SMJ // March 1957, Volume 50 - Issue 3
Book Review
Chest X-ray Diagnosis
Book Review
Basic Surgical Skills
Book Review
Multiple Neurofibromatosis
Book Review
Operative Technic in Specialty Surgery
Book Review
Complications of Regional Anesthesia
Book Review
Histamine – Its Role in Anaphylaxis and Allergy
Book Review
The Relief of Symptoms
Book Review
The Surgical Technic of Abdominal Operations
Book Review
Etiology of Chronic Alcoholism
Book Review
New Concepts in Surgery of the Vascular System
Editorial
THE ACCESSORY GLANDS OF THE MALE
Editorial
MEDICAL RESEARCH: A MIDCENTURY SURVEY
Announcement
INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS
Original Article
Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Cytology
Cytodiagnoses applied to material from the stomach or colon surely deserves much and careful study as an important potential aid in the early diagnosis of carcinoma.
Original Article
Multiple Therapy in Vaginitis with Gynben
The author reports good results in the treatment of vaginitis of whatever cause by use of a vaginal insert containing more than a half dozen ingredients. The results for a specific infection are difficult to evaluate in this type of therapy.
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Cortisone and Antibiotic Therapy in Resistant Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
It would seem that the anti-inflammatory effect of cortisone favorably influences chronic pelvic inflammation. The addition of antibiotics offers protection against infection in face of the use of the hormone.
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Experiences with Quadricepsplasty
Quadricepsplasty may be useful to Increase the mobility of a knee of limited motion, as the result of past trauma or disease of the thigh and its structures.
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Treatment of Tibial Fractures by Multiple Medullary Wire Fixation
The author describes his use of Kirschner wires in treating fractures of the tibia.
Original Article
Laryngitis in Children
The author outlines the need for the otolaryngologist early in the course of laryngitis or obstruction of the larynx in children.
Original Article
Concerning Some Physiologic Responses to a Succinylcholine Chloride Antagonist: A Report with Specific Reference to BW51-212
The use of muscle relaxants may be accompanied by respiratory complications because of lessened pulmonary ventilation. As a result antagonists may be helpful aids.
Original Article
Treatment of Alopecia Areata with Intradermal Injections of Thiamine Chloride
The critical evaluation of the efficacy of treatment in a benign self-limited disease is difficult; especially so when it involves the use of a substance with which the patient is amply supplied in the average diet.
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Use of Dimethisoquin in Pruritic Dermatoses: A Three Year Study
This drug seems to be a very adequate anesthetic when used topically and has the advantage of being easily combined with other drugs.
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Management of Acute Head Injuries
With the manslaughter and maiming by motor accidents on the highways, head injuries may become the responsibility of many physicians, irrespective of specialty or general practice. A review such as this is appropriate reading for the practicing physician.
Original Article
The Case for Ultrasound
This is an evaluation of what is, and what is not known as to the effects of this form of energy. Certainly it can still be classified as experimental in the absence of concrete knowledge as to its clinical effect.
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Bacteriologic Studies of Keratitis
Trauma or degenerative conditions permit infection of the cornea and are practically essential to such infections. The authors include the first reported instances of corneal infection by certain fungi.
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Evaluation of a New Prefrontal Lobotomy Technic (Electrocautery)
Psychosurgery has found a place in the management of certain psychoses. The results with the use of a newer technic indicate that the undesirable side effects may be reduced.
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Early Feeding Program: Part II
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Fractures of the Tibial Shaft
The authors have reviewed the results of several types of management for fracture of the tibia, and the errors encountered in a group of patients treated by many different doctors.
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Radium Therapy of Cancer of the Head and Neck
The author describes his experiences with the use of low-intensity radium needles in the treatment of carcinomas arising from the skin or mucosa of the head and neck regions.
Original Article
Treatment of Seborrhea Capitis, Seborrheic Dermatitis, and Pyoderma with Sebizon
The authors present their results with the use of a sulfonamide in the treatment of a variety of skin diseases.
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The Proximal Fibula: Indications for Excision and Use
The authors indicate that the proximal end of the fibula may be removed with impunity without functional disturbance. They consider its use for bone grafting.
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A New Approach to Infant Feeding: The Use of Solid Foods and Three Meals a Day from Birth: Part I
These two papers report further on the early introduction of solid foods into the diet of the very young infant.
