Jeunesse in 1902. And the Use of the Stomach Pump.

            The Postcard

A postcard that was published by D. V. D. The card was posted in Bridlington using a ½d. stamp on Wednesday the 28th. May 1902. It was sent to:

Miss F. Hufford,
20, Scotland Road,
Little Bowden,
Market Harborough.

The recipient's name and address stretched across the undivided back of the card.

The Pacts of May

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on the 28th. May 1902, the Pacts of May were signed by representatives of Chile and Argentina.

This was an attempt to resolve territorial disputes by submitting them to binding arbitration.

A Strike in Chicago

Also on that day, meatpackers in Chicago who were members of the Teamsters union went on strike.

The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument

Also on the 28th. May 1902, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in New York City was unveiled at Riverside Park in Manhattan.

Adolf Kussmaul

The day also marked the death at the age of 80 of the German physician and gastroenterologist Adolf Kussmaul.

Adolf, who was born in 1822, is known for his pioneering work in gastroscopy, and for popularising the use of the stomach pump technique.

Eponymous Terms

Adolf's name continues to be used in eponyms. He described two medical signs and one disease which have names that remain in use:

-- Kussmaul breathing - Very deep and laboured breathing with normal, rapid or reduced frequency seen in severe Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).

-- Kussmaul's sign - Paradoxical rise in the Jugular venous pressure (JVP) on inhalation in Constrictive pericarditis or Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

-- Kussmaul disease (Also called Kussmaul-Maier disease) - Polyarteritis Nodosa. Named with Rudolf Robert Maier (1824-1888).

The following eponymous terms are considered archaic:

-- Kussmaul's coma - diabetic coma due to ketoacidosis.

-- Kussmaul's aphasia - selective mutism.

Kussmaul's Firsts

-- First to describe dyslexia in 1877. (He called it 'word blindness'.)

-- First to describe polyarteritis Nodosa.

-- First to describe progressive bulbar paralysis.
First to describe selective mutism.

-- First to diagnose mesenteric embolism.

-- First to perform pleural tapping and gastric lavage.

-- First to attempt oesophagoscopy and gastroscopy.

-- First to describe the emotional symptoms of mercury exposure as a first stage preceding the physical effects.

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