Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Volume 3

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Page 423 - The adenoma varies in size from that of a millet-seed to that of a walnut, or even larger, and is usually found in the cortex.
Page 241 - ... to the right or to the left, as the case may be. The pain is clear cut, and often of short duration, with an interval of perhaps complete relief.
Page 570 - Cambridge during the remainder of his life. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and of the American Academy.
Page 15 - The complicated structure of the stroma, containing as it does elements such as embryonic connective tissue, cartilage, bone, fat, and lymphoid tissue, and very rarely striated muscle, is explained most easily by the assumption of an embryonic misplacement of mesoblast.
Page 162 - SUMMARY OF RESULTS 1. Epithelial cells of jejunum and ileum given by mouth to duodenally obstructed dogs prolonged life in a series of 15 animals by about thirty-six hours over a similar series to which they were not given. 2. The average pulserate of the treated dog was 33 beats lower than that of the untreated. 3. The belief that we were dealing with a cytologic product was strengthened by the trend of the charts.
Page 81 - The terminal three-fourths of an inch of the pyloric end of the stomach, known as the "pyloric canal of Jonnesco,"9 is a part of the pyloric apparatus.
Page 162 - The relief that we were dealing with a cytologic product was strengthened by the trend of the charts. These showed that beneficial action occurred early, just as in the case of any successful treatment by antibodies. 4. The chemical determinations in one animal showed a normal nitrogen metabolism after duodenal obstruction, and suggested a decreased functional power of the liver in terms of glycuronic camphor. 5. This series is far too small to justify any positive conclusions. Its value is simply...
Page 134 - ... the important structures. Generally speaking, malignant disease in any part of the large intestine proximal to the middle of the transverse colon is treated best by removal of all the large intestine up to and including the growth, doing lateral ileocolostomy. Beyond this point resection of the colon in one or two stages is preferred. The lymphatics of the large intestine lie with the blood-vessels, and, usually, are easily removed. Many times when the lymphatics are enlarged microscopic examination...
Page 131 - Taken as a whole, these statistics indicate that carcinomata of the gastro-intestinal tract which are sufficiently localized to justify radical operation give results fully as good as carcinomata in other parts of the body. The pessimism of the medical profession regarding malignant disease of the gastro-intestinal tract is not justified by the facts. It is the failure to make...
Page 97 - These data would indicate that the patient with a cancer of the stomach w'hich is sufficiently localized to be removed radically has better than a 90 per cent, chance to recover from the operation, and better than a 36 per cent, chance of a three-year cure, and at least a 25 per cent, chance of a five-year cure.

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