RT Journal
A1 Cecikas II
T1 "The treatment of amebic dysentery with ipecac by rectum"
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1919
FD January 18
VO 72
IS 3
SP 213
OP 213
DO 10.1001/jama.1919.02610030059028
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610030059028
AB To the Editor: 
    —In The Journal, Sept. 28, 1918, p. 1049, Dr. George B. Lawson gives the histories of two cases of amebic dysentery successfully treated by rectal injection of an unfiltered infusion of ipecac. He refers to Drs. Brem and Zeiler as being the first to administer the drug by the rectum and through the opened appendix. He also firmly believes in the amebicidic action of ipecac.In an article in the Grèce médicale (18:6, 1916; abstr. J. A. M. A. 67:474 [Aug. 5] 1916) I described how I was induced to administer ipecac by the rectal route years before the introduction of emetin hydrochlorid by Rogers, because of the intolerance of the stomach to ipecac administered according to the Brazilian method. I used a filtered infusion of lesser strength and volume than Lawson's by the rectal drip method, so as to have it absorbed. The symptoms