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The Kansas City medical index-lancet Volume 26
The Kansas City medical indexlancet Volume 26 Author:Books Group This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...A.M.. M.D., Ovorbrook, Kansas. Two years ago I was called to see Mrs. G., in the seventh month of her pregnancy. She was violently sick, a... more »nd my diagnosis of appendicitis was confirmed by experienced counsel. A surgical operation was not deemed advisable owing to the pregnancy, and the prognosis was very unfavorable. As the woman was the mother of six small children, it was more than usually important that her life be saved. After a careful consideration of available remedies, I decided to use solution adrenalin chloride, by internal administration. As I did not know the dose at that time, and could find no record of its internal use, I began. with two drops and doubled the dose every two hours. Watching the effect carefully after each dose, I found marked benefit when sixteen drops was given. This dose was continued every two hours, the improvement being marked and continuous from the first full dose. The recovery was rapid and complete. I have never seen more pronounced evidence of the benefit of a remedy in any kind of sickness than from this medicine in this case. The question naturally arose, was there a mistake in diagnosis, or an accidental change for the best in the patient? I remained in doubt for six months, wondering at the apparent benefit of the remedy and the rapid and unexpected recovery of the patient. Then I obtained confirmation of my belief in a similar experience with another clear case of appendicitis, in a boy of 16. This time I knew the dose, and began at once with sixteen drops of adrenalin chloride solution, with fortyfour drops of essence of pepsin, every two hours. In this case, as in the former, the benefit was as pronounced as possible. No remedy could act better than this did in these two cases. If I could be sure that it would ...« less