SMJ // December 1962, Volume 55 - Issue 12
Book Review
Bronchography
Book Review
Surgery of Repair as Applied to Hand Injuries
Book Review
The Heart in Industry
Book Review
Atlas of Surgical Operations
Book Review
Congenital Malformations of the Heart
Book Review
Appraisal of Current Concepts in Anesthesiology
Book Review
The Treatment of Tropical Diseases
Book Review
Intussusception in Infants and Children
Editorial
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN
Editorial
THE REAL DILEMMA FACING MEDICINE
Original Article
Hemodynamic Studies Before and After Induced Hypothyroidism for the Treatment of Severe Heart Failure
Hypothyroidism, for the treatment of severe heart failure, has been used for decades, induced by surgical extirpation of the gland, irradiation by the x-ray and now by radioactive iodine. Though clinical improvement has been recognized, studies of physiologic function in such cases have been sparse. The authors add to our…
Original Article
The Consecutive Case Conference: A Teaching Tool. Its Application to Continuing Education in Cardiovascular Disease for the Practicing Physician
Much thought is being given continuation medical education at present. All are agreed little will be accomplished by more doctors listening to more lectures in classrooms, on the TV screen or at the medical society. The method described here offers an attempt to stimulate participation, a necessary ingredient to education.
Original Article
Acute Massive Hepatic Necrosis with Fatal Liver Failure
This lesion is a rare one as shown by the few cases the authors were able to find in a large hospital population. The etiologic factors are shown and evaluated, as well as the clinical course and prognosis.
Original Article
Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease A Suggested Method of More Rapid Diagnosis
The author suggests the use of the “touch” preparations on the newly delivered placenta or on material from liver or kidney biopsy for material to be studied immediately with the use of proper stains. Thus, many hours may be gained in diagnosis.
Original Article
Angiography in the Detection of Renal Arterial Obstruction
The authors describe the findings at operation in twenty patients who had been studied by angiography for possible renal vascular disease as a cause of hypertension.
Original Article
An Industrial Evaluation of Dermatitis of the Hands
One of the frequent disturbances keeping the employee from work is dermatosis. Not uncommonly this represents contact dermatitis due to something in his environment. Diagnosis is most important so working conditions may be altered to good advantage.
Original Article
Factors Which May Effect the Rate of Linear Growth and Weight Gain of Asthmatic Children
The growth of the asthmatic child may vary with a number of factors. Among these are the asthma itself and the degree of severity. However, the interesting and important factors are related to the types of therapy which must be given consideration by the physician in his management of the…
Original Article
Home Nursing Project: A Collaborative Effort of the Louisiana State Board of Health and the Louisiana State Welfare Department
The Louisiana State Board of Health has made a most important pilot study of how medical needs of welfare recipients in the aged group may be met in the home. This experience has dealt with problems which cannot and will not be answered only by the provisions of hospitalization for…
Original Article
Clinicopathologic Conferences Duke University School of Medicine
Original Article
Occipital Nevus Flammeus
By their study of this birthmark in a population of private patients they have corrected erroneous impressions relative to the course of the lesion, its incidence and its accompaniment by other cutaneous diseases.
