SMJ // September 1957, Volume 50 - Issue 9
Announcement
DR. HAL DAVISON HONORED
Book Review
Pelvimetry
Book Review
Controlled Hypotension in Anesthesia and Surgery
Book Review
Practical Dermatology
Book Review
The Early Detection and Prevention of Disease
Book Review
Stuttering. Significant Theories and Therapies
Book Review
The Accident Syndrome
Book Review
Etiologic Factors in Renal Lithiasis
Book Review
Current Therapy, 1957
Book Review
Progress in Radiobiology
Book Review
Fundamentals of Clinical Fluoroscopy
Book Review
Challenges to Contemporary Medicine
Book Review
The Year Book of Drug Therapy (1956-57 Series)
Editorial
GRADUATE EDUCATION FOR GENERAL PRACTICE
Original Article
Intracranial Aneurysms Complicating Pregnancy
The author calls attention to a complication of pregnancy which may be misinterpreted. Its management, as related to the pregnancy, is outlined.
Original Article
Furadantin in Urinary Tract Infection: Long-Term Follow-up Study
The authors compare the efficiency of several drugs in controlling urinary tract infection.
Original Article
The Relationship of Low Backache to Anorectal Disease
Low backache may be related to anorectal disease as is apparent from its relief at times by the surgical treatment of lesions present.
Original Article
A New Look at Sarcoidosis: A Review of Clinical Records of 160 Patients with a Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis
This is a puzzling disease. Does it represent one or more entities? What is its etiology? Its pathogenesis? Studies such as these may hold the key to a logical approach to the questions posed.
Original Article
Tumor Localization with Radioisotopes
Attempts at the localization of tumors by the use of injected radioisotopes continue. Much further study will be needed for their successful use.
Original Article
The Management of Substernal and Intrathoracic Goiters
Such goiters may offer problems in diagnosis. The technical aspects of their removal are the subject of a thorough discussion.
Original Article
The Place of Miltown in General Practice
Meprobamate has made an unquestioned place for itself in the practice of medicine, even if its use in individual patients may be open to question.
Original Article
Term Birth Following the Construction of an Artificial Vagina
It is amazing that uncomplicated delivery occurs by route of an artificial vagina.
Original Article
Experiences with Vaginal Delivery Following Cesarean Section
A high proportion of women can be delivered vaginally if given the test of labor even though section had been used previously.
Original Article
Experiences in the Use of Cordex in Urethral Strictures: A Preliminary Report
Steroid therapy appears to offer a most valuable adjunct in the management of urethral strictures. It seems to prevent scarring after dilatation which in turn decreases the need for further manipulation.
Original Article
Blood Volume Determinations in Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
This paper points up the inaccuracies of the hematocrit as a means of calculating blood loss by hemorrhage. Newer methods using radioisotopes are much more dependable.
Original Article
Recent Trends in Cataract Surgery
The authors consider the advances made in cataract surgery and emphasize important technical details.
Original Article
Thyroid Disease in Childhood
This is a study of the types of goiter encountered in an area of endemic goiter as contrasted to one in which goiter is nonendemtc. The findings in regard to carcinoma are of interest.
Original Article
Persistent Pruritus Vulvae
The management of this condition depends in the main on the psychiatric approach.
Original Article
Selection of Cases for Vaginal Hysterectomy and Observations on the Pelvic Repair
The author emphasizes the proper selection of cases for this operation. The perineal repair which is usually needed in these cases has not received the consideration it deserves in the selection of the type of hysterectomy in a given case.
Original Article
Use of Spinal Anesthesia in Private Practice
The author outlines his experiences with spinal anesthesia in private practice.
Original Article
Bronchial Adenomas: Problems in Diagnosis and Treatment with Particular Reference to Roentgenologic Aspects
The uncommon bronchial adenoma, although slow in metastasizing, is not a benign lesion. From all viewpoints it seems that early resection is the treatment of choice.
