SMJ // August 1956, Volume 49 - Issue 8
Acknowledgement
BOOKS RECEIVED
Article
Radiation Protection for the General Practitioner
The increasingly widespread use of the x-ray in office practice raises very practical problems in safety involving physicians, their helpers, the patient and the neighbors. The average doctor does not have the knowledge to protect himself and others against the hazards of excessive irradiation. He should get expert help in…
Article
Experimental Studies and Clinical Evaluation of Linear Growth Stimulation
Attempts to stimulate growth in the bones of legs affected by poliomyelitis, for example, have been generally unsuccessful. Further experimentation and study will be needed before an answer to this problem may be forthcoming.
Article
Pancreatic Cysts: A Review of Twenty-Three Cases
This is a review of a relatively rare condition, offering a discussion of the pathogenesis, clinical picture and management of the disease.
Article
The Doctor’s Role in Health Insurance
The author points up the doctor's responsibility in not adding to the ever increasing costs of prepayment hospitalization insurance. Unnecessary hospitalization, drugs and study procedures raise the premium costs.
Article
Certain Problems of the Medical Management of Peptic Ulcer
The medical management of peptic ulcer has many facets. Improper attention to basic physiologic disturbances may well lead to failure in treatment.
Article
Wilm’s Tumor
The prognosis in the Wilm's tumor, though apparently improving, is still gloomy. The author offers a plea for a cooperative study among urologists in the hope of learning what course of management offers the best in prognosis.
Article
Myleran in the Treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Results of Treatment
This drug has been introduced in recent years for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia. It seems to be effective in inducing remissions of varying lengths of time.
Article
Electromyography in Clinical Practice
This technic has a place in the differential diagnosis of lesions of neurologic origin and of primary diseases of muscle. It may be helpful in prognosis.
Article
An Attitude Toward the Clinical Management of Erythroblastosis Fetalis
The author considers this disease from the clinical rather than the laboratory viewpoint concerning decisions as to whether to transfuse or not to transfuse.
Article
Sclerotic Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
The authors bring out the need for visualizing the ovaries before doing a laparotomy for the syndrome suspected to be due to sclerotic polycystic ovaries.
Article
Recurring Acute Respiratory Infections in Children
The allergic child presents an especial problem in the matter of recurret upper respiratory infections. The author outlines the factors in etiology and management.
Article
Anorectal Abscesses and Fistulas
The author outlines his thoughts on the etiology and management of anorectal abscess and fistula.
Article
An Epidemic of Histoplasmosis Among School Children in Arkansas
This paper recounts the epidemiologic studies of an outbreak of histoplasmosis in an Arkansas school. The source of the fungus could not be determined.
Article
The Use of Tetracycline in the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris: A Clinical Study
Acne with the resultant scarring remains one of the major problems of the dermatologist. Antibiotics have proven to be a valuable adjunct in treatment in certain cases.
Article
Frequency of Cancer in the White and Negro: A Study Based Upon Necropsies
This study contrasts not only the incidence of malignant lesions in the two races, but also analyzes the incidence as related to the organ systems.
Article
A Clinical Study of the Rh Factor
Erythroblastosis fetalis remains a serious threat not only to life in the predisposed infant, but at times is even more distressing in the permanent complication of kernicterus. To anticipate this emergency situation in the newborn is the responsibility of the attending obstetrician.
Article
Place of Trichlorethylene in Obstetrical and Anesthetic Practice
This anesthetic has common use in practice for short anesthesia. It has been shown that there may be dangers associated with its use in closed circuit anesthesia, if such is continued after the use of nonbreathing inhalers.
Article
The Effects of Reserpine and Chlorpromazine on Orienting Behavior and Retention of Conditioned Reflexes
Interesting animal experimentation, employing reflex reactions, offers basic information regarding the effect of so-called tranquilizing drugs and may lead to their more rational use.
Book Review
Medical Problems of Old Age
Book Review
Veterans Administration Technical Bulletins
Book Review
Physicians’ Office Attendants Manual
Book Review
Gestation
Book Review
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Book Review
Textbook of Endocrinology
Book Review
Physiology and Pathology of Infant Nutrition
Book Review
Suprapubic Prostatectomy
Book Review
Salivary Gland Tumors
Book Review
Peptic Ulcer
Book Review
Sexual Hygiene and Pathology
Book Review
The Hemorrhagic Disorders
Book Review
Should the Patient Know the Truth?
Editorial
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Editorial
DEATH BY DROWNING
Editorial
PERICARDITIS: ITS DIAGNOSIS
Southern Medical News
SOUTHERN MEDICAL NEWS
Article
Drugs Affecting the Autonomic Nervous System: Part I. Clinical Application in Gastrointestinal Disorders
A rapidly expanding group of drugs has been offered the medical profession as an aid in the management of disturbances of the secretory and motor functions of the gut. As a result it seems to the point to review the pharmacologic and clinical applications of these substances in light of…