SMJ // September 1959, Volume 52 - Issue 9
Book Review
1958-59 Year Book of Drug Therapy
Book Review
Electrocardiography
Book Review
Our Nuclear Adventure
Book Review
Small Patients
Book Review
Recent Studies in Epidemiology
Book Review
Clinical Applications of Suggestion and Hypnosis
Book Review
Medulloblastoma
Book Review
Practical Cardiology
Book Review
Gynecologic Endocrinology
Case Report
Treatment of Procaine Amide Intoxication
Editorial
CAUTION IN ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEW
Editorial
“MICTURITION SYNCOPE”
Announcement
INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS
Original Article
Newer Agents in Dermatologic Therapy
Tie authors describe their experiences with a number of new therapeutic agents,—steroids, antibiotics, ataractics and the like.
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Intussusception of the Rectal Mucosa A Common Cause of Rectal Pain
The author describes the recurrent bouts of severe pain referred to the rectum which he has found to be the result of prolapse of the rectal mucosa. He describes his method of treatment.
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Periarticular Ossification Following Burns
It seems likely that some metabolic disturbance underlies the periarticular ossification which may occur in association with extensive burns of the skin.
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Gastrografin: In Gastroenterologic Diagnosis
The authors give their experiences with a new contrast medium for use in visualization of the gastrointestinal tract.
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Prolapse of the Umbilical Cord An Analysis of 123 Cases
Fetal mortality is high if prolapse of the cord occurs. The predisposing causes are considered, and induction of labor seems to be important among these. Methods of prevention and treatment have been outlined.
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Micturition Syncope: Report of Two cases
These cases are of exceeding interest in that they point to a physiologic phenomenon which may not be uncommon, but has not been generally recognized, or at least not mentioned in the literature until very recently. That this should be so is amazing.
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Hospital Treatment and Re-education of the Disturbed Adolescent
Little has been done in the past in providing for disturbed children and adolescents in psychiatric wards or institutions. There is a definite trend toward this type of management.
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Anesthesia for the Aged A Comparative Evaluation
The authors believe their experiences favor the use of a general anesthesia in the aged when operations on the hip are contemplated.
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Blood Flow Determined by the Use of Radioiodinated Serum Albumin and an Externally Placed Scintillator Detector
The authors offer a new tool which may make determinations of blood flow in certain areas of the body more feasible and much simpler than by methods now in use. This has great diagnostic and prognostic implications.
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Historical Development of Obstetric Education in the South
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Preanesthetic Medication: 1958 concepts
The authors have found that long tried methods of preanesthetic medication still seem to be the best.
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Pharmacodynamic Management of Cardiac Action During Deep Hypothermia
In the attempt to prevent permanent damage in the central nervous system during the prolonged ischemia demanded by cardiac surgery, hypothermia has been used to depress metabolic activity. Cardiac arrhythmias present a complication of the hypothermic state. This study attempts a solution of this complication with suggestions for the management…
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Pleuropulmonary Tularemia
Tularemia is still with us in the South. Since the Iaiety is aware of the disease in sick rabbits, this vector has become less prominent. Therefore the physician must be aware of the not infrequent tick-borne variety and suspect it in cases of the type described in this paper.
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Pregnancy in the Latter Years of Reproductive Life
Pregnancy in a woman forty years or over is, at best, uncommon, becoming increasingly so as the years advance. Complications of general health, as well as those of pregnancy and labor themselves, may be troublesome and particularly may be lethal to the child. This is a most interesting summary of…
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Operation for Correction of Protruding Ears
Abnormalities of the external ear are commonly sources of distress for those so afflicted. Frequently such persons wish an operation for cosmetic reasons; in others there may be other reasons. In any event the author believes operation is justifiable for several reasons.
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Gout in Orthopedic Practice
Gout is probably the most misdiagnosed of the arthritides. If the physician will have a healthy suspicion for this disease he will be surprised by its frequency.
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Trends in Industrial Psychology
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Incidence of Ventricular and Subarachnoid Filling in Fractional Encephalography
The advantages of fractional encephalography seem to be several,— relatively little discomfort, the cooperation of the patient and selective filling of certain areas as desired.
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Hydrochlorothiazide in the Therapy of Edema
The effectiveness of the sulfonamide diuretics has been established. This will lead to continued search for variants of this chemical group which not only may be effective but also be associated with a minimum of side effects. This paper describes the results in the use of one of this group…
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Hearing Loss Due to Industrial Noise
Conservation of hearing may be an important facet of preventive medicine in certain industries.
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Clinical Management of Acute Bronchiolitis in Infants
The management of this disease has been much easier and with a much better prognosis since the advent of antibiotics and oxygen therapy. With proper treatment the mortality should be nil.
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A New Method for Identifying Blood of the Portal Circulation
The authors recount their findings by a new experimental approach in an attempt to evolve a method for determining the origin of blood in bleeding in portal cirrhosis.
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Evaluation of Radiation Therapy of Bladder Carcinoma
The authors evaluate the careful and studied use of a combination of radical irradiation and surgery in the management of malignancy of the bladder.
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Cytologic Diagnosis of Cervical Malignancy: Routine Smears in Private Practice
The authors emphasize the accuracy of cytologic diagnosis as confirmed by adequate cercival biopsy by the knife. They stress the wide conization of the cervix as a proper biopsy to obtain sufficient tissue for pathologic study.
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Advantages and Application of Tubeless Gastric Analysis
The advantages of determining the secretion of free hydrochloric acid by a dye excreted in the urine surely are obvious. However, this method still awaits the development of means of quantitating the acid.
