Journal of Orificial Surgery Volume 7

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. 1899 Excerpt: ... The patient left the hospital July 30th in perfect health. She can eat three meals a day, does not vomit, has no fainting spells, menses regular, not painful, and bowels move every day. CONSTIPATION AND DYSPEPSIA. Mr. P. W., age 43, consulted me Dec. 12, '97, for years of chronic constipation and dyspepsia. Found a bad case of hemorrhoids, operated on him Dec. 14, '97, and has been well ever since. ASTHMA. v Mr. J. R., age 41, consulted me in October, '97, for asthma. For two years had been unable to lie down to sleep on account of suffocating spells. Coughed and expectorated. Had been doctored for phthisis. Examination showed his lungs sound, a long tight foreskin and tight' sphincter. Could not insert my little finger in the rectum. Advised orificial work, to which he readily consented. Operated on Nov. 15. Circumcised him, enlarged the meatus, removed four hemorrhoids of good size, and two pockets. He left the hospital Dec. 12, '97. Gained 28 pounds and expectoration stopped. He can lie down and enjoy a good night's sleep. He is a little hoarse and catches cold easily. All my operations on the rectum are slit operations. In five hundred cases I have not found it necessary to perform the American operation. AN INTERESTING CASE. GILBERT FITZPATRICK, M.D. CHICAGO. Oct. 15, '97, Mrs. G. called at my office complaining of the following symptoms and conditions as revealed by subjective and objective examination: Family history--Positively negative. Personal history, had usual diseases peculiar to childhood; though a sequela in the form of a catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membranes of the terminal bronchial tubes, followed measles; otherwise strong and healthy, as a child. Began menstruating at 12; was quite regular during the first year, when a very sev...