 ... of medullary compression, then undoubtedly the mortality of these patients will be 50 per cent., and even higher. Patients should not be allowed to reach this dangerous stage of medullary compression; this stage should be anticipated, and it can be...  Transactions - Page 24by New York and New England Association of Railway Surgeons - 1918Full view - About this book
 | American Medical Association. Section on Orthopedic Surgery - 1917 - 334 pages
...diagnosed early — as soon as possible after birth — by means of careful ophthalmoscopic examinations, a measurement of the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid at lumbar puncture by means of the spinal mercurial manometer, blood and spinal fluid Wassermann tests, etc. By selecting... | |
 | American Medical Association. Section on Orthopedic Surgery - 1917 - 336 pages
...diagnosed early — as soon as possible after birth — by means of careful ophthalmoscopic examinations, a measurement of the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid at lumbar puncture by means of the spinal mercurial manometer, blood and spinal fluid Wassermann tests, etc. By selecting... | |
 | 1918 - 476 pages
...secure a Roentgen Ray picture of the skull ; it is of no importance in the treatment of these.acute intracranial lesions whether a fracture is present...examination and by the measurement of the pressure of the cérébro-spinal fluid, then a cranial operation is indicated to relieve this increased intracranial... | |
 | 1918 - 426 pages
...examinations of the fundi of the eyes revealing an edematous blurring of the optic discs of varying degree, and by the measurement of the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid at lumbar puncture by means of the spinal mercurial manometer. The latter test reveals in these cases a marked increase in... | |
 | 1918 - 940 pages
...other two conditions by means of careful ophthalmoscopic examinations of the fundi of the eyes and by a measurement of the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid at lumbar puncture by means of a spinal mercurial manometer. If the ophthalmoscope reveals the signs of a definite increase... | |
 | William Sharpe - 1920 - 792 pages
...intracranial pressure within 6 hours after the injury and chiefly due to this initial period of shock) and by the measurement of the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid at lumbar puncture. In this patient the bloody cerebrospinal fluid as withdrawn at lumbar puncture was associated with... | |
 | New York and New England Association of Railway Surgeons - 1922 - 118 pages
...— this stage should be anticipated — and it tan be by repeated ophthalmoscopic examinations and the measurement of the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid at lumbar puncture. In selected cases of mild intracranial pressure due to trauma, very frequently the convalescence can... | |
 | Connecticut State Medical Society - 1917 - 304 pages
...— this stage should be anticipated — and it can be by repeated ophthalmoscopic examinations and the measurement of the pressure of the cerebro-spinal fluid at lumbar puncture. In selected cases of mild intracranial pressure due to trauma, very frequently the convalescence can... | |
 | 1918 - 732 pages
...the intracranial pressure are the examinations of the fundi of the eyes with the ophthalmoscope and the measurement of the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid at lumbar puncture by means of the spinal mercurial manometer. Although it is rare for a measurable papilledema and "choked... | |
 | 1917 - 346 pages
...definite signs of increased intracranial pressure are to be seen upon the fundus of the eye, and confirmed by the measurement of the pressure of the cerebro-spinal fluid at lumbar puncture, ie only those cases of spastic paralysis which show definite signs of increased intracranial pressure,... | |
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