SMJ // September 1958, Volume 51 - Issue 9
Book Review
American Drug Index, 1958
Book Review
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Book Review
The Physiology of Induced Hypothermia
Book Review
The Psychologic Study of Man
Book Review
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Infections
Book Review
Pre-Employment Disability Evaluation
Book Review
Microbiology and Pathology
Book Review
It Pays to Be Healthy
Case Report
Interstitial Plasma Cell Pneumonia
Editorial
THE PATHOGENESIS OF PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA
Editorial
THE THIRD PARTY
Announcement
INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS
Announcement
Know Your Councilors-Elect
Original Article
The Value of Clinical “Work-up” in the Diagnosis of Chest Disease
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Rupture of the Long Head of the Biceps Brachii
Though this is an unusual lesion, it should be recognized and treated promptly by surgical means to avoid weakness of the involved muscle.
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Serum Magnesium in Clinical Disorders
Knowledge of the place of magnesium in the body economy is just beginning to accumulate.
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Supervoltage X-ray and the Cobalt Bomb
The more recent means of providing deep irradiation for cancer permit the use of such treatment with a lessened incidence of undesirable side effects.
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Cysticercosis: Report of Two Cases—One with Giant Vesical Calculus
The authors call attention to the increased recognition of cysticercosis being reported in this country. The bladder stones are incidental.
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Some Practical Aids in Ocular Surgery
The author describes his technics in surgery of the eye.
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The Effects of Smoking on the Respiratory System in Normal Individuals
Confusion and conflicting opinion will continue for a long time in the controversy concerning potential ill effects from the smoking of cigarettes. This study considers the physiologic findings after a brief and early segment of the smoker's exposure to tobacco smoke. If this group of subjects could be re-examined at…
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Fractures of the Anterior Superior Process of the Os Calcis
The author emphasizes the disabling features of this fracture if it is not recognized or if it is treated improperly.
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Pseudo-epitheliomatous Lesions of the Perirectal Tissue: Report of a Case of Squamous Epithelioma Due to Blastomycosis
Pseudo-epitheliomatous lesions from one of a variety of causes may actually be precursors of squamous cell carcinoma. Such a case, due to blastomycosis, is reported as an illustration.
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Problems in Disability Evaluation
The author considers the modern methods of evaluating disability following injury.
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Semiradical Resection for Carcinoma of the Lung
The treatment of carcinoma of the lung implies the use of radical and extensive surgery if the incidence of five year “cures” is to be improved.
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A Retrograde Operation for Prolapsing Hemorrhoids
The author describes a procedure he has found most helpful in managing a difficult problem.
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The Role of Fluid and Electrolytes in the Management of Severe Asthma
Because of the loss of fluids by several routes in severe asthma, its replacement, as well as that of electrolytes lost, becomes imperative.
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Trauma and Cancer: A Review of the Problem
The author reviews the literature relative to what is theory and what is actual knowledge concerning the relationship of trauma to the causation of cancer.
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Complications of Middle Ear and Mastoid Disease Despite the Antibiotics
The author warns that delay in the surgical treatment of the complications in diseases of the middle ear and mastoid may lead to permanent decrease in hearing end may even be dangerous to life.
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The Use of Corticoids in Systemic Disease
The author provides a critical evaluation of the clinical use of the corticosteroids in a number of systemic diseases.
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Pitfalls in the Management of Anesthesia for Cesarean Section
Morbidity and mortality due to anesthesia given for cesarean section still is too high, and it might well be reduced with more care given to known potential complications.
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Paralytic Dislocation of the Hip
The recognition of dislocation of the hip due to muscular paralysis of poliomyelitic origin is important in the prevention of laxity of the periarticular structures.
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Benign and Malignant Lesions of the Stomach
The problems in the diagnosis of gastric lesions are reviewed in light of the author's experience.
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Metastatic Brain Disease: Carcinomatosis of the Meninges
Metastatic disease of the meninges is a most unusual condition, and with its clinical picture of meningitis may offer diagnostic difficulties. A search for tumor cells in the spinal fluid may be rewarding.
