The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-25

Riva-Rocoi instrument. for reading the
heart and circulation cf the body: now in
use at the Massachusetts General Hos
pita!.
! the conclusion reached has been that the
! benefits by the use Of alcohol" stimulsnts
in health or disease have been greatly
] ovcrcstimated.
| The Riva-Rocci tube has revealed that
| the reason why men and women crave
] their o'clock tea is that at that hour or
/ the day the heart has been found to be
! more or less tagged. and that tea acts as
! the blood pressure while coffee has not
/ been found 20 exert such action
! This wonderful little instrument also
| shows why the man called upon TO think
deeply puts his heels on his office desk
/ and his back in the chair. thus sending
| the blood up to his brain. which. IL has
/ been found. requires high blood pressure
/ to do its best work.
Now as 10 the construction OF the In
strUment. II consists Of an inflated rub
/ ter armlet about 3i4 inches wide, so ar
| rarEed that il cav he fitted closely around
| the upper ann. just above the elbow. con-
uscted by q rubber tube with a mercury
I msnometer and an air pump.
The air forced from the pump is dis
| tributed in the rubber arrnlet and into the
] manOmeter at the same time. experiments
/ having shown that the actual pressure in
Z the aFmlet Is identical At any given time
/ with that in the graded millimeter glass
/ tube or manometer.
Air E-EAE-oESA M A-NNANAe-NA'----r
This air pressure eXerted upon the ar
teries and veins is increased until the
circulation OF blood below the point OF
application is stepped.
A. this instant the height OF the mercury
column is noted. This reading of the tube
denotes the maximum pressure IN the am
artery and denotes TO an ininiteslInal oe-
gree the patients vital force. o.,
As to Lawyer Bartlett's invention. Y
Is claimed at the Children 5 Hospital ina ~
- ar1gg for Doctor Los
rCnz i'm the treatment OF MP ana de-
formities Of the legs and arms. In cases
Of cOngCnital hip diseases, II mas be.h
successful in every case thus far invesu-
gated.
The result OF the doctors five cases has
not been 50 successful. the little patients
| stll suffering from what IS termed anterior
transpoSition Of the hip bone. or IN other
words the hip bone is not yet IN its nor
NAL place. The plaster casts in the doc
! tors cases nave all been removed except
/ ing one who mus wear the cast till the
end Of the year.
These little patients sfke others at the
| hospital suffer from apparently no injury.
and are able to go about and play as
other children. but the fact remains that
the end Of the hip bone has not been
placed in the socket there being now an
egg-shaped protuherance on The hip OF
each child showing where the head Of the
supposedly replaced boIs- now rests.
in three cases out Of the twenty which
have been operated upon by the Bartlett
machine and from which the casts have
Q
the most hopeful signs Of a complete cure.
BY means Of the N-ray light IL has been
shown that thess hip bones replaced in po-
sition by the new machine have remained
in the socket. and the patieHt shows no
sign Of the constitutional shCck inflicted
by the operation, evidences OF which have
been apparent in each one Of the Dorenz
cases.
CNRELAXING TENSION.
The new mechanical appliance has done
all the work OF replacing the dislocated
bone without the twisting and turning
which was necessary in the operations OF
Doctor Lorenz.
The steady and unreIaxing tension OF
the machine has rendered unnecessary the
breaking down OF the muscles on either
side nI the hip socket previous TO re-
placing tie dislCCated bone.
The machine i constructed to so hold
The pelviS thas the necessary lensthening
Of the muscles, ligaments and tissues Of
the leg can be accomplished without
wrenching any part OF the body above the
( hips while at the same time the stretch
ing can he done mechanically and with
an bsolute precision.
When the crucial moment arrives the
little pa aueut Is ethertZed and placed in
the apparatus. which IS somewhat like a
nicely padded armchair. eNcept the seat
resembles bicycle saddle.
On either side OF the body are two ctlsh-
ions TO be pressed against the hips A
steel saddle Is now adjusted over the
body so that 1t may b kept In place Al
the sides OF the machine. beginning at the
hip and extending below the feet, are long
steel rods. which may be swung in any
direction upon pivot
The leg upon which the operation is to
be performed IL 80 securely fastened to
the rod beside IL that II is absolutely i'm
movable OF itself and can only be moved
as the rod moves
When the leg has been thus firmly tied
| the rod and the leg are swung in such
manner mat a stronS' steady tension is