TREATMENT OF NONTUBERCULOUS LUNG ABSCESS WITH PNEUMOTHORAX

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In a paper published last year, I reported1two cases of acute pulmonary abscess treated with artificial pneumothorax, stating that so far as I knew, this was an original method of treatment for acute abscesses. The acute abscess is not a rare condition, since, after the publication of my report, I received a large number of letters from physicians who had abscess cases under treatment. In Washington alone during the past year I have seen fifteen cases following operations on the nose or throat. In this report, I discuss only the lung abscess that follows an operation on the nose or throat. It may be well to state briefly the etiology, symptoms, etc., common to these cases. The infection is of the usual mixed type, with the staphylococcus and streptococcus predominating. There are two theories as to the mode of infection: 1. The infecting organisms are carried into the

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