Remarks on chronic intestinal stasis : with reference to conditions found at operation and the mortality : delivered at the North-East London Post-Graduate College / by Wm. Seaman Bainbridge.

  • Bainbridge, William Seaman, 1870-1947.
Date:
1913
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Credit: Remarks on chronic intestinal stasis : with reference to conditions found at operation and the mortality : delivered at the North-East London Post-Graduate College / by Wm. Seaman Bainbridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHRONIC INTESTI ON WITH REFERENCE TO CONDITIONS FOUND AT OPERATION AND THE MORTALITY. By Wm. SEAMAN BAIN BRIDGE. To Sir Arbuthnot Lane we are greatly indebted, for lie bas given to us a very clear view of tbe essential facts concerning stasis. He has evolved a most plausible theory as to its cause, and has pictured the far-reaching effects. The cases he has presented are most convincing, especi- ally so when we realize that they are not a small group of exceptions. We have seen seventeen patients to-day, many of them former human derelicts, now made over into useful and happy people. During the past six years I have made five trips to England, and each time have studied the subject of chronic intestinal stasis. Every facility has been freely granted by Sir Arbuthnot for this work. Year after year I have seen his patients before operation, at the time of surgical treatment, witnessed his masterly technique, noted tbe history of the convalescent period, talked with staff and nurses and patients, and have seen a large number of the cases after an interval of many months. Several times in the history of our profession Sir Arbuthnot Lane has blazed the trail into new fields, in- troducing radical methods of treatment, some of which have already become established as regular routine in surgical practice. To aid this surgeon has come Dr. Jordan with his wonderful skill in asray diagnosis. Personally I have had many cases studied by very able men, but as yet we in America have not been able to equal his work. We are coming on, but Dr. Jordan is, I believe, to-day leading the way along this line. Mitlithese two leaders herein London, with their work open to all, what can I add ? However, a few facts from my personal experience may be of interest. Intestinal stasis deserves our most serious consideration, and among the many questions which have naturally arisen in discussions of this subject, none is more important than the question of mortality. [557/IB]