Treatment of Varicose Veins

Abstract

days later I gave him a dose intravenously.Shortly after the needle had been withdrawn his breathing became stertorous, and he died very quickly.Another patient to whom I gave a great many intravenous injections of salyrgan died suddenly on hearing an air raid warn- ing.I mention this to show that there is an element of chance in these cases, and possibly the minute shock of the injection may be the real cause.At one time I thought that veni- puncture might cause more shock than one ordinarily credits, and to test it 1 became a blood donor; but I never noticed the