SMJ // May 1959, Volume 52 - Issue 5
Book Review
Cytopropane Anesthesia
Book Review
Social Psychiatry in Action
Book Review
Therapeutic Exercise
Book Review
Cerebral Palsy
Book Review
Convulsive Disorders of Children
Book Review
The Cervical Syndrome
Book Review
Host-Parasite Relationships in Living Cells
Book Review
How to Live With Diabetes
Book Review
So You Have Glaucoma
Book Review
The Practice of Sanitation
Book Review
The Recovery Room
Book Review
Reversicon. A Medical Ward Finder
Editorial
THE BROKEN HIP
Announcement
INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS
Original Article
A Plan for the Rational Treatment of Carcinoma of the Bladder
The treatment of carcinoma of the bladder is an individual matter. Only upon or after careful evaluation of its stage and tendency to invasion can the management in a given case be outlined.
Original Article
Clinical Experiences with Chlorothiazide in the Treatment of Hypertension in Pregnancy: A Preliminary Report
From this preliminary study it appears that chlorothiazide may be a helpful aid in the symptomatic treatment of preeclampsia.
Original Article
Severe Hemorrhage as a Complication of Diverticulitis
It is becoming recognized that massive hemorrhage in the bowel may originate from diverticulosis. Though this is contrary to former beliefs, it is becoming established as a fact. One reason for this is an aging population in which the incidence of diverticulosis is from 15 to 20 per cent.
Original Article
Trauma to the Duodenum
Hematoma in the duodenal wall may occur apparently by a crushing of the duodenum against the spine by a blow from the front. Rupture may occur. The radiographic findings are most suggestive.
Original Article
The University and the Medical School
Original Article
The Surgical Treatment of Cardiospasm: Combined Mikulicz-Heller Procedure
The treatment of cardiospasm or achalasia has been most unsatisfactory, with many operative procedures having been proposed over the years. The author describes the advantages of certain combined procedures under certain circumstances.
Original Article
Errors in Prognosis: status of Patients from Whom Spouses Were Granted Divorces as “Permanently and Incurably Insane with no Hope of Recovery”
In the past several decades medicine has progressed so rapidly that predictions made upon occasion may be proven false a year later. The dramatic effect of the ataractic drugs in psychoses has not made its impression upon the profession outside of psychiatric circles. This paper points up one significant aspect…
Original Article
Treatment of Acne Vulgaris: Adjunctive Use of Gamma Globulin in Severe Cases
This describes an interesting trial of the use of gamma globulin in an attempt to control the more severe forms of acne.
Original Article
Clinical Aspects of Gallop Rhythm
The proper interpretation of gallop rhythms is of exceeding importance, since certain of these may offer major information in diagnosis and prognosis.
Original Article
A Comparative Study of Coronary Disease in Haitian and American Negroes
The several factors of significance in the etiology of coronary atherosclerosis are far from clear. A comparative study of similar racial groups living under different socio-economic circumstances is basic in an attempt to evaluate causative factors in this lesion.
Original Article
You Are Younger Than You Think
This paper points up the common neglect of physicians for their own health.
Original Article
Physicians and Progress in the Public Health
Original Article
The Psychiatric Emergency
Original Article
The Hysterical Female Patient
The personality and symptomatology of the hysterical woman are well described. Her characteristics frequently are not recognized by her private physician. When recognized, many things in her story become clearly understood.
Original Article
The Neuropathic Joint
The frequency of the neuropathic joint has decreased in the past decade, particularly in the group accompanying tabes dorsalis, because of the rapidly dropping incidence of syphilis in all stages. Because of this the clinician must be “on guard” even more and think of this lesion in the person with…
Original Article
Lumbosacral Fusion: Results of a simple Postoperative Regimen in 95 Cases
The authors have demonstrated to their own satisfaction that a period of bedrest followed by the use of a brace or corset after operations for spinal fusion give results equal to those obtained by prolonged periods of postoperative care in the hospital.
Original Article
The Diseased Lower Urinary Tract in the Female
Most of the women having symptoms referred to the lower urinary tract have disturbances which may be treated successfully in the office. All too often those who have had symptoms of long duration have been thought to be neurotic.
