Hemoptysis
Categories: BRONCHOSCOPY IN DISEASES OF THE TRACHEA AND BRONCHISources: A Manual Of Peroral Endoscopy And Laryngeal Surgery
In cases not demonstrably tuberculous, hemoptysis may
require bronchoscopic examination to determine the origin. Varices or
unsuspected luetic, malignant, or tuberculous lesions may be found to
be the cause. It is mechanically easy to pack off one bronchus with
the author's packs (Fig. 96) introduced through the bronchoscope, but
the advisability of doing so requires further clinical tests.
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Gangrene Of The Lung
Pulmonary gangrene has been followed by recovery after the endobronchial injection of oily solutions of gomenol and guaiacol (Guisez). The injections are readily made through the laryngoscope without the insertion of a bronchoscope. A silk woven ca... Gassner
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The gastroscope is of the same construction as the esophagoscope, with the exception that it is made longer, in order to reach all parts of the stomach. In ordinary cases, the regular esophagoscopes for adults and children respectively will afford a... Gastroscopy
The stomach of any individual having a normal esophagus and normal spine can be explored with an open-tube gastroscope. The adult size esophagoscope being 53 cm. long will reach the stomach of the average individual. Longer gastroscopes are used, wh... General Directions Of The Current
Negative affections, as a general rule, are best treated with the upward-running current--the positive pole being placed at a lower point than the negative. Inflammatory affections, and other plus conditions, for the most part, should be treated wit... General Principles Of Position
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VALENTINE GREATRAKES was born at Affane, County of Waterford, Ireland, on Saint Valentine's Day, February 14, 1628. He was educated a Protestant at the free school of Lismore near his home, and at Trinity College, Dublin. At the outbreak of the C... Habit And Nervous Strain
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In cases not demonstrably tuberculous, hemoptysis may require bronchoscopic examination to determine the origin. Varices or unsuspected luetic, malignant, or tuberculous lesions may be found to be the cause. It is mechanically easy to pack off one b... Hemorrhage
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is a specific for _Itch and Scald Head,_ applied in form of a wash with twenty to thirty drops of _tr. Hepar Sul._ to a gill of water. Also for ill-conditioned scrofulous ulcers, generally. ... Hepatitis Inflammation Of Liver
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