SURGERY OF THE LUNG.

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Carron proposed to compress the lung over tubercular cavities with the hope that the collapse of the lung would be followed by an obliteration of the cavities. MacEwen favors resection of the ribs to allow the contraction of the chest over small cavities and the drainage and even curettement of large ones. Coromilas, Greece, favors pneumotomy and early surgical interference in tubercular processes. If the adhesions be firm and the parietal and visceral layers can not be separated, then the parietal layer should be separated from its costal attachments and allowed to sink in with the lung, or it should be held compressed by a tampon beneath the flap for forty-eight to seventy-two hours. Will found that in thirty-six cases of tuberculosis in the early stage, thirty-two admitted of complete collapse of the lung and four only partial. If on examination it be fourni

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