Muscular dystrophy is one of today’s puzzles in the medical field. The cause is not readily apparent and treatment is not really aimed at curing; rather, the patient seeks a certain degree of rehabilitation, and some effort is made to stem the progress of the disease. One of our out-of-town patients was recently at the […]
Otitis Media in a One-Year-Old Child
Children, as a rule, are more subject to infectious diseases than adults. The following story comes from my correspondence with a registered nurse, Peggy, whose baby developed ear trouble at the age of nine months. Her pediatrician prescribed antibiotics and a decongestant. One month’s treatment left the infant with fluid behind the left tympanum and […]
Optic Neuritis (How the Edgar Cayce Readings Helped with Blindness)
A Personal Account by Cathy C. About 10 years ago, at the age of 27, I suddenly lost the sight in my left eye due to optic neuritis. I went to three ophthalmologists including the head neuro-ophthalmologist at NYU hospital. I was offered only steroids as a treatment, which I was afraid to take because […]
Nausea
“My great grandfather who was a county doctor prescribed Elixer Lactated Pepsin. This Formula 9636 is virtually the same thing and is great for my upset stomach.” – B.R. [*©2013 Baar Products, Inc.] I’ve used Cola Syrup for nausea since my mom gave it to me as a kid in the 1950’s. Now that I […]
Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy is uncommon but not rare in the experiences of physicians. It can be caused by structural lesions, which affect the nervous system and cause excessive sleepiness. The “primary” syndrome, whose cause according to medical textbooks is unknown, ranges from somewhat embarrassing episodes of drowsiness during lectures or after-dinner conversations to severe sleepiness in which […]
Myoma of the Uterus: Abdominal Tenderness
A forty-six-year-old female, first seen in the Clinic in November, 1970, complained of pain in her right upper quadrant which had been present for approximately sixteen years. It had started after she had been through a bad spell with peritonitis. Her findings: tenderness at McBurney’s point with no rigidity; thickened left labia minora; uterus enlarged, […]
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