A case of total laryngectomy (unsuccessful) and a case of abdominal hysterectomy (successful) : in both of which massage of the heart for chloroform collapse was employed, with notes of 25 other cases of cardiac massage / by W.W. Keen.

  • Keen, William W. (William Williams), 1837-1932.
Date:
1904
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Credit: A case of total laryngectomy (unsuccessful) and a case of abdominal hysterectomy (successful) : in both of which massage of the heart for chloroform collapse was employed, with notes of 25 other cases of cardiac massage / by W.W. Keen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with the circulation supported by the rubber suit, which was gradually decom- pressed during a period of one and a half hours. Following this the patient did well. The pulse in the meantime had fallen from 160 to 132. Case XXVI.—Keen (vide ante). Case XXVII.—Igelsrud (vide ante). [Postscript. — By an unaccountable oversight, although I had a note of the case of massage of the heart reported by Dr. Cohen in the Journal of the American Medical Association, November 7, 1903, it was omitted from my tables. This would make 28 cases and 4 recoveries.]