The treatment of spina bifida by a new method / by James morton.

  • Morton, James (Biological scientist)
Date:
1877
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Credit: The treatment of spina bifida by a new method / by James morton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    sity, it was considered likely to prove less rapidly diffusible than a watery or spirituous solution of iodine, and in that I have not been disappointed. This greater compara- tive density or viscidity necessitates the use of a trocar and canula of a medium size; it must not be too fine, otherwise the in- jection will not run. The strength of the solution has already been given more than once, and it has not seemed to be too strong, while in a case which will be found in the appendix, it will be seen that on one occa- sion I used an iodo-glycerine fluid of double the strength which I have usually em- ployed. The statistics of the cases subjected to this plan of treatment, so far as known or recorded, are these:—Fifteen cases in all, of which twelve have been successful, and three unfortunate. All my own lumbar cases have been fortunate. Of the three