SMJ // October 1964, Volume 57 - Issue 10
Editorial
TESTING FOR PENICILLIN SENSITIVITY
General Information
Guide To Downtown Memphis & Medical Center
Original Article
Problems in the Management of the “Compensation” Patient with the Lumbar Disk Syndrome
The author decries the conflicting medical opinions often evident in the “compensation case” as testimony is offered with respect to this clear-cut medical entity. He believes free choice of physicians would eliminate much of the controversy.
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Diabetic Vascular Disease
The complications of diabetes, leading to disabilities of the lower extremities, are varied and serious. Their proper management requires thorough knowledge of the pathogenesis of such lesions and the application of surgical principles as indicated by the circumstances in the individual case.
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Endometrial Cancer: A Chronologic Review of Therapy at Woman’s Hospital
The authors review in a most interesting fashion the long history of Woman’s Hospital, and the influence its staff has had over the years in setting the pace in the management of uterine cancer. They have traced the experiences with the use of radium alone, its combination with hysterectomy, and…
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Hypospadias or Urethral Fistula A Method of Closure
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Experiences With Mammography in a Teaching Hospital
Though mammography is not new as an attempt to aid in the early diagnosis of cancer, new technics have revived it to prominence in the past several years. When combined with the physical findings by experienced fingers, x-ray film raises diagnostic accuracy to a new high.
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Juvenile Polyps
It must clearly be kept in mind that the juvenile polyp is a different type of lesion than the adenomatous polyp of the adult. The former never becomes malignant, whereas the latter may undergo such a change.
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Reconstruction of the External Genitalia Following Trauma
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A Technic for Closure of Troublesome Perforations of the Tympanic Membrane
Large perforations of the drum may offer technical difficulties in their closure. Here are described technics to circumvent these difficulties and with a high note of success.
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Training Today’s Physiatrist
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Evaluation of a Method of Repair for Hypospadias
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Medical Grand Rounds from the University of Alabama Medical Center
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The Pathology of Several Disorders of the Inner Ear Which Cause Vertigo
True vertigo is encountered not unusually in the practice of the family physician. Though it can be most troublesome it is usually benign, self-limited but with a tendency to recurrences. The disease is often puzzling and for the want of a better explanation is commonly termed “allergic labrynthitis.” Descriptions of…
