Southern Medical Association is presenting two “first time” symposia at its Fifty-Fourth Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, October 31-November 3, 1960. On Monday morning, October 31, the Symposium on Cerebrovascular Disease will be featured and on Thursday morning, November 3, the Symposium on Medical Economics. These symposia should offer…
The authors emphasize the important steps in the correction of this congenital anomaly. They have used steps from two classical procedures advanced in the past for this reconstructive surgery.
Anything which may be of assistance in the malabsorption associated with fibrocystic disease is welcome. The authors report their experiments with a new pancreatic extract.
Persons suffering from this lesion are not doomed to continued disability. There are reconstructive operations which may be applied successfully.
The author reviews approaches used in the investigation of schizophrenia in the past. He warns of the dangers of distortion of apparent scientific methods by preconceived thoughts and ideas. This is an interesting historical review.
Summary: This report brings into focus some of the difficulties of communication in proctology in the past, and spotlights a way to promote progress in proctology in the future. Today, cameras are available which are technically easy to use so any physician can photograph anorectal lesions. Since words are inadequate…
In some one to five per cent of cases of sarcoidosis there is clinical evidence of involvement of the nervous system, more often of the cranial and spinal nerves. There are instances of meningeal invasion and tumor formation. Primary disease of the muscles may be encountered.
The congenital nature of these lesions is discussed, as well as the modes of treatment. The author has had good results in the majority of patients treated surgically; though conservative treatment is always given a trial before operation.
The localization of intracranial tumors still presents a problem in diagnosis. The electroencephalogram has been shown to be the most valuable screening method in the hands of these authors. Furthermore, its ease of repetition for diagnosis in suspected disease offers still a greater place in diagnosis.
After reviewing the indications for x-ray pelvimetry and the deficiencies of current methods, the authors describe the advantages of their technic.
The authors describe a technic of irradiation by the implantation of Co60 within the malignant tissue. The results appear good, and certainly without the complications associated with radical surgery and so unpleasant in the life of the patient.
The author is applying newer surgical concepts to obtain better cosmetic results and to avoid morbidity in the surgical attack on chronic disease of the ear. The ultimate objective is conservation of hearing.
That the development of a child is influenced by family environment is an unquestioned fact. The management of an unwholesome situation is an extremely difficult one. As the author shows, it is not as simple as removing the child from his environment. Treatment of the family situation is basic, if…
SummaryPatent urachus is a rare congenital anomaly, being observed only twice during the past 14 years at the USAF Hospital, Wiesbaden, Germany, during which time there were over 108,000 admissions to the hospital. The development, diagnosis, and treatment of congenital patent urachus have been discussed. Two previously unreported cases have…
The fetish of sun-bathing to attain a sun tan is not without hazard to the lightly pigmented Caucasian. The untoward effects of excessive exposure to sunlight have received deserving attention in this paper.
Summary1. A patient with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is presented to emphasize the importance of an adequate history, physical examination and appropriate laboratory studies in the diagnosis of anemia, especially of this type.2. Paroxyasmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria produces a chronic normocytic anemia, of unknown etiology, though it is thought to represent an…
With an accumulation over the years of drawings of these phenomena as described by patients, the author provided a visual description for the listener of what the patient sees.
SummaryExperiments on 4 animals show that all the blood passing through the descending aorta can be diverted to the outside of the body in the dog by means of a plastic shunt for periods up to one week.
The author is favorably impressed by the parenteral use of this steroid in acute manifestations of allergy.
Here is a warning. In the patient having glaucoma and needing an operation of a general nature, medication preparatory to general anesthesia, as well as certain postoperative factors, may present a hazard in terms of acute glaucoma. Patients under these circumstances deserve the careful observation of an ophthalmologist.
This is the last of a series of seven articles which have appeared in the Journal. They have been presented with the hope that members and friends of the Association may have become better acquainted with the objectives, activities and accomplishments of the Southern Medical Association.
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