SMJ // November 1951, Volume 44 - Issue 11
Book Review
Pharmacology
Book Review
Books Received
Book Review
Patterns of Disease
Book Review
Southern Medical News
Case Report
STERILITY
Case Report
SUPERNUMERARY URETER, BLIND AT THE CEPHALIC END, WITH ECTOPIC OPENING INTO THE ANTERIOR URETHRA
The purpose of this paper is to describe the treatment and anatomical findings of a rare type of supernumerary ureter.
Case Report
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PEPTIC ULCER
Case Report
VOLVULUS OF THE COLON
Three cases of volvulus of the sigmoid are reported, treated by intubation and laparotomy. Attention is called to the possibility of conservative management without laparotomy by intubation via proctoscope. Prompt diagnosis by physical and x-ray findings, and the absence of leukocytosis or gangrene seen by proctoscope, make the conservative treatment…
Case Report
THE PSYCHIC ASPECTS OF STERILITY AND ABORTION
Case Report
THE PROBLEM OF THE SILENT GALLSTONE
A brief review of the history of mortality in biliary tract surgery indicates that there has been a marked lowering of operative risk during very recent years. Given an experienced surgeon with adequate facilities the danger of elective cholecystectomy in the able bodied patient today is certainly very slight. However,…
Case Report
XYLOCAINE: A NEW LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT
Xylocaine, a new and synthetic local anesthetic agent, is presented and compared to the existing local anesthetic agents.A comparison is made with four other commonly used agents (by use of skin wheals) to determine ratios of toxicity.Its use as the sole anesthetic agent for thorocoplasties, resections, and so on, is…
Case Report
SIMPLE OR RADICAL MASTECTOMY? AS ANALYSIS OF CASES
The statistics compiled from the cases of breast carcinoma seen at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital indicate that simple mastectomy with postoperative roentgenotherapy offers a better prognosis than radical mastectomy. Admittedly, this series of cases is quite small, but until larger series are available, the cumulative data from such small…
Case Report
THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BORDERLINE PELVIS
In summary, a borderline pelvis is no longer a problem to the competent obstetrician. The adequacy of such a pelvis depends upon the size and position of the fetus and the force of the uterine contractions in relationship to the size of the pelvis.(1) Clinical evaluation of the capacity of…
Case Report
MEDICAL TREATMENT OF PEPTIC ULCER
A 48-year-old man was believed to have an osteoarthritis of the spine. He was suffering with severe and incapacitating backache. There were no digestive symptoms. A penetrating duodenal ulcer was found. Appropriate treatment of this relieved the backache.A 57-year-old man, a known diabetic, developed precordial pain. This was related to…
