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(hsrperlymphia, oedema formation). See the experimental inves- 

 tigations of SchafEer.'' 



Hyperaemia as a Healing Remedy. — Bier" has drawn attention to the 

 favorable effects of chronic passive hyperemia, produced artificially by elastic 

 bandages and by hot-air apparatuses, upon surgical suppurative and inflam- 

 matory processes. Passive hyperaemia, like active hyperaemia, has aresorbent, 

 bactericidal and anodyne action and stimulates the formation of new tissue. 

 The same effects are produced by the continued emplojTnent of high degrees 

 of heat by means of UUmann's* hydro-thermo regulator, which was introduced 

 into veterinary surgery by Bayer^ and Eberlein* and found by them to be of 

 value especially in chronic tendinitis, tendovaginitis, shoulder boils, exostoses, 

 thickening of the skin, articular and muscular diseases, wounds and ulcers 

 of the horse (constant, regulated heat treatment in the form of dry or moist 

 heat). Upon the basis of his experiences in the Vienna clinic, Schmidt' has 

 formed the following conclusions concerning the value of Bier's passive hyper- 

 emia in veterinary medicine: The aspirator is most useful in diseases of the 

 paws of small animals (phlegmon, panaritium). The rubber tubing and the 

 elastic bandage can be used on all of the domestic animals, but the technique 

 presents numerous difficulties, which are greater in animals than in man. 

 Purulent infiammations of the articulations and tendon sheaths and phleg- 

 monous processes in the hoof are best suited to the passive hyperaemic treat- 

 ment. On account of the technical difficulties and the dangers attending the 

 treatment, however, it can only be employed in stationary clinics imder con- 

 tinual control; its use in general practice and in polyclinics is precluded. 

 According to Roder' also, the field for the use of Bier's passive hyperjemia is 

 limited; he recommends venous stasis by means of bandages in wounds of 

 the coronet, in contused wounds and after resection of the lateral cartilage, 

 and the employment of the aspirator in shoulder boils. Kruger,' as a result 



'Schaffer, Der Einfluss imserer therapeutischen Massnahmen auf die 

 Entziindung. Stuttgart, 1907, Ferd. Enke. 



' Bier, Die Hyperamie als Heilmittel. Leipzig, 5. Aufl., 1907. 



• UUmann, Wirkungen und therapeutische Verwertung konstanter Warme- 

 applikationen. Physiklinisch-medizinische Monatshefte, 1904. 



' Bayer, Der Hydrothermoregulator. Zeitschr. f. Tiermed., 1903. 



" Eberlein, Der Hydrothermoregulator. Berl. Archiv., 1905. 



' Schmidt, Die Biersche Stauungshyperamie in der Tierheilkunde. Mo- 

 natshefte fur prakt. Tierheilkde., 1907. 



" Roder, Dresdener Natxntforscherversammlung, 1907. 



'Kruger, Hyperamie als Heihnittel in der Tierheilkunde. Zeitschr. fiir 

 Vet., 1910. 



