SMJ // October 1957, Volume 50 - Issue 10
Book Review
Albert Schweitzer
Book Review
Pharmacology and Oral Therapeutics
Book Review
Essentials of Histology
Book Review
Williams Obstetrics
Book Review
Neurology of the Ocular Muscles
Book Review
Halsted of Johns Hopkins. The Man and His Men
Book Review
Functions of Autonomic Transmitters
Book Review
Integrated Anatomy and Physiology
Case Report
Congenital Hourglass Gallbladder
Editorial
THE ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY
Editorial
ON THE ABUSE OF ANTIBIOTICS
Announcement
INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS
Original Article
Vesicorectostomy: Report of Six Cases
The author has presented his results in using a method of diverting the urine to the rectum,—a method which has advantages under certain circumstances when other procedures may fail or be contraindicated.
Original Article
Thromboembolic Complications of Pregnancy
More careful management of the obstetric patient and the availability of anticoagulant drugs has certainly decreased the incidence of thromboembolism. The authors detail their experiences and their plans of treatment.
Original Article
Flexion Deformity of the Infant Thumb
The author comments on an unusual condition and describes the surgical treatment.
Original Article
The Conservative Treatment of Shaft Fractures of the Tibia and Fibula
The authors make a plea for a return, to some extent at least, to the use of conservative measures in the management of fractures of the shaft of the tibia and fibula. They feel that the use of internal fixation has been overdone.
Original Article
Clinical Experience with Varidase and Chlorophyll
The authors recount some of their experiences with this combination of agents in cleaning infected wounds of exudate.
Original Article
Rationale of Cervical Sympathetic Block for Acute, Focal Cerebral Ischemia
This surgical attack upon focal cerebral ischemia seems to make sense. Yet there is no unanimity among neurosurgeons that the results are good in a high proportion of cases. More information is needed on the pathophysiology in this problem.
Original Article
Fusion of the Charcot Knee
By using the advantages of several technics the author has achieved successful fusion of Charcot joints.
Original Article
Impairment of Memory as a Symptom of a Focal Neurological Lesion
The author offers an interesting hypothesis to explain the instances of memory loss accompanying certain focal cerebral lesions.
Original Article
Intestinal Obstruction in Infants and Children
The diagnosis of intestinal obstruction in infants is often most difficult. Its surgical treatment involves technical details which may differ from obstructive disease in adults.
Original Article
Hydroxyzine Hydrochloride (Atarax): A New Tranquilizer
The tranquilizing drugs have found a place in the practice of dermatology especially in those cases in which psychogenic factors play a part.
Original Article
Carcinoma of the Gallbladder: Attempt at Experimental Induction
To date there is little well-substantiated evidence that cholelithiasis predisposes to carcinoma of the gallbladder.
Original Article
Factors in the Prevention of Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy so often leaves the afflicted a burden on the community. The authors felt it best to check the factors which may play a part in this unfortunate disease state.
Original Article
Perinatal Infant Mortality Associated with a Conservative Policy Regarding Cesarean Section: Analysis of 7,871 Deliveries at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital
In the series of cases reviewed it would appear that cesarean section would not have improved the perinatal mortality rate.
Original Article
Newer Concepts Concerning the Preventive Influence of Tonsillo-Adenoidectomy on the Common Cold in Children
The indications for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy insofar as the common cold is concerned remains difficult to define.
Southern Medical News
SOUTHERN MEDICAL NEWS
Article
Surgery of the Paranasal Sinuses: Recent Advances
Disease of the paranasal sinuses presents a more complicated picture than in the past, because of newer knowledge of allergic, psychosomatic and vasomotor factors in its pathogenesis. Treatment concerns the judicious use of surgery and the antibiotics.
