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...Graham made no more than perhaps a tenth of the income he could have commanded from fees. He became an outspoken and effective foe of such evils as fee splitting and ghost surgery. To his scientific achievements he soon added a dependable X-ray technique for diagnosing gall-bladder disease. But his most dramatic accomplishment did not come until...
Patient Endurance. In the current Journal of the American Academy of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Kegel spells out a long list of symptoms that may mark this condition: bladder weakness in adolescents and young adults, poor muscle tone during pregnancy, poor recovery of muscle tone after delivery, bladder disturbances in older age groups, and poor sensory perception for women during sexual intercourse. Often, he believes, "women patiently endure [these] discomforts throughout the best years of their lives...
...anesthetics, the first discussion (1867) of Joseph Lister's treatment of wounds with antiseptics. It boldly reported on a bungled lithotomy by Bransby Cooper, nephew of famed Surgeon Sir Astley Cooper. Young Cooper had made an incision in the wrong place, tried to force an opening into the bladder with forceps, finally turned to his unanesthetized patient a few minutes before he died and complained petulantly that he could not imagine how he had failed. The Lancet was fined a token ?100 for printing that story, but had the satisfaction of seeing Parliament appoint a commission to study monopolistic...
...Lancet touched off another major debate by charging that London Surgeon Sir Henry Thompson had caused the death of exiled Emperor Napoleon III by operating on him for a bladder stone by lithotrity (penetration into the urethra by a pair of forceps) instead of lithotomy (incision into the bladder...
...registered nurse is practically nonexistent." ¶ The inmates desperately need care. Only 10% are under 65, and the median age is 80. About half cannot walk, or can do so only with help; 20% are confined to bed; more than half are mentally confused, and one-third cannot control bladder and bowels. More than a third are suffering from the aftereffects of heart attacks or strokes. Yet in half the states studied, one-sixth of the inmates had not seen a doctor in six months. ¶ Despite the label "proprietary," these homes are supported largely from public funds paid...