SMJ // September 1956, Volume 49 - Issue 9
Acknowledgement
INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS
Article
Milkers’ Nodules
Book Review
Standard Values in Nutrition and Metabolism
Book Review
Potassium Metabolism in Health and Disease
Book Review
Problems in Amoebiasis
Book Review
Life Stress and Essential Hypertension
Book Review
Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis
Book Review
Psychology in Nursing
Case Report
An Evaluation of Pentothal Sodium for Delivery
The acknowledged dangers of thiopental anesthesia make this study of its use in obstetrical narcosis of interest. The authors report no difficulties in either the mothers or children.
Case Report
Diverticulum of the Female Urethra: Report of 23 Cases with Adenocarcinoma in One
This lesion of the urethra will be found more frequently if a search is made for it. Its treatment by surgical removal is satisfactory.
Case Report
Tuberculosis and Pregnancy
With the recent advances in the management of tuberculosis the attitude toward pregnancy in the tuberculous patient has been changed. It appears that therapeutic abortion is not indicated under good circumstances and that pregnancies may be planned with safety.
Case Report
Sciatic Tension Test
A new test is described to differentiate between the pain of pressure on nerve roots from that due to other mechanisms in the lower back.
Case Report
The Use of Cobalt and Iron in the Prevention of Anemia of Pregnancy
The author, in his belief that the toxicity of cobalt has been overemphasized, continues his studies in the treatment of anemia in pregnancy with this metal as a supplement to iron.
Case Report
Psittacosis (Ornithosis) in Texas
Ornithosis is to be kept in mind in cases of viral pneumonia, especially if the patient's occupation involves the handling of fowl.
Case Report
A Case of Adenocarcinoma of the Thyroid Metastasizing to Bone: Sixteen-Year Follow-Up
This case illustrates the low-grade level of malignancy occasionally encountered in the metastatic lesions of carcinoma of the thyroid gland.
Case Report
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anus: A Case Report
This lesion makes up a small proportion of carcinomas of the gastrointestinal tract. However, it is amenable to radical surgical attack.
Case Report
Pre-Employment Examinations in Small Industry
There are more employees in small industry than in big industry. The pre-employment examination is just as essential. The author details his practices in this field.
Case Report
Myxoma of the Left Atrium
The surgical removal of benign tumors from a heart chamber has been unsuccessful so far. However, preoperative diagnosis now being possible by angiocardiography, progress in operative technics will permit success at some time in the near future.
Case Report
Digitalis Toxicity in Chronic Cor Pulmonale
The authors have shown that patients having cor pulmonale with severe pulmonary insufficiency may react unfavorably to digitalis. Its use should be only in conjunction with treatment of the physiologic abnormalities of the lungs.
Case Report
The Use of Soluble Nonabsorbable Opaque Media in the Examination of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Children
The author applies the use of radiopaque substances usually used in urography to the demonstration, under special circumstances, of gastrointestinal lesions in infants.
Case Report
Maryland’s Home and Office Medical Care Program
Case Report
A Simplified Technic of Suprapubic Prostatectomy
By their technic the authors believe they reduce postoperative bleeding to a minimum and have a most favorable postoperative morbidity and mortality.
Case Report
A Plan for the Conversion of a Tuberculosis Hospital to an Intermediate Facility for the Care of the Long-Term Case: The Importance of Such A Facility in Community Planning for the Medical Care of the Chronically Ill
This is a very important paper in its description of a means of meeting a growing problem in every community. The problem is that of chronic illness, more often in the aged, but actually in all age groups. A solution is offered to provide hospital care beyond the acute phase…
Editorial
ANEURYSM OF THE ABDOMINAL AORTA
Editorial
RESIDENT TRAINING IN FARAWAY PLACES
Article
Medical Versus Surgical Treatment of Gastric Ulcer
A discussion of the medical and surgical aspects of the management of gastric ulcer always provides controversy and sharp disagreement.
