Notes of a case in which chrysophanic acid was administered internally by accident / by John Glaister.

  • Glaister, John, 1856-1932.
Date:
[1881?]
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Credit: Notes of a case in which chrysophanic acid was administered internally by accident / by John Glaister. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    malingering. I did not doubt that at firsf H.. r, • 7Jtll^%tr' .^F'^^^d ^ consultation, { wis agreed that Professor Gairdner should be called in THp result ot the consultation was that that gem en an ac^reed with me as to the initial cause of the illness.lnd Z as to ?he sh^ldl^'^'f -'^ T^.' ^i-^ the treatment fnfpll ' ''^ '^^^ '^'^ til it was abso- lutely necessary by reason of distension, and to impress on the mind of the patient the fact that she'could lel eve herself that' nix'/ d ' '^'^^ ^-It being that next day she passed urine mixed with blood the act being accompanied by considerable pain. The menstrual flow appear-ed a day or two after. We were told at the consultation that she had that day already passed blood, but that she herself had emptied the vessel at once without any one seeing it. I confess that no stress was put upon this statement. The repetition of the h£ematuria, however, corroborated her statement, and I made sure by examining the vaginal passage that no blood was coming from it. This continued for about two weeks, and was treated ineffectually by ergot and the mineral acids; after resting quietly in bed, however, it subsided. It again and again returned at frequent intervals. Before the exacerba- tions, she always experienced considerable pain in the region ot the bladder, but was always relieved of it when the blood appeared.^ The quantity of blood passed during this time was very considerable, so much so as to make her quite angemic in appearance. At the beginning of one of the attacks, it occurred to me to introduce a male catheter into the bladder, and connect it by tubing to the chamber vessel, so as to enable the urine to flow away continuously from the bladder, thereby giving that organ the greatest possible amount of rest. This had the desired effect; the hsematuria immediately began to subside, and by the third day the blood had almost entirely disap- peared. The catheter was then removed for a day or two, then introduced again for a few days more. This contrivance had to be repeated at the onset of each attack, but it was noted that the intervals between them were longer; lattei'ly