CONGENITAL DISLOCATIONS OF THE RADIUS.
Authors: CHARLES A. POWERS
Journal: JAMA (1903)

to ¡nt/i ng results. 1 always make a good opening in order attenti U°e W^n ease a larSe tube for irrigation, paying no reni ova|nfWl l atevor to tlle aPPen<üx unless it is to effect its shom,[ , me ls not too much of a consideration.Such cases rest of h eatecl on surgical principles, thoroughly cleansed, \ve ila le Part and attention to the diet.By such a course treatm aecomPb'shed far more than was possible by medical ü t "ent alone.is oile ' '. "ILliL E. Millikkk, Dallas, Texas.-TJlcerativecolitis suggested?1 prevalent maladies.When Dr. Weir, New York, Assoeinp ^ear a^*^le sessl011 of the American Medical "'roiinj, !\ use 0I the superfluous appendix as a means ,v°ulcf 1 " ^°rea°h the lower bowel, I was in hopes that I »lent to ifi an opportunity of applying this method of treat- preserit t-0"'6 °^our cases of ulcerative colitis, but up to the to tilc .have had no such opportunity.I have resorted varie(j arious medicaments through' the rectum and with there ari unsatisfactory results.I am glad to hear that ïhe met ?"etter methods than those suggested by Dr. Weir.>• e., t]," suggested by Dr. Summers and the last speaker, c' <*nn, wi l ' 8taul i ahment of a fistula in the anterior wall of the ' Ppondif, | ss,l)b' give more direct connection than the simple a"' )i ' (l ed nif,thod. 1regret that an opportunity has not been is n i G -^0J'0W the suggestion, but it seems to me that f>reval en(.^lca' means of remedying what is with us a rather of tlle Conilltion.Like the last speaker, I know nothing Dr. j hol°gy which has led up to this conditi j Oí » mull llilS im tip LO Lili» UUllLtlLlUll.*ou)d sa .S ^" Summers, JR., Omaha-I hoped that some one 'ts <-' )ian' r",S0":t' lm' nS about the anomalies of the pancreas or "'"1er tif Position.As the inferior mesenteric vein runs 'n a gro Pan<¡reas to empty into the splenic vein, which lies 011 ill tl m ^ne "nder surface of the pancreas, an obstruí- Vc" i'lia-r-urn now in the inferior mesenteric vein can be Cl ' «as.t~înea> Provided there be an abnormality in the pan- 'n tllis Part' UOt I<n0W wllat ¡t wa8] mlt ¡t seenl0cl to me that, i ' -' ^' 6 post • ar case> *'iei'°vas something unusual developed ""i.jiis¡ , 10r ai'ea of the pancreas, and that this caused con '" With ,. ence with the current in the inferior mesenteric Triform le resu'tant varicosity.I merely mentioned the i d beenaPPendi x as a raute for the irrigation of the colon, as th SUreical lmP1Msea that Dr. Weir had advocated it as a kind 6 ^' e\y y • hi the discussions of the surgical section of "' t,Vo sur,!Academy of Medicine, it will be noted that one t?0f^ea sat *0118 'laVe advocated this appendix route and have t by dil t fa-Ct0ry reäults-0ne of these gentlemen stated e i-Clllty a \r one eou'(l succeed in getting the appendix ¡\ ¡s to 10 F' catheter.Everyone knows that such a n.out aSIUa" for flushing purposes.When you want to Oa a 30 T,aV you must have a current and, therefore, I t on l' eniove tl Catneter or 40 F-catheter none too large.You Win ' ' rie-if10 ca*ae^er) introducing it only when the bowel is ' Je Ho Ù , ^*-hc operation has been well done there Jc<il\age.