Leonard G. Rowntree

Clinical Experience With Addison's Disease

Excerpt It is now eighty years since Thomas Addison presented his memorable work on disease of the suprarenal capsules before the South London Medical Society, and described the Syndrome which bear...

Purpuric Skin Manifestations Following the Use of Merbaphen

Excerpt Since the introduction of merbaphen as an antisyphilitic agent and a diuretic much attention has been directed to its toxic effects. These have been, in general, indicative of mercurial poi...

Preliminary Results of Resection of Sympathetic Ganglia and Trunks in Seventeen Cases of Chronic Infectious Arthritis

Excerpt Resection of lumbar sympathetic ganglia and trunks for the relief of so called chronic infectious arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis deformans) of the lower extremities was first em...

Studies in Blood Volume with the Dye Method

Excerpt New conceptions concerning blood are urgently needed in medicine, since the routine count of blood cells and the determination of the hemoglobin relate entirely to the concentration of the ...

ADMINISTRATION OF TRICHLOROETHYLENE IN TIC DOULOUREUX

To the Editor:— For many years trichloroethylene has been used in the treatment of tic douloureux and at times with considerable success. It is administered by inhalation ( dropped on cotton which has been placed to cover the nose, with the patient lying down). On many occasions it lessens the pain and shortens the attack. As a palliative measure it has some virtue. In a recent case it proved of decided value. The patient, a man aged 67, had suffered from the disease for seven years. It involved the lower (mandibular) branch of the trigeminal nerve. Pain was induced in the right part of the lower jaw on taking food or raising his voice; it came frequently, suddenly, and with excruciating pain. Two years ago, it also involved the maxillary branch and became so severe that injections became necessary at the site of the infraorbital foramen on the right. Lidocaine ( Xylocaine