Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Medical Treatment of Gallbladder Disease.

Medical Treatment of Gallbladder Disease. This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract This work is based on experience with 908 patients with disease of the gallbladder who were treated medically during the past ten years. Rehfuss and Nelson, however, give no analysis of data as to the results of such treatment or as to its individual elements. One hundred and twenty pages are devoted to the diagnosis of cholecystitis, much emphasis being placed on the results of duodenal intubation and cholecystography in diagnosis and in observation of the course in the patient under treatment. The catalog of symptoms described as suggesting cholecystitis leaves one with the impression that various other conditions, mostly functional, may have been included by the authors under the class of mild cholecystitis, and this perhaps helps explain their enthusiasm for medical treatment. The authors feel that the present knowledge of the physiology and pathology of the biliary tract justifies outlining a system of treatment which would be on http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

Medical Treatment of Gallbladder Disease.

Archives of Internal Medicine , Volume 58 (4) – Oct 1, 1936
Download PDF
2 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/american-medical-association/medical-treatment-of-gallbladder-disease-50ygfehS0e

References (0)

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1936 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0730-188X
DOI
10.1001/archinte.1936.00170140188012
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract This work is based on experience with 908 patients with disease of the gallbladder who were treated medically during the past ten years. Rehfuss and Nelson, however, give no analysis of data as to the results of such treatment or as to its individual elements. One hundred and twenty pages are devoted to the diagnosis of cholecystitis, much emphasis being placed on the results of duodenal intubation and cholecystography in diagnosis and in observation of the course in the patient under treatment. The catalog of symptoms described as suggesting cholecystitis leaves one with the impression that various other conditions, mostly functional, may have been included by the authors under the class of mild cholecystitis, and this perhaps helps explain their enthusiasm for medical treatment. The authors feel that the present knowledge of the physiology and pathology of the biliary tract justifies outlining a system of treatment which would be on

Journal

Archives of Internal Medicine – American Medical Association

Published: Oct 1, 1936

There are no references for this article.