SMJ // March 1955, Volume 48 - Issue 3
Acknowledgement
Financing Hospital Care in the United States
Article
Use of Radioactive Gold in the Treatment of Carcinoma of the Bladder: Report of 8 Cases
These results in palliative treatment of carcinoma of the bladder suggest a still wider use of radioactive gold for this purpose.
Article
Seasonal Incidence of Lead Poisoning in Children in St. Louis
Lead poisoning in children offers interesting problems in prevention as well as in education of the public.
Article
Pernicious Anemia: An Evaluation of Its Diagnostic Features
The diagnosis of untreated pernicious anemia is usually not difficult if the diagnostic symptoms, signs and simple laboratory procedures are interpreted correctly. The difficult cases are those in which these diagnostic signposts have been destroyed by “shotgun” treatment for anemia before its proper classification.
Article
Retropubic Prostatectomy: An Analysis of 777 Patients
The authors present a satisfactory experience with the operation of retropubic prostatectomy.
Article
Neuropathology of Neoplastic Metastasis to the Brain
The author presents his analysis of metastatic malignancy to the brain, the effects and the sources of origin.
Article
Oral Vitamin B12 in the Treatment of Macrocytic Anemias
The demonstration that vitamin B12 is potent by the oral route is important. However, further studies should be awaited before parenteral administration is replaced by the oral.
Article
Cancer of the Colon: Recent Trends in Surgical Technic
With advances in preoperative and postoperative care, especially through the use of antibiotics, newer and more satisfactory technics in surgery of the colon are permissible with remarkably low mortality rates.
Article
Abnormal Distortions of the Electroencephalogram in Psychiatric Patients
The authors consider those factors which may temporarily distort the electroencephalogram, such as drugs, tension states and neurophysiologic states as yet little understood.
Article
Arsenic in the Treatment of Asthma
The disinterment of arsenic for the treatment of asthma, treatment antedating modern concepts on the pathogenesis of the disease, has the effect at least of acquainting a younger generation of physicians with the hazards of the administration of potassium arsenite.
Article
Further Experimental and Clinical Evaluation of a New Syncurine Antagonist
The authors have continued their studies on a new muscle relaxant and a safe antagonist. These studies also suggest a possible mechanism and site of action of these drugs.
Article
Control of Urinary Incontinence in the Male
Success in the control of urinary incontinence with an old but unused operation is described by the author.
Article
Considerations in Anesthesia for the Asthmatic Patient
The pharmacologic principles involved in the management of the asthmatic patient during anesthesia are complicated but essential in their application to safeguard the patient.
Article
Erythema Multiforme: A Review
The author reviews an interesting cutaneous disease of varied manifestations and related probably to a number of systemic diseases.
Article
Coccidioidomycosis of the Epididymis
Though coccidioidomycosis is usually associated with pulmonary disease, granulomatous lesions can occur elsewhere in the body.
Book Review
From the Workshop of Discoveries
Book Review
Shame and Guilt
Book Review
Review of Medical Microbiology
Book Review
Hypertension. Humoral and Neurogenic Factors
Book Review
Legal Medicine. Pathology and Toxicology
Book Review
Standard Values in Nutrition and Metabolism
Book Review
Dermatological Medications
Book Review
Multiple Myeloma
Book Review
Man’s Back
Book Review
Manual of Proctology
Book Review
Textbook of Operative Gynecology
Book Review
Modern Practice in Anaesthesia
Book Review
Planning Florida’s Health Leadership
Book Review
Shock and Circulatory Homeostasis
Book Review
Surgery of the Adrenal Glands
Book Review
You and Your Skin
Book Review
Connections of the Frontal Cortez of the Monkey
Book Review
Living with a Disability
Book Review
Psychomotor Aspects of Mental Disease
Book Review
Pneumonia
Book Review
Seventy-Five Years of Medical Progress 1878–1953
Book Review
This is Your World
Book Review
Biochemical Determinants of Microbial Diseases
Book Review
Fat Metabolism
Book Review
Reproductive System
Book Review
Surgical Technigrams
Book Review
Mayo Clinic Diet Manual
Book Review
Chronic Iliac Pain in Women
Book Review
Cancer: Race and Geography
Book Review
The Anatomy of the Migratory Locust
Book Review
Hugh Roy Cullen
Book Review
The Roentgenologist in Court
Editorial
DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF GASTROSCOPY
Editorial
THE HYSTERIA OF HYSTERECTOMY
Southern Medical News
Southern Medical News
Announcement
History of Medical Hypnosis
Announcement
Principles of Hypnosis
SummaryThe thought that I would like to leave with you is that although the patient is in an attitude of acquiescence when he is in the hypnotic state, he is not an automaton. Since you have ideas which you wish the patient to accept for his own benefit, you of…
Announcement
The President’s Page
Announcement
Application of Hypnosis in Medicine
Hypnosis may be a valuable therapeutic tool in the treatment of psychoneurosis if used wisely. Through suggestion the physician may bring about more satisfactory adjustment between the patient and his environment.
