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Ascites
Though our knowledge is still incomplete relative to some of the details in the pathogenesis of ascites, a review such as this brings our thinking up to date.
SMJ // April 1956, Volume 49 - Issue 4
Case Report
Sickness and Absence in Industrial Population
The factors accounting for absence from work are most important in industry. On the other hand their relationship to the person's mental and physical well-being are also important. The doctor in industry thus occupies a strategic position in the community welfare.
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Psychogenic Factors in Infertility and Frigidity
Long standing infertility corrected not infrequently by adoption of a child offers an interesting area of speculation as to psychiatric causes. The interpretation of frigidity in psychiatric terms is on much firmer ground.
Case Report
The Man Behind the Bag
Anesthesia is an abnormal condition and thus is not without side effects. The author urges controlled respiration to avoid hypoventilation.
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Premature Ejaculation: A New Approach
This is a complaint which the urologist hears from his patient. The internist hears it not uncommonly from a wife. In any event it has offered a problem difficult of solution. Here is a new suggestion for treatment that seems to have merit.
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Neurilemmoma of the Pharynx
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Rehabilitation Centers in Modern Medicine
The author describes the multiple functions of the rehabilitation center and what it means to the community.
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Farm Injuries
The care of the greater number of farm accidents falls to the lot of the general practitioner or general surgeon who should be prepared to give adequate and proper emergency treatment.
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Pain Patterns in Peptic Ulcer: Clinical Application
The pain patterns in peptic ulcer may clearly indicate whether the lesion is limited to the involved viscus, or whether penetration or invasion of adjacent tissue has occurred. Thereby prognosis in terms of medical or surgical management may be anticipated.
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Carcinomas of the Colon Associated with Adenomas: A Preventable Disease
The adenomatous polyp, not a rare lesion, is the forerunner of carcinoma of the colon in almost all instances. The diagnosis of treatment of this benign lesion is the best prophylaxis against carcinoma of the colon, one of the common forms of malignancy.
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The Problem of the Cervical Stump
The cervical stump left after incomplete hysterectomy has the anticipated incidence of carcinoma of the cervix in general. In the presence of malignancy, however, treatment is handicapped.
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The Uses of Air in Ophthalmic Surgery
The use of air injected into the anterior chamber of the eye has uses both in treatment and as an aid in ophthalmic surgery.
