Vol 7, No 6 (1893)

Bacteriological studies of the last time have undoubtedly proved the dependence of infectious diseases on the presence of microorganisms. The latter play an important role in surgery. Various deviations in the healing of wounds, as has now been positively proven, depend precisely on the penetration of pathogenic microbes into them, several types of which are already known. In the first place in terms of frequency and importance are streptococcus pyogenes or streptococcus erysipelatis and various species of staphylococci pyogeni. The tremendous success of modern surgery is associated with these discoveries and with the application of measures to eliminate these microbes from wounded surfaces.

Patient V., turned to Dr. Moreau for advice, complaining of various painful symptoms: lack of appetite, severe weakness, profuse menstruation, difficulty in urination and defecation.

Bourgeois, 32 years old, the first regulations at 16, always correct, but abundant and with pain. About 8 years ago I lifted a basket of laundry; at this time felt severe pain in the lower abdomen, as if something had broken off; vomiting appeared.

The author exposes the insufficiency of our methods of recognizing malignant neoplasms of the uterine body cavity in the initial stages of development.

The indications for castration, first developed by Hegar, are known to have expanded far, since Charcot found a way to stop or induce hysteroepileptic seizures by pressing the ovaries, as the hope arose to promote the removal of the ovaries to radically heal from hysteria.