CEREBRAL DECOMPRESSION.

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WHEN PALLIATIVE OPERATIONS ARE ADVISABLE. After a careful study of these cases and of the views of the different authors, it will be seen that the weight of opinion is decidedly in favor of palliative operations. The choked disc, headache, vertigo, nausea, vomiting and, to some extent, the convulsions are all favorably influenced by this method of treatment. Relief from these distressing symptoms is by no means to be despised, even though the tumor is not removable. The relief from many of these symptoms is often permanent, i. e., during the period the patient may continue to live, and, as the growth of the tumor is not hastened by the palliative operation and may be slow, we are thankful for a means of removing the distressing symptoms of intense intracranial pressure. My first case of palliative operation was in 1898, and the operation was performed by Dr. John B. Roberts.

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