SOME RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HEART ATTACKS AND PARALYTIC STROKES

When a patient suddenly collapses and loses consciousness, it is reasonable to assume that both the heart and the brain are acutely disordered. In as many as one case in three in which permanent paralysis occurs, cerebral softening rather than hemorrhage is observed at autopsy. Because there is no proof that in the early stages of stroke the changes are irreversible, and because in a significant proportion of cases the heart is simultaneously injured, both stellate ganglion block and anticoagulant therapy seem justified.     

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Several patients with poliomyelitic paralysis of the muscles used in normal breathing learned a method of breathing consisting of pumping air into the lungs by action of the mouth, cheeks, tongue, pharynx and larynx.The advantages of the method are that the patient can be out of the respirator and on a conventional bed for longer periods, can talk longer and louder, is more easily cared for, and is better able to engage in interesting occupations.