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Arch Dermatol. 2008;144(4):448.

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THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES
VOL. XXVI.
APRIL, 1908.
NO.4

W. C. BRINKERHOFF, M. D. (sic). Published by Orlan Publishing Co. (not incorporated), 1907.

This little volume is both quaint and interesting. It bears as its device the following aphorism: "There is no good reason why, in the treatment of hemorrhoids, commonly called piles, suffering should be added to suffering in order that suffering may be cured."

Similar gems are scattered with lavish hand throughout the pages that follow. Thus: "The payment of from thirty to fifty per cent. commission, by some surgeons to physicians for surgical cases referred for operation, may have its influence in causing such frequent endorsement of the surgical operation for piles." Later we learn that the Brinkerhoff method of injection is the talisman to repel the surgeon and to eliminate his commission.

Many interesting case histories are narrated to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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