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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1900.
Original Communications-
The Safest and Most Effec-
tive of Hypnotics, by John
Buxton Carr, M. D., Old
Sparta, North Carolina, 103
Cholelithiasis, with Clini-
cal Reports, by J. W. P.
Smithwick, M. D., La-
Grange, N. C 104
Associated Diarrhea of Pul-
monary Tuberculosis, by
Dr. Louis F. High, Dan-
ville, Va 106
Some Fallacies, by F. R.
Millard, M. D., San Die-
go, California 107
A Monstrosity ; Its Causes
and Sequences, by Samuel
Knox Crawford, M. D.,
LL.D., Chicago 109
Gonorrheal Conjunctivitis ;
Conjunctivitis Neonato-
rum : Pseudo-Membran-
ous Conjunctivitis, by C.
A. Veasey, M. D., Phil-
adelphia, 113
Editorials.
Maryland Medical Journal 119
Medical Examining Board
of Virginia M9
Memorial Number of the
Colorado Med. Journal.. 119
Annual Discussion of the
State Society 119
The Plague 120
Proper Food and Feeding, . 120
Small Pox 121
Microbe Killer 121
Obstetric Satchel 122
Book Reviews,
Principles and Practices of
Modern Surgery. For the
use of Students and Prac-
titioners of Medicine and
Surgery, by John R. Ro-
berts, M.D., Philadelphia 123
Dudley's Gynecology. A
Treatise on the Principles
and Practice of Gynecolo-
gy, by E. C. Dudley, A.M.
M. D., Chicago 124
A Manual of the Diagnosis
and Treatment of the Dis-
eases of the Eye, by Ed-
ward Jackson, A. M., M.
D., Philadelphia, 124
A Text-Book of Diseases of
Women, by Chas. B. Pen-
rose, M. D., Ph.D., Phil-
adelphia, 124
A Manual of the Practice
of Medicine, Prepared es-
pecially for Students, by
A. A. Stevens, A. M., M.
D., Philadeiphia 125
International Text-Book of
Surgery. By American
and British authors, edi-
ted by J. Collins Warren,
M. D., LL.D., and A.
Pearce Gould, M. S. F.
R. C. S 125
Manual of Surgical Treat-
ment, by W. W. Chey-ne,
M. B., etc., and F. F.
Burghard, M. D 126
Lea's Series of Pocket Text
Books. Histology and
Pathology, by John Ben-
jamin Nichols, M. D 126
Christian Science. An Ex-
position of Mrs. Eddy's
Wonderful Discovery, by
William A. Pennington. 126
Children. Acid and Alka-
line, by Thomas C. Dun-
can, M. D.,Ph.D., LL.D. 126
Literary Notes.
Review of Reviews 126
Coming Age 127
The Forum for February. . 127
The Living Age 127
Antitoxine Results and
Diphtheria Definitions..
Acute Rheumatism, Pleu-
risy and Pneumonia
Abscess of the Lung Fol-
lowing Pneumonia
Alveolar Catarrh in Child-
dren,
Appendicitis Again
Asthenopia,
Acquired Non - Malignant
Stricture of the Rectum,
Acute and Chronic Pros-
tatitis
Alcohol in Its Relation to
Mental Diseases and
Crime
Acute Broncho-Pneumonia
in Infants
A Type of Enteric Fever,
Not Typhoid
Acute Hemorrhage
Biliary Calculi and the X-
Ray
Blood Count in Diseases of
Children
Biliousness and Sea Air. . .
Brain Tumor
Blood Examination as an
Aid to the Surgeon
Cystic Distension of the Ap-
pendix â–
Continence as a Factor in
Health and Disease,
Chemical Rays of the Solar
Spectrum as a Remedial
Agent
Cornual Pregnancy,
Complications, Accidents
and Dangers in Connec-
tion with Fractures
Cervical Flexions
Comparative Statistics in
the Treatment of Appen-
dicitis
Conservative Surgery o f
the Ovary
Conservatism in Surgery..
Care of the Recent Case of
Insanity
138
Death Rate from Nephritis 130
Disease of the Rectum and
Anus 131
Diet in Lithemia 133
Diagnosis and Treatment of
Diphtheria 133
Diagnosis of Initial Stages
of Pulmonary Tubercu-
losis 144
Excision of High Rectal
Carcinoma 129
Extensive Burn with Pecu-
liar Course 131
Examination of the Urine
in Epilepsy 132
Electrolysis for Aortic An-
eurism 1'4
Etiology and Prevention of
Uterine Disease 135
Epidemic Typhoid Fever. . 141
Food and Drug Inspection, 129
Fractures of the Skull, .... 131
Fracture of the Skull 132
Fracture of the Pelvis with
Rupture of the Urethra. 139
Gall Stones in the Common
Duct i28
Gonorrhea ; Its Dangers to
Society 130
Gastric Ulcer 141
Gonorrhea 149
Hemoglobinuria, 128
Hospital Treatment of Mel-
ancholia, . . .• 128
Hydriatic Treatment of Hy-
perchlorhydria 137
Incipient Melancholia 131
Inversion of the Uncut Ap-
pendix 133
Inversion of the Uterus 136
Intra-Ocular Hemorrhage, 138
Intestinal Asepsis in Medi-
cine and Surgery 139
Infection and Spread of Tu-
berculosis 144
Inhaling of Hot Air and
Flame, 145
Knife versus Electricity in
Tubal Pregnancy, 132
Laryngeal Stenosis 129
Laboratory Milk in Substi-
tute Infant Feeding 144
Most Important Point in the
Treatment o f Appendi-
citis 132
Mastoiditis 134
Microscopical Examination
of Blood Stains in Medi-
co-Legal Cases 141
Mental Disease and Life
Expectancy, 145
Mastoid Disease 146
Methylene Blue as a Local
Application 146
Malarial Hemorrhagic
Fever 147
Mild Types of Typhoid
Fever 149
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THE CHARLOTTE MEDICAL JOURNAL.
Mastoiditis 138
Xasal Obstruction, 129
Non-Medical Treatment of
Constipation, 134
Osteosarcoma 127
Obstruction of the Nasal
Duct 147
Principles versus Methods
in Railway Surgery 131
Principle of Fixation in
Fracture Treatment, 132
Prophylaxis of Typhoid
Fever 133
Principles Relating to Sta-
tic Machine Construction 138
Poliomyelitis Anterior
Acuta 142
Physiological Therapeutics
of Reasoning in Madness, 145
Pelvic Disease Following
Parturition 145
Purulent Pericarditis 149
Relative Intensity of the
Second Sound at the Base
of the Heart, 140
Recent Advances i n the
Study of Tuberculosis... 143
Some Dangers that Follow
in the Wake of Modern
Surgery 136
Surgical Treatment of An-
eurism of the Aorta 137
Specific Treatment for Ty-
phoid Fever 137
Surgery in Relation to Per-
sons of Advanced Age... 140
Sarcoma 142
Submucous Myoma 143
Submucous Fibroids of the
Uterus 148
Tubercle Germs and Giant
Cells in Human -Tissue. . 139
Taking Cold, 140
Tumor of the Medulla and
Pons 142
Tuberculosis of the Eso-
phagus 142
Therapeutics of Tubercu-
losis 148
Vaccination after Denuda-
tion of the Skin with Caus-
tic Potash Solution 130
Vaginal Section 143
Vaccination by Hypoder-
matic Injection. 149
When and How shall wei 1
Operate for Uterine Fi-
broids 131
X-Rays in Diseases of the
Chest, 133
X-Ray Injury, 136
Miscellaneous.
A Set-Back for Osteopathy
in Kentucky 153
Are There Limitations to
the Surgeons' Responsi-
bility? 155
Abdominal Hysterectomy.. 161
A Case of Bilharzia Haj-
matobai 163
Aneurysm of the Subclavi-
an Artery and its Treat-
ment 166
Acute Alcoholic Poisoning 166
A Case of Neurosis of the
Heart 167
A New Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil 169
Air or "Contact" Infection 202
Antityphoid Inoculations at
Military Stations in India 173
A Question of Diagnosis. . . 173
A Mineral Diet 175
A Case of Mild Sepsis Treat-
ed by Unguentum Crede, 176
A Terrible Warning 177
Adhesions after Laparoto-
mies, 184
A Case of Appendicitis. . . . 186
An Early Sign of Pregnancy 189
A New Method for Anes-
thetizing in the Knee-
Chest Position 1 92
Bronzed Diabetes 150
Bovine Tuberculosis and
Man 156
Beneficient Paternalism. . . 171
Buncombe County Medical
Society 175
Claude Bernard and Coun-
ter-Prescribing Among
the Pharmacists in His
Day 170
Curl Papers 174
Contract Surgeons for the
Philippines, 183
Collection of Vital Statistics 185
Cases of Intractable Syp-
hilis 189
Carcinoma of Ascending
Colon 194
Chicago Filth is St. Louis'
Drink 196
Diagnostic Importance of
Pupilary Changes 202
Death of Dr. Hall 171
Danger of Performing
Needless Operations upon
Hysterical Patients 183
Diffuse Gonococcal Periton-
itis 189
Experimental Reproduc-
tion of Chancroid in Mon-
keys 190
Further Pre vention of
Cruelty to Animals in the
District of Columbia. . . . 155
Faith Healing, 17s
First Aid to the Injured. . . 187
Food Preservation, Adult-
eration, and Dyeing. .. . 193
Genius and Inebriety 196
History Repeats, 175
Heat in Australia 178
Havana's Vital Statistics.. 189
In Fear of the White Plague 151
Immobilization in Diseases
of the Joints, 15.5
Inflammability of Celluloid
Hairpins to the Static
Breeze, 187
Intense Heat in the South-
ern Hemisphere 190
Indiscriminate Charity 208
Joint Affections in Gonor-
rhoea 188
Koplik's Sign in Measles. . 192
Local Anesthesia 190
Mercury, 117
Marriage and Certain Phy-
sical Defects 150
Medical Megislation 168
Mistaken Diagnosis 179
Mortality i n New York
State 182
Marshall Hall and Multiple
Sclerosis 184
No Use for Bent Neodles. . 175
Nutrition of the Lens and
Its Relation to Cataract
Formation 186
On Cutting for Urethral
Stricture 159
On Narcosis with Chlor-
and Brom-Ethyl in the
Small Gynaecological Op-
erations 180
Patent Medicines and
Preachers 162
President Kruger at a Ban-
quet 167
Phenalgin, 178
Prevention of Tuberculosis 179
Proper Performance o f
Vaccination 180
Quack Medicines in Vienna 173
Radium 160
Racial Deterioration 165
Reduced Fares to Paris
Congress 169
Raleigh Academy of Med-
icine 179
Sanmetto as an Internal
Remedy for Genito-Urin-
ary Conditions, 118
Settlememt of the Roberts
Case in Congress 152
Surgery of the Stomach. .. . 164
Sterilization of Surgical In-
struments by Rolling in
Distilled Water l^O
Self Redemption from the
Cocaine Habit 102
Saunders' American Year-
Book of Medicine and
Surgery 175
Shall we Charge for Medi-
cal Advice giving by Tel-
ephone 182
Serum in the Treatment of
Malignant Syphilis 193
Tongaline 118
The Rules of the Game of
Bullets 151
The Necessity of Maintain-
ing Heat and Preserving
Blood in Sui-gical Oper-
ations 152
The Plague in Honolulu.. . 154
The Physician and the Sur-
gical Consultant 156
The Automobile from a
Public Health Standpaint 159
Therapeutic Researches. . . 160
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Nothing to eat but food ;
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To keep one from going nude.
Nothing to breathe but air,
Quick as a flash 'tis gone ;
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Nothing to sing but songs,
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Nowhere to go but out.
Nowhere to come but back.
Nothing to see but sights,
Nothing to quench but thirst ;
Nothing to have but what we've got.
Thus through life we are cursed.
Nothing to strike but a gait ;
Exerything moves that goes ;
Nothing at all but common sense
Can ever withstand these woes.
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speech at the Lotus Club recently vigorous-
ly denounced the custom of indiscriminate
charity. He said : "Let a multi-millionaire
take his millions to the slums and call the
people together, saying 'There is a wrong
distribution of wealth in the world. You
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The Charlotte Medical Journal.
Vol. XVI.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, MARCH, 1900.
No. 3.
Report of 1371 Cases of Tuberculosis Treat-
in the Asheville Climate.*
By James A. Burroug-hs, M.D., Asheville, N. C.
My reason for reporting the above work
is that my notes show conclusively that a
very large per cent, of properly selected
cases of tuberculosis can be arrested or cured
with rational treatment in the right climate.
As these patients have been intrusted to my
care by physicians from every State in the
Union, Province of Canada, &c., it is noth-
ing but reasonable and correct that a re-
sume of this work should be rendered for
their consideration. In this record no case
is included that has been treated since De-
cember, 1897; all the work of 1898 and
1899 is left for future compilation, as no
case of tuberculosis should ever be reported
as arrested without at least two years in
evidence of comparative good health minus
any return of the old symptoms. 123 cases
treated with tuberculin and anti-tubercular
serum have also been omitted from this re-
port, as no beneficial results were observed,
in some instances positive harm was done.
43 cases previously reported also omitted.
A painful fact to relate is that a little
more than a fourth of the number of pa-
tients who are referred to me are hopelessly
incurable because of too much destruction
tion of lung tissue and compound systemic
infection : this class is not taken under my
care and are not included in this report ;
all such cases, for obvious reasons, are
promptly advised through their regular
medical attendant to return home. It is
not right to waste your time with this class ;
it is dishonest to accept money for attention
that can be of no avail, and if permitted in
office will depress and disgust convalescents.
It is best for these patients to return home
notwithstanding any friction or mistrust
that mav arise.
Too much judgment cannot be displayed
in selecting cases for treatment, those who
improve reflect their good spirits upon others
while those who do not have the opposite
effect.
Points elicited by verbal examination of
the 1 37 1 cases as follows :
*Read before the Tri-State Medical Associa-
tion of the Carol inas and Vii'ginia, held at
Charleston, S. C, February, 1900.
903 cases.
469 "
553 "
818 "
394 "
13 "
Heredity, - - -
Acquired, - - -
Hemorrhagic, -
Non-hemorrhagic, -
Malignant Heredity,
Specific History, -
It is useless to note that tuberculosis is
never inherited, yet the peculiar soil, with
little or no physical resistance of the sub-
ject, does exist ; this lack of resistance is
nearly three times greater from maternal
than paternal side. The commonly accept-
ed theory that hemorrhagic cases enjoy an
advantage over the non-hemorrhagic is not
borne out in this report.
So large a per cent, of tubercular patients
having malignant ancestors is a point
entirely new so far as I know, which
can be accounted for only by the inher-
ited, weakened, non-resisting cell struc-
ture, certainly no other relation between
cancer and tuberculosis can exist, yet the
point is sufficiently prominent to note — I
have never observed cancer in a tubercular
patient.
The cases of specific complication had
been fairly well treated and with the con-
tinuance of occasional anti-syphilitic reme-
dies, no special bearing on the treatment
was observed. The average loss of weight
17:^ lbs., aggregating a loss of 23,650 lbs.
Average chest expansion 2^ inches.
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED.
Left lung involved 543 times.
Right lung involved 492 "
Each lung involved 336 "
COMPLICATIONS.
Laryngitis
Ulcerative laryngitis with loss
of voice - - - -
Diarrhea - - - -
Pleurisy, dry
Pleurisy, with effusion -
Empyema - - - -
Rectal Fistula
Bone Necrosis
Bronchial Catarrh -
Suppurative Otitis
Deafness, complete or partial in
one or each organ, due to pre-
vious pathological changes
Whether the right or left lung
403 tunes.
78
64
121
27
19
36
24
223
43
is involved
has no clinical significance or bearing on
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the prognosis so far as I have observed. It
is well to note that the clinical report shows
the left lung more frequently involved than
the right, notwithstanding the statistics of
all the authors I have examined show the
right more frequently involved. Each lung
being involved does not lesson the chance
for arrest or recovery ; the gravity of each
case depends upon the amount of tissue in-
volved with or without other infection, let
the lesion be in one or both lungs.
The cases complicated with laryngitis
and pharyngitis receiv«id very little atten-
tion beyond the regulation treatment which
will be described at another place in this
paper, however, it is well to state, every
case was well saturated at bed hour with
glymol impregnated with terebene and oil
of pine needles, by means of a hand ato-
mizer.
A number of the 121 cases of dry pleurisy
had repeated attacks ; all were treated by
strapping sides and small doses of codeine,
with a few day's rest in bed. It is a re-
markable fact that Pepper gives 115 pages
in his system of medicine to pleurisy, and
not quite one page of this great work is
devoted to tubercular pleurisy, notwith-
standing that 98 per cent, of all pleurisy is