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One always writes about a subject which has been considered frequently with some hesitancy. No doubt this depends upon several facts: First, we feel we have nothing, it may be, very new to add to our common stock of knowledge; or, we are persuaded that no matter how carefully we may study and observe what we see daily, similar work has been done by men of acute mind and long training in our profession, and that they have left very little to be said by those who come later in the day. Moreover, we know that the work we are familiar with is often of the best kind, and we are fearful lest our little offering be regarded as insignificant in character and in bearing. Still, it is given to every earnest worker to note things which have some new aspects, and which may be estimated in an individual manner, which is at times both interesting and instructive to his readers.

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年代:1894

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Although this case has been published elsewhere in abstract,1I wish to record it now in full, as it is not only the first reported case of endocardial lesion due to the bacillus diphtherise, but it is the first time that this organism has been found associated with lesions of any of the internal organs other than the lungs; and for these reasons it must be regarded as a unique case.

ISSN:0002-9629    

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年代:1894

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My service at the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia has afforded me during the past fall and winter opportunity of studying several cases of tumor involving the liver, which have greatly interested me. Some of the cases appear to be quite rare, and in all of them the diagnosis was to me a valuable study. I fortunately was able to secure specimens in each of the cases in which death took place. I shall report the clinical histories somewhat in detail, because of the unusual character of the pathological conditions.

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年代:1894

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Within the past few years attention has been drawn to various disturbances of nutrition occurring in the human body, either limited to certain parts or affecting the entire organism. We are at present familiar with changes in the growth and size of single parts or segments of the limbs, such as are seen in the various forms of atrophy and hypertrophy of muscles or of the skin, and also with changes in the appearance and size of the hands and feet, such as appear in acromegaly. Disturbances of nutrition of a more diffuse kind, attended by changes in the size and appearance of many tissues, are known to occur in myxœdema; and in fact, it is the study of this latter disease that has thrown much light upon the nature and origin of all disturbances of growth and nutrition. The fact that the secretion of the thyroid gland, when absorbed into blood, has a direct influence upon the nutrition of the hair, the skin, the subcutaneous tissues, the muscles, and many of the internal organs, cannot be denied. And there are many facts which show that an excess of thyroid activity is just as detrimental to the human organism as an arrest of its functions, for it seems quite apparent that in certain of the cases of Graves' disease some of the symptoms of malnutrition are to be ascribed to an increase in thyroid activity. The facts ascertained regarding myxœdema and its dependence upon the thyroid gland lend a certain amount of probability to the statement that acromegaly is dependent upon disease of the pituitary body, although this is not fully proven. We do know that the progressive growth in size in the hands, feet, and bones of the face, is often found associated with a hypertrophy of the pituitary body. Again, it is probable that all the symptoms of Addison's disease are definitely to be assigned to disease of the adrenal bodies. We are warranted in the surmise, in view of these facts, that there are certain diseases of nutrition which are dependent upon lesions in various glandular organs, whose function has been hitherto obscure, which deserve further study.

ISSN:0002-9629    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1894

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ISSN:0002-9629    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1894

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0002-9629    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1894

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0002-9629    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1894

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0002-9629    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1894

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0002-9629    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1894

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0002-9629    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1894

数据来源: OVID