New Jersey medicine : the journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey
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This retrospective review permits limited conclusions due to the small sample size and the limited control of variables. The temporary prepump, percutaneous epidural catheter trial is a useful component of our protocol. ⋯ The trial does give an estimation for the starting point of the intrathecal dosage but, as we have demonstrated, this is, at times, at a greater dosage than previously had been predicted. We feel that this retrospective review supports the continued use of a prepump trial of epidural morphine prior to permanent intrathecal pump implantation.
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In January 1924, Florence Chapman Child, MD, was elected to membership in the Mercer County Medical Society. Against great odds, she made her mark in medicine as one of the first women members of the County Society. Dr. Child will be remembered for her dedication to public health.