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Anterior Sphincteroplasty for Fecal Incontinence
Published in Han C. Kuijpers, Colorectal Physiology: Fecal Incontinence, 2019
Prior to surgery, patients are given a full mechanical and oral antibiotic bowel preparation. Parenteral broad-spectrum antibiotics are administered on-call to the operating room. After induction of general anesthesia, an in-dwelling bladder catheter is inserted, and the patient is placed in the prone jackknife position on a pelvic roll. Benzoin is applied to the buttocks, which are then taped apart.
Catalog of Herbs
Published in James A. Duke, Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, 2018
Reported to be antiseptic, carminative, deodorant, disinfectant, diuretic, expectorant, insecticidal, sedative, stimulant, and vulnerary, benzoin is a folk remedy for arthritis, bronchitis, cancer, catarrh, cold sores, colic, cough, herpes, laryngitis, ringworm, shingle, spermatorrhea, and wounds.4,17,32,38 Benzoin vapors are expectorant, the tincture antiseptic.29 Malayans use it for cracked feet and circumcisions. Under the name “virgins milk” it has been used to heal cracked nipples; also, in feminine hygiene.
Practical procedures
Published in Ffion Davies, Colin E. Bruce, Kate Taylor-Robinson, Emergency Care of Minor Trauma in Children, 2017
Ffion Davies, Colin E. Bruce, Kate Taylor-Robinson
These should be laid perpendicular to the wound, bringing a small amount of tension to the wound edges to ensure adequate opposition but not bunching up the edges. For children, it is worth laying extra strips at 90°, over either end of the main strips. Tincture of benzoin can help stick them down, especially if the skin is sweaty or the wound moist, but make sure this does not go into the wound. Circumferential strips should not be applied around fingertips; apply them longitudinally to allow for swelling. Steri-Strips should remain in place for a day or so longer than sutures – i.e. 5 days if not under tension and a week if on a mobile part of the body.
Facts and ideas from anywhere
Published in Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2019
In the pandemic of 1918, physicians tried a number of therapies, including bloodletting, laxatives (magnesia, calomel [mercury chloride]), aspirin, Friar’s balsam (benzoin) or eucalyptus leaves, quinine, mustard plaster, codeine, phenolphthalein, castor oil, burning orange peels, diced onions, and poisonous gases, including chlorine gas. Not all physicians practiced like quacks during the pandemic. James B. Herrick (1861–1954), a prominent Chicago physician who was the first to describe sickle cell disease in 1910 and the nonfatal outcome of acute myocardial infarction in 1912, pleaded with physicians to stop using nearly all the medications in their arsenal, emphasizing that there was no evidence that any of them worked. He stressed that the condition was self-limiting. Herrick recommended isolation, face masks, plenty of fluids, and lots of rest. Of the millions who typically get the flu virus each year, less than 1% die. Antibiotics, of course, are ineffective against the flu.
Ecofriendly synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles by Euphrasia officinalis leaf extract and its biomedical applications
Published in Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 2018
Hina Singh, Juan Du, Priyanka Singh, Tae Hoo Yi
Several investigators have reported that the nanoparticles can induce toxicity to cancer cells and therefore be utilized as potent therapeutic agents for cancers [17–19]. In the present study, the anticancer activity of AgNPs and AuNPs was tested against RAW 246.7 cells (murine macrophage, non-cancerous), A549 (human lung cancer) and HeLa (human cervical cancer) cell line. AgNPs and AuNPs did not show cytotoxicity towards RAW 246.7 cell at the concentration up to 10 μg/mL. However, in case of AgNPs, the growth of A549 cell line was inhibited up to 11 ± 0.5% and growth of HeLa cell line was inhibited by 13.5 ± 2.2% at the concentration 10 μg/mL (Figure 7(a)). On the other hand, AuNPs did not show any cytotoxic effect against A549 cancer cells, at the concentration 10 μg/mL, the viability was determined to be 87.9 ± 2.3%. But AuNPs exhibited little cytotoxicity towards HeLa cells. The viability was reduced to 67.8 ± 1.1% at the concentration 10 μg/mL (Figure 7(b)). The MTT analysis is an assessment of the activity of succinate dehydrogenase, so the observed effect could be due to the cytostatic or cytotoxic effect of nanoparticles, although, the activity revealed the significant anticancer activity of AgNPs and AuNPs. Similarly, activity AgNPs synthesized from Styrax benzoin and Borago officinalis has been reported recently [12,20]. However, in vivo study is required to understand the mechanism and mode of clearance of nanoparticles.
Common dermatological conditions in the HIV patient
Published in South African Family Practice, 2019
These are caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). Both verruca vulgaris, verruca plana, and genital warts (condyloma accuminata) are common in HIV patients. Verruca vulgaris presents as verrucous, fungating, cauliflower-like lesions, whilst verruca plana are flat (Figure 4). Topical therapies like trichloroacetic acid and podophyllin resin in a compound tincture of benzoin may help. Ablative therapies such as cryotherapy and curettage may be helpful in patients with fewer lesions.1