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J Am Med Assoc. 1942;120(4):290-291.

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Investigation of the therapeutic value of "forced spinal drainage" (the so-called Retan technic) has been made by Kramer and his colleagues¹ of the Bureau of Laboratories, Michigan Department of Health. They have applied this method of treatment to experimental poliomyelitis in monkeys and report negative results.

In 1919 Weed and McKibben² showed that in laboratory animals intravenous injection of large volumes of hypotonic salt solution is followed by a prolonged and profound increase in cerebrospinal pressure associated with distention of the perivascular and perineural spaces. Kubie³ of the New York Neurological Institute afterward found that this increased pressure and hydration can be prevented by a parallel release of cerebrospinal fluid through lumbar or cistern puncture. He suggested the possible therapeutic value of "forced spinal drainage" brought about by a simultaneous intravenous injection of hypotonic salt solution and lumbar puncture. Theoretically this should cause an interstitial lavage or . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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