NEW TREATMENT FOR VARICOSE VEINS IS FOUND
WRITER CLAIMS COMPLETE CURES.
SINGLE INJECTION USUALLY SUE-
ITCIENT.
TREATMENT MOST POPULAR,
(Received 9.15 a.m.)- : ' ... LONDON, December 7. -nr Though It entails a delicate operation,, necessitating the confinement of the injected, siolufiou ' to ((lie iUlterior vein, a new treatment, for varicose, veins by local injection is asserted by the. Daily .Mail's medical writer to afford a . yomplote cure except, in the most .■advanced peases.
L- Jib points out that it supersedes the | old method of the tying veins. : ', f A solution of quinine or salicylate soda is. injected by an ordinary hypo'derh(ic, glass syringe. This ■irritates thb lining of the, vein gnd clegs the blood, effectively blocking the hlobct vessel.
1 A* single injection is usually sufficient and a general anaesthetic is jinneecessary. The treatment is available at 1 most London hospitals gpG: is so popular that it ha s necesitstted several special clinics. —Australialn: Press Assn, wij; iV : ' '
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 99, 8 December 1928, Page 5
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