Raynaud's Disease with a report of three cases / by Henry H. Morton.

  • Morton, Henry H.
Date:
1894
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Credit: Raynaud's Disease with a report of three cases / by Henry H. Morton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    This was undoubtedly a case of pure vaso-motor spasm, such as Raynaud described in his original series of cases. The treatment which he applied was the descending current with a view to lessening the excito motor power. The positive pole was placed on the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra and the nega- tive in the lumbar region. The result of this treatment was very successful in all his cases. An improvement was observed immedi- ately after the first application, and as the treatment was continued the patients grew better until the color and temperature of the hands became normal. Class II.—Arterio-fibro sclerosis accompanying chronic interstitial nephritis. Mrs. R., age 35, and mother of six children, five living and healthy. No history of syphilis. Came under my care in March, 1891. She had suffered for a number of years from the effects of a chronic inter- stitial nephritis, and once or twice a year would have an attack of fever, gastric disturbance, urine loaded with albumen and urates in large quantities. During the intervals urine was profuse in quantity, of low spe- cific gravity and with occasionally a trace of albumen. She had also the characteristic increase of vascular tension. In November, 1892, as she was recovering from such an attack, she began to complain of intense pain in the fingers of both hands. They had been cold and white and occasionally blue for a long time be- fore The ringers of the left hand became livid, then black, and finally all the terminal and second phalanges became necrotic and sloughed. After a distinct line of demarcation had formed, with the assistance of