Um, Letâs Rethink That Salute (1930s) Again, in his book To the Flag: The Unlikely History of the Pledge of Allegiance, Richard J. Ellis explains that by the mid-1930s, Americans had begun to notice eerie similarities between the Bellamy salute and the âHeil Hitlerâ salute.
A lumbar puncture may be used to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid in order to detect the presence of certain types of cancer or infection. Lumbar punctures may also be used to inject medications, such as spinal anesthesia or chemotherapy drugs.
The nature of possible underlying disease states including cancer or infections can often be detected by microscopically visualizing cytological changes in cells which are exfoliated and captured by fluid extraction from body cavity, brushings, washings, or fine needle aspirations.