

The pathological descriptions in various chapters for the most part show crudity and unfamiliarity with this part of the sub- ject. Expressions such as "The pathology of spread," "the giant cell systems," " degeneration of the higher cells of the kid- ney " seem to be without warrant.

In a book intended for practitioners symptomatology is the most important feature, but the signs and symptoms are divided into so many sub-headings and so scattered in various para- graphs and in general so inadequately dealt with that a compre- hensive grasp of them is rendered impossible.

In the section on tuberculosis of the kidney in speaking of catheterization of the ureter, the following astounding assertion is made: " Before removal, half an ounce of a one per cent solu- tion of corrosive sublimate is injected through the catheter." This surely would kill all the tubercle bacilli which might have been artificially introduced, but at the same time, it would de- stroy the ureter and pelvis of the kidney. Another statement in the chapter on Tuberculosis of the Bladder, while not dangerous, is certainly erroneous: "If a young man without venereal taint who usually. sleeps well is constantly awakened at night by desire to micturate, the diagnosis is tuberculosis of the bladder."

The treatment of certain diseased conditions is short and in many instances too cursory to be of much help. The operative technique is so briefly described that it is questionable whether any mention of it need have been made.

There is much good material in the book; the author's advice for the most part is sound, his insistence on a thorough examina- tion at the onset of various maladies is commendable, and the surgical principles which he sets forth are, with a few exceptions, correct. If the whole text were entirely rewritten in passable English, the subject matter rearranged, the errors corrected and numerous repetitions omitted the book would have some value; but as it stands, it is at best of doubtful utility.

The Sexual Disabilities of Man, and Their Treatment. By ARTHUR COOPER, Consulting Surgeon to the Westminster General Dis- pensary, etc. Second edition. Revised and enlarged. Price $2. (New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1910.)

The book is divided into two sections: (1) Sterility and (2) Impotence.

In the first, the author discusses the normal and abnormal characteristics of the seminal fluid, the changes found in the spermatozoa, the various physical defects, and the most common diseases which are held responsible for sterility. At the end treatment is advised for the most usual and important changes found.

Impotence is dealt with under two headings: Secondary and Primary. (1) Secondary impotence is caused by definite morbid conditions such as physical defects and local and general disease. (2) Primary impotence is mainly nervous in origin and only

slight, if any, local changes are demonstrable. Three factors are discussed: (1) The psychical element; (3) effect of abnormal seminal emissions; and (3) The rest irritation or over-stimulation. At the end a fairly compreben treatment is given.

The book is well and pleasantly written and covers the gra in a fairly satisfactory manner, but in a few places the ad has been too brief, and in others, matter has been inserted might well have been left out. The practitioner or student knows very little of the subject may find the work helpful for those who are conversant with the literature it will almost no value.

Surgical After-Treatment. By L. R. G. CRANDON, A. M., MI Assistant in Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Ilis tions. Price $6. (Philadelphia and London: W. B. Sale Company, 1910.)

There are very few surgeons who have not at one time another, in the course of their career, felt the need of a good on "Surgical After-Treatment." Especially helpful must eat work be to the surgical beginners.

This long felt want is now beautifully supplied by Dr. Cral who is to be congratulated on the success of his book.

Starting out with a chapter on the Sick Room, Nurses' C Posture, other chapters follow telling in clear, concise lang of the care of the patient before and after operation, the thesia, feeding, care of the wound, complications, etc.

Further on in the book the various operations are takat one by one and dealt with specifically, such as for instance Radical Cure of Hernia, Strangulated Hernia, Curettage for tion and Miscarriage, etc.

The last two hundred pages of the book are devoted " Therapeutic Immunization and Vaccine Therapy," writtenl' Dr. George P. Sanborn, also of Boston. This is a wise addik to the work as every modern surgeon must be familiar with growing branch of medicine.

But, perhaps the most commendable feature of the whole is the fact that it is distinctly not a narrow and detailed sonne of the methods and procedures of one hospital or one institui but rather a sort of condensation, a resume of the best method in use at the present day in the various hospitals, both of country and of Europe. One has only to glance at the numer and well-chosen references to the literature to appreciate truth of this statement. BERTRAM M. BERNHELL

Practical Pathology. By J. SIMS WOODHEAD, M. A., M. D., LL.M Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; Professor of P. ology in the University of Cambridge. Illustrated. Four. Edition. Price $11. (London : Oxford University Press 1910.)

The welcome accorded the previous editions of Prof. Woodhead book is possibly the best indication of the need of a text of type. As so much time has elapsed since the appearance of the third edition, it will be well to briefly review the scope of volume.

The first chapter deals with a method of performing po mortem examinations, the requisites necessary, etc. The old criticism one can offer is whether it is really of advantage devote much space to a subject which can only be learned by servation or by actual experience.

The second chapter deals with pathological technique. By time he reaches his course in pathology the student should familiar with the microscope. On the other hand his knowledge of the examination of fresh tissue is limited and this portion the chapter is more satisfactory. The advantages of the study fresh tissues and injected organs have been neglected to & gres extent with the extensive use of microtomes and improved sta

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Ing methods, and the study of fres by a rather com staining methods numbered and the text as guides fo specific lesions. work greatly inas his disposal for m precision may be discriminating tho The third chapt manner, i. e., the inflammation. Th theory to impress mainder of this cl it occurs in variou in this as well as subsequent chapter gross lesion is desc of hardening and s amination under d Many of these latte the excellent illustr matic and possibly The book is uniq

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pugry anu It is therefore the more important to emphasize study of fresh tissue as the author does. This is followed rather complete description of hardening, embedding and ing methods which is doubly valuable since each method is ered and these numbers are used continuously through the as guides for the best methods available in the study of fic lesions. This reference system simplifies the student's greatly inasmuch as it puts a definite mode of procedure at isposal for most cases; it is possible, however, that just this sion may be a disadvantage since it will not necessitate any iminating thought on the part of the student.

e third chapter on inflammation begins in the only logical ier, i. e., the description of cells found in the blood and in nmation. The description is objective with only sufficient y to impress the unsolved cell genesis problems. The re- der of this chapter deals with inflammation and repair as curs in various characteristic tissues. The author's method is as well as in the description of morbid processes in the quent chapters is to be strongly commended. First the lesion is described, then after the most appropriate manner rdening and staining the tissue is given, the microscopic ex- ation under definite low and high magnification is detailed. · of these latter descriptions are more valuable on account of xcellent illustrations. In some instances these are diagram- : and possibly more valuable for this reason. e book is unique, its scope is different from every other trea-

tise on pathology and is no doubt just the thing most needed by the student since it puts at his disposal ready methods for the study and interpretation of the usual lesions of pathological anatomy.

The price of this book, however, precludes any very extensive use.

Scientific Memoirs-New Series No. 37. By Officers of the Medical and Sanitary Departments of the Government of India.

Investigations on Bengal Jail Dietaries with Some Observations on the Influence of Dietary on the Physical Development and Well-Being of the People of Bengal. By CAPTAIN D. MCCAY, M. B., etc. Issued under the authority of the Government of India by the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, Simla. Price 4/3. (Calcutta: Superintendent Gov- ernment Printing, India, 1910.)

A very long and thorough report divided into 2 parts, preceded by an Introduction. Part I is divided into 5 chapters: 1, The Food-Stuffs of Bengal Jail Dietaries; 2, The Nutritive Value of Bengal Jail Dietaries; 3, Report on Six Months' Use of Special Diets in Puri Jail; 4, The Effects of the Large Quantity of Salt Given in Bengal Jail Dietaries; and 5, Some Side-Issues of the Investigation. Part II discusses " The Relationship of Food to Physical Development." The special nature of this report makes it one of interest only to the physiologist, or a few students espe- cially devoted to problems of metabolism; such men will find it well worth a careful study.

HOSPITAL STAFF. DECEMBER 1, 1910.

SUPERINTENDENT: HENRY M. HURD, M. D.

RESIDENT PHYSICIAN: F. J. SLADEN, M. D.

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT: RUPERT NORTON, M. D. PHYSICIAN-IN-CHIEF: LEWELLYS F. BARKER, M. B. SURGEON-IN-CHIEF : WILLIAM S. HALSTED, M. D.

ASSISTANT RESIDENT PHYSICIANS:

P. W. CLOUGH, M. D., W. A. BAETJER, M. D.,

C. G. GUTHRIE, M. D., F. McPHEDRAN, M. D.,

C. R. AUSTRIAN, M. D., J. T. SAMPLE, M. D.,

RESIDENT SURGEON : C. M. REMSEN, M. D.

ASSISTANT RESIDENT SURGEONS:

G. J. HEUER, M. D.,

E. GOETSCH, M. D.,

W. D. GATCH, M. D. W. J. C. SHARP, M. D.,

A. O. FISHER, M. D., A. RANDALL, M. D.

RESIDENT GYNECOLOGIST: E. K. CULLEN, M. B.

ASSISTANT RESIDENT GYNECOLOGISTS:

J. A. SPERRY, M. D. P. I. NIXON, M. D.,

L. H. WATKINS, M. D.,

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J. C. BLOODGOOD, M. D.,

HUGH H. YOUNG, M. D.,

EY CUSHING, M. D.,

R. H. FOLLIS, M. D.

ASSOCIATE IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEBY: W. S. BAER, M. D.

ASSISTANT RESIDENT PATHOLOGIST: M. C. WINTERNITZ, M. D .* T. P. SPRUNT, M. D. (Acting).

HOUSE MEDICAL OFFICERS:

. MARY D. ALLEN, M. D., J. C. NEEL, M. D.,

L. W. GORHAM, M. D.,

J. P. PRATT, M. D.,

R. F. HEGEMAN, M. D.,

R. E. SEMMES, JR., M. D.,

R. H. MAJOR, M. D.,

S. R. MILLER, M. D.,

HELEN WATSON, M. D.,

D. H. MORSE, M. D.,

C. POWELL, M. D.

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PEDIATRICIAN : F. CLEMENS VON PIRQUET, M. D .* PSYCHIATRIST: ADOLF MEYER, M. D. ASSOCIATE PHYSICIAN : WILLIAM S. THAYER, M. D. ASSOCIATES IN SURGERY :

RESIDENT OBSTETRICIAN: A. H. MORSE, M. D.

ASSISTANT RESIDENT OBSTETRICIAN : K. M. WILSON, M. D.

RESIDENT PATHOLOGIST: G. H. WHIPPLE, M. D.

ASSOCIATE IN ACTINOGRAPHY:

F. H. BAETJER, M. D.

ASSOCIATES IN MEDICINE:

UTCHER, M. B.,

THOMAS McCRAE, M. D.,

LOUIS HAMMAN, M. D.

ASSOCIATES IN GYNECOLOGY:

RUSSELL, M. D.,

T. S. CULLEN, M. D.,

HUNNER, M. D.,

CURTIS F. BURNHAM, M. D.

ASSOCIATE IN OBSTETRICS: J. M. SLEMONS, M. D.

H. A. STEPHENSON, M. D.,

A. de T. VALK, M. D.,

GYNECOLOGIST-IN-CHIEF: HOWARD A. KELLY, M. D. OBSTETRICIAN-IN-CHIEF: J. WHITRIDGE WILLIAMS, M. D. PATHOLOGIST: WILLIAM H. WELCH, M. D.

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VOLUME IV. 504 pages, 33 charts and illustrations.

VOLUME V. 480 pages, with 32 charts and illustrations.

The Malarial Fevers of Baltimore. By W. S. THAYER, M. D., and J. HEWETSON, M. D.

A Study of some Fatal Cases of Malarla. By LEWELLIS F. BARKER, M. B. Studies in Typhoid Fever.

By WILLIAM OSLER, M. D., with additional papers by G. BLUMER, M. D., SIMON FLEXNER, M. D., WALTER REED, M. D., and H. C. PARSONS, M. D.

VOLUME VI. 414 pages, with 79 plates and figures.

VOLUME VII. 537 pages with illustrations.

VOLUME VIII. 552 pages with illustrations.

VOLUME IX. 1060 pages, 66 plates and 210 other illus- trations.

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Dedicated by his Pupils to WILLIAM HENRY WELCH, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his Doctorate. papers. This volume contains 38 separate

VOLUME X. 516 pages, 12 plates and 25 charts,

Structure of the Malarlal Parasites. Plate I. By JESSE W. LAZEAR, M. D. The Bacteriology of Cystitis, Pyelitis, and Pyelonephritis in Women, with & Consideration of the Accessory Etlological Factors in these Condi- tions, and of the Various Chemical and Microscopical Questions Involved. By THOMAS R. BROWN, M. D.

Cases of Infection with Strongyloides Intestinalis. (First Reported Oc- currence in North America,) Plates II and III. By RICHARD P. STRONG, M. D.

On the Pathological Changes in Hodgkin's Disease, with Especial Reference to its Relation to Tuberculosis. Plates. IV-VII. By DOROTHY M. Diabetes Insipidus, with a Report of Five Cases.". By THOMAS B. FUTCHER, REED, M. D. M. B. (Tor.).

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The value of Tuberculin In Surgical Diagnosis. By MARTIN B. TINKER, M. D.

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Typhoid Meningitis. By RUFUS I. COLE, M. D. The Pathological Anatomy of Meningitis due to Bacillus Typhosts WILLIAM G. MACCALLUM, M. D.

A Comparative Study of White and Negro Pelves, with a Considerm of the Size of the Child and Its Relation to Presentatie La Character of Labor in the Two Races. By THEODORE F. RIOGE, HE Renal Tuberculosis. By GEORGE WALKER, M. D.

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Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Part 88

Author: Jacob Anthony Kimmell Publication date: 1910 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1189

Author: Jacob Anthony Kimmell
Publication date: 1910
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1189