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Etiologic Relationship of Achylia Gastrica to Pernicious Anemia

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Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Tropical America

This review provides a most interesting historical survey of the accomplishments of preventive medicine and public health in the control of many of the tropical diseases. The resultant shift in incidence to the degenerative diseases is becoming obvious.

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Atherosclerosis and Lipoproteins

The place of the lipoproteins in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis has not been established with certainty. The recent demonstrations of the influence of androgenic and estrogentc steroids on the lipoprotein pattern are intriguing.

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Arteriovenous Fistula of the Uterus

This is in part the story of an operation which started out to take fifteen minutes and ended six hours later. It is in part a review of the literature on the condition found.

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Clinical Results in Early Detection and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus

The author finds that either delay in bringing diabetes under control or its inadequate management predispose to a greater severity of the disease and an increased incidence of complications. This confirms the beliefs of other students of the disease.

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The Role of Histopathology in Modern Dermatological Practice

The practice of dermatology has rested for years mainly upon the interpretation of the morphology of skin lesions. An increasing use of the skin biopsy is contributing not only to a better understanding of diseases of the skin, but also to earlier and at times more accurate diagnosis.

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Psychosomatic Aspects of Industrial Medicine

Without an understanding of the body's physiologic reactions to stress, much of clinical medicine is confusion and inexplicable. This paper clarifies this aspect of medicine by pointed examples.

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Intestinal Obstruction: An Analysis of 1007 Cases

The mortality rate in intestinal obstruction continues to remain high. The author emphasizes the continued contribution of the misuse of therapeutic intestinal intubation to this mortality rate. Intubation should be adjunctive to the preparation of the patient for operation.

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Report of a Survey for Intestinal Parasites: In School Children in a Rural Mountain County in Tennessee

By contrast to the medical thinking of two or three decades ago, intestinal parasitism is commonly forgotten in clinical diagnosis. In at least some areas parasitism must be considered in the individual's health as well as from the public health viewpoint.

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The Treatment of Hyperpotassemia: Some Observations on the Use of a Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor as a Therapeutic Aid

In reviewing the measures which may be used in the treatment of hyperkaliemia, the authors suggest a place for a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor especially in older patients having chronic renal disease.

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The Role of Curare in Anesthetic Deaths

This essay places the use of curare in anesthesia in a proper perspective.

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Remarks on Orthopedic Surgery in the South in 1954

The author reviews the growth of interest in orthopedic surgery in the South and speculates on its promising future.

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Employee Health

Prevention of disease and disability is the major objective of industrial medicine. This is paramount in the older age group where neglect of the individual's desire to fill a place in society may lead to progressive deterioration.

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The Feasibility of Rehabilitation of the Ulcer Patient

Peptic ulcer is not only a large problem in the hands of the physician and surgeon, but has important economic and social aspects. The adequate management early, if possible, is essential in the prevention of complications and chronic invalidism.

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Certain Anomalies of the Genitourinary Tract in Children

Surgery in the genitourinary tract in the pediatric age is usually related to congenital anomalies. The less obvious ones may be overlooked as a cause of symptoms, a fact of importance to the family physician or pediatrician. Newer technics are permitting better functional repair of anomalies.

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The Application of the Betatron to the Treatment of Brain Tumors

Studies of high energy irradiation of brain tumors provided by the betatron seem to point to better results than by treatment with the conventional x-ray.

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Cytological Studies in Lesions of the Breast: Findings in Nipple Secretions and Aspirates from Tumors

As the search for malignant cells in the secretions and excretions of the body continues, the field of usefulness widens. Here is a study using this tool as an aid to diagnosis in lesions of the breast.

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Pioneer Medicine in Missouri

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Granuloma Inguinale of the Cervix

The rare involvement of the uterine cervix by granuloma inguinale poses not only diagnostic problems, but also possible complications in the course of pregnancy. The antibiotics have happily changed the therapeutic difficulties of the past.

Book Review

Association Receives Honor in Cuba

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Oral Histology and Embryology

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Laboratory Aids in Endocrine Diagnosis: A Monograph in the Bannerstone Division of American Lectures in Endocrinology

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Nontuberculous Diseases of the Chest

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Cold Injury Transactions of the Second Conference: November 20 and 21, 1952, New York, NY

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Clinical Roentgenology. The Head, Neck and Spinal Column

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Treatment of Acute Poliomyelitis

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Cybernetics

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Textbook of Pediatrics

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Practical Clinical Chemistry: A Guide for Technicians

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Manson’s Tropical Diseases: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates

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Association Honors its Retiring Editors

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Essentials of Medical Research

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Problems of Consciousness

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Review of Physiological Chemistry

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Blood Cells and Plasma Proteins: Their State in Nature

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Smoking and Cancer: A Doctor’s Report

Case Report

Dermatitis Repens

Editorial

KAHN’S UNIVERSAL REACTION

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W. Raymond McKenzie, MD President-Elect

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PASSING YEARS CAN END ONLY WITH CHANGE

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