SMJ // February 1958, Volume 51 - Issue 2
Book Review
The Support of Medical Research
Book Review
The Rochester Regional Hospital Council
Book Review
The Changing Patient-Doctor Relationship
Book Review
An Atlas of Regional Dermatology
Book Review
Treves’ Students Handbook of Surgical Operations
Book Review
Connective Tissue in Health and Disease
Book Review
Diseases of the Endocrine Glands
Book Review
Protein Malnutrition
Book Review
Diagnostic Roentgenology
Book Review
Alcoholism: Its Psychology and Cure
Book Review
The Management of Oral Disease
Book Review
Occupational Diseases of the Skin
Book Review
Regeneration in the Central Nervous System
Book Review
Anesthesia: Thief of Pain
Book Review
Rosenau’s Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Book Review
Morphine and Allied Drugs
Book Review
Occupational Therapy. Principles and Practice
Book Review
Their Mothers’ Daughters
Book Review
Techniques and Procedures of Anesthesia
Book Review
Gout
Book Review
Atlas of Tumors of the Nervous System
Book Review
Psychiatry for the Family Physician
Book Review
Care of the Long-Term Patient
Book Review
Clinical Selections in Dermatology and Mycology
Book Review
Drugs in Current Use 1957
Editorial
THE ALCOHOLIC PATIENT
Announcement
INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS
Original Article
Fungi in Otitis Externa
Otitis externa is a troublesome problem for the patient, family physician and specialist. The authors consider the part played by fungi and outline the management they find to be satisfactory.
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Hernias That Have Forfeited the Right Of Domicile: Use of Pneumoperitoneum as an Aid in Their Operative Cure
Pneumoperitoneum seems to offer an aid in the readjustment of intra-abdominal pressure before operation for repair is done.
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Cost of Rehabilitation in a Comprehensive Center
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Leprosy as a Diagnostic Problem in Surgical Pathology
Leprosy is endemic in the South, especially along the gulf coast, and may appear among Mexicans in the Southwest. Even though the clinician may suspect it, often he must rely upon the pathologist for confirmation. This paper calls attention to the lack of awareness of leprosy in our profession in…
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Aneurysm of the Renal Artery: Report of Two Cases
The authors have collected the published cases of a rare lesion and have added two of their own. Symptoms and treatment have been discussed.
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One Aspect of the Medicolegal Implications of Shock Therapy
The complications of shock therapy are not infrequently the basis for suits against the doctor. The authors make a move to avoid this danger.
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Cystic Fibrosis of the Pancreas
Too frequently the diagnosis of this disabling disease is missed. If the family physician will recognize its possibility in a given case, either he or a consultant can carry out those studies which are diagnostic.
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Reverence for Medical Research in the South
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The Hereditary Factor in Rheumatic Fever in Florida
The factors at play in rheumatic fever are far from being well understood. This paper considers the theories and studies dealing with an hereditary factor.
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Hyperglycemia – The Diabetic’s Best Friend
When a proposal is made for a radical change in what has been accepted as good treatment for three decades, careful thought must be given to the evidence supporting such a proposal.
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Clinical Observations on Isobaric Spinal Anesthesia
By this technic the author feels better anesthesia may be provided for operations on the lower extremities.
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Collagen Disease of the Nervous System: With Particular Reference to the Syndrome of Infectious Polyneuritis
The so-called “collagen diseases” offer interesting diagnostic problems characterized by symptoms referred to more than one system. Those of neurologic origin may be overlooked unless the clinician is aware of their possibility.
Original Article
The Winged Scapula
The author deals with the lesser degrees of winged scapula, its diagnosis and treatment.
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Recent Advances in Interpretation and Management of Epilepsy
The author gives an excellent summary of the management of convulsive seizures by the use of the several anticonvulsants, either singly or in combination.
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Mycotic Keratitis
The dangers of steroids and antibiotics in the local management of acute ocular inflammation are emphasized. There is an increasing incidence of fungal diseases in eyes treated in this fashion.
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The Physician’s Responsibilities Toward Blood Transfusions
The author quotes from the British Consulting Pathologists Committee,—“It appears unjustifiable to place any patient at a risk for one pint of blood.” He deplores the “casual” attitude toward transfusions and catalogues the inherent dangers.
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Congenital Syndactylism of Fingers
The author describes his methods of treating syndactylism of the fingers.
