SENN, Nicholas
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The surgery of the pancreas, as based upon experiments and clinical researches.Trans. Amer. surg. Ass., 4, 99-232, 1886.In this review of the world literature and a report of animal experimentation, Senn concluded that complete extirpation of the pancreas was invariably followed by death, but that partial excision was feasible and justifiable. Subjects: HEPATOLOGY › Diseases of the Gallbladder, Biliary Tract, & Pancreas, SURGERY: General |
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Rectal insufflation of hydrogen gas an infallible test in the diagnosis of visceral injury of the gastro-intestinal canal in penetrating wounds of the abdomen.J. Amer. med. Assoc., 10, 767-77, 1888.Senn’s method of detecting intestinal perforation by insufflation with hydrogen. Subjects: GASTROENTEROLOGY › Esophagus: Stomach: Duodenum: Intestines, SURGERY: General › Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery |
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Experimental surgery.Chicago, IL: W. T. Keener, 1889.Senn made important experimental studies on air embolism, introduced a method of diagnosing intestinal perforation by means of insufflation of hydrogen (see No. 3494), and used X-rays in the treatment of leukemia. He was professor of surgery at Rush Medical College. Subjects: ONCOLOGY & CANCER › Leukemia, SURGERY: General |
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Enterorrhaphy; its history, technique and present status.J. Amer. med. Assoc., 21, 215-35, 1893.Senn, Professor of Surgery at Chicago, was one of the first to investigate experimentally the subject of gastro-intestinal anastomosis. Subjects: SURGERY: General › Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery |
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A nurse's guide for the operating room. Published under the direction of the Sisters of Charity, St. Joseph's Hospital.Chicago: W. T. Keener, 1902.Distinctively, Senn devoted his first chapter to the "Preparation of Operating Room in a Private House," suggesting that surgeons may have been frequently called upon to perform operations in homes when the book was published. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link. Subjects: NURSING |