The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-10
AIR E,IBoLIsM IN CuKoNARy ARTERIES

| At the last census the number of mystery 1 story writers had nearly overtaken' the number
 of fans in the country. this subject the effect ! of little air in the arteries shouid interest ! | estimate s4 per cent of our total population
 There is a good old tradition which makes it i sure and swift death ,nd withal bafling to the
 ordinary movie type of doctot ;tte hhh1es Of
 air into your victims vein Think or II! nGe \;
 neat workmanlike job and mere hypoaeir,lio s inno ! needle prick to tell the taie even 'o ' ~ | eyes of the fictional dick ,.,;e z, | But this method is not so good in real nle. of I know because I have. tried 1t. couple ol + fFrenchmen tried it on large scale year or
 two agothey injected pint or two or aaesh him n
 I forgot how much air they had to give the pun III
 before it upset him noticeably but It seeTea e 4ta | enough to crowd out large proportion or tle blood from the sentleman's vital organs. 1 nave
 often included little air gratis with soiutaon un infected into a vein and IL Norried pie ho iii"'s | than it did the. patient . ; | But air in the accessible arteries or veins Is | one thing and air in The coronary or carotid ar | teries is different matter, accofding to D George Rukstnat patholosist of Rush M Medi. i- into the ecoronary artery of dog, under ether
 anesthesa, brought death in few minutes, ever though artificial respiration was rnaihtaineo | throughout the experiment. ;., The coronary arteries have nothing to do Win coroners and coroners prefer to, have nothlnS 10 1 do with them They the arteries that supply the heart wall itself The carotid arteries ol
 Dr. Rukstinat noted that none of the dogs showed signs of delayed air emboilsm sucn as
 that not rarely seen m wou wit, which some air is accidentally mixed. Such persons may nVe lor o hours after the injection ot the arr ana tne uio | in convulsions and cyanosis (blue or NVd ap pearance). , s l.,
 patients antrum |maxiilary sinus9 was a.,be be- ing irrigated. At the completion or the lrfiga, ton the patient tainted became IVid ana M dlea
 abruptly. At autopsy large bubbles of air were ss
 found in the right ventricle and there were otnef bubbles in the arteries to the braln
 | Another investigator in Europe, w Gunder @ | mann, found that air injected into the pulmon- arv veins of a dog quickly produced death from coronary embolism The pulmonary velns con vey the air purified blood from the lungs to the heart
 It has been suggested by various students that beily-spiasher may be from coronary air em-
 bolism, the air being forced into the pulmonary veins by the sudden violent increase In the pres sure of the air in the lungs.
 | youth committed suicide in California recent | ly by constructing his waist with a wide heavy girdie and then infating 8 football bladder be- tween the girdle and his belly cant conceive
 e0r0hary oUEsTToNs 2'5 sslIosS'. AND ANSWERS I Young has been through numerous tests
 and examinations and doctors say & one k'uneS ..;,
 only one kidney? tNiiss c. H. M.y years after removal of one kidney and some or | them are still going strong.
 Instruction for Girl
 reading matter for a girl 17 years old She is | anxious to be popular with young men ana she
 gets the impression from other girls Sf nef s as
 ''petting." lMrs c. H. H) ,a,.,,
 " the stafe c or beah service for I
 free pamphlets on Sex Hygiene for girls of that | age.
 | HydFocele
 | have been much interested in your article on the injection treatment of hernia. Can hydroceIc 1 be cured by similar treatment, that is without hospital confinement and an operation? lT z. S) | Answer-Often medicinal injections which the physician can administer in his office will cure 1 hydrocele. In some ong-standing cases a minor | operation is necessary.
 | Beauty Parlor Surgery
 | conduct Q beauty DarlOr. One customer | comes in frcQucntly to have her eyebrows l plucked-she was In auto accident and one | eyebrow left drawn up grOtesquely. hence | the pIuckinE to give a more symmetrical appear ance But the pluclxing is very painful Is there
 any solution I can apply to make the skin less sensitive for this (D. HI. O.
 | Answer-I know of none. only a surgeon or l physician local anesthetic. | Doctors Need Not Be Dinident
 Much interested in your article about gaining | weight through insuln injections. Family doctor is. tOo-he asked me to write and get data from | you as to how much insulin. how often, etc. (Mrs N. H.)
 | Answer-The doctor is welcome to any infor- nation. reference advice can give him. but cannot give such information to layman Here may say that anybody in ordinary health may take dose two Of insulin daily with meals. Of course only physician can admns- ter the insulin. teach you how to administer II own 7