896
ABFLK’BACTS
I’ Course in performed, following the
exlraef-ed
Acute
the
hwisor
Nccrotizing 68: 1.8, July,
poor
The oral
outstanding hygiene.
Cultures npirochetes~
from and
A. Behrend,
noerotizing complicated
the in
mouth, a.ll
A.
gastritis which by ulcerative
predisposing Despite large
cocci
CUREEN’I!
W~IzA7~UEE
Hospital: Approximately two weeks ago numerous extractions were which there has beon a partial resolution of the lesion at ihe base of teeth. ‘PO da,te trerc.tmcnt has been pallirltivo. ” T. .I 0.
Gastritis. 1954.
A case of acute periodontal infection,
OB
factor doses
3% Katz,
appeared stomatitis,
to infection of antibiotics,
esophagus,
and
stomach,
a.
to originate is reported.
in this death and
W. Robertson. in
Surg.
an overwhelming
ease appea.rs resulted.
perit,onoal
Au&.
to have
fluid
becn
revealed
fnsiform
m~lturos. T. 5.
Eight
Fatal Anaphylactic September, 1954.
vary
Reactions
to Penicillin.
A. Rosenthal.
c.
K. Y. J. I%x%. 54:
14%
The author presents eight cases in which sudden death occurred following the injection 0 f penicillin. l’ho problem is discussed and the case reports are presented. Autopsies were performed in six of the oight cases. There was no instance of penetration of a voss~l by the injecting needle. A review of the types of penicillin used reveals that it was not one type of penicillin, nor even the procaine radical, but rather the penicillin per se which was the sensitizing agent and thus the agent responsible for the reactions. The injections had been made for a variety of reasons. One death occurred in an IX-month-old white female child who had never rccoivcd penicillin previously. Death treatments rhagic
occurred within wore of avail.
The predominant typo. Many
In a majority following previous route to the of the toms
a few
pathologic casts showed
minutes finding intense
in
all
cases,
and
none
of
the
many
emergency
was pulmonary congestion, frequently of a hemorcongestion of all viscera on gross examination.
of the cases, a postmortem history of mild injections of penicillin was obtained.
to modcratc
symptoms
of allergy
The conclusion drawn is that the administration of penicillin in any form or by any must be precodod by careful inquiry into the past history of the patient with respect previous use of penicillin or the existence of an allergic state of any type. Restriction use of penicillin t.o necessary instances and an jnquiry int.o the history of allorgie ~ympwill tend to prevent the type of catastrophe reported. ‘I’. J. C.
ORAL SURGERY Fractures
of the Gondyle.
M. DeChaume
and C. Crepy.
I&v.
stomatol.
55:
861,
1954.
7!he authors present a follow-up study of fifty cases of fractures of the condyle. They include intra-articular and extra-articular fractures, cases with light displncoment, marked overriding or dislocation, cases of bilateral fractures of the head and of the neck of the condyle, and cases in which other fractures of the mandible are associated. Their surgery, of the
conclusion is that treatment, should be strictly an orthopedic and that surgery is almost nevor necessary and should be postponed reeommondod orthopedic method is recognized.
one, until
without failure
The idea is that even in a poor anatomic result, as observed quite often in cases of fractures and dislocations, only a slight disturbance in function occurs. The authors agree with Bebileau, who pointed out the ability of the temporomandibular joint to adjust itself t,o new conditions with only a minimal disturbance of the mechanism of the jaw.