Mastoid suppuration followed by lateral sinus pyaemia : treated by partial excision of the sinus and ligature of the internal jugular vein in the neck / by A.W. Mayo Robson ; with Herbert Keighley.

  • Robson, Arthur William Mayo, Sir, 1853-1933.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Mastoid suppuration followed by lateral sinus pyaemia : treated by partial excision of the sinus and ligature of the internal jugular vein in the neck / by A.W. Mayo Robson ; with Herbert Keighley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reprinted from The Lancet, Fehrupry 6, 1897. MASTOID SUPPURATION FOLLOWED BY , LATERAL SINUS PYEMIA, TREATED BY PARTIAL EXCISION OF THE SINUS AND LIGATURE OF THE INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN IN THE NECK.i ,^c X By a. W. mayo bob son, F. SENIOR SURGEON TO THE GENERAL INFIRMARY AT SURGEON TO THE BATLEY WITH HERBERT KEIGHLEY, M.R.C.S. SURGEON TO THE BATLEY HOSPITAL. A MAN, aged thirty-seven years, was admitted to the Batley Hospital, under the care of Mr. H. Keighley, on Nov. 2nd, 1895, complaining of pain accompanied by a foul discharge from his right ear. The family history was good in all respects. The patient, a powerful and healthy man, never remembered having had any ailment apart from a periodic “ discharge of matter ” from his right ear. This had existed, he was told, from childhood, although he could not say whether it was subsequent to measles, scarlet fever, or other disease of infancy likely to give 1 A paper delivered before the Leeds and West Riding Medlco- Ohlrurglcal Society on Jan. 15tb, 1897.