SMJ // December 1964, Volume 57 - Issue 12
Author Index
Author Index
Book Review
A Marriage Manual for Catholics
Book Review
Pediatric Therapy
Book Review
The Allergic Child
Book Review
Time, Cells, and Aging
Book Review
The Color Atlas of Intestinal Parasites
Book Review
Infectious Diseases of Children
Book Review
Pediatric Ophthalmology
Book Review
Communicable and Infectious Diseases
Book Review
Textbook of Urology
Book Review
Early Detection and Diagnosis of Cancer
Book Review
A Dozen Doctors. Autobiographic Sketches
Original Article
The Routine Examination of Synovial Fluid
A study of the synovial fluid may offer significant diagnostic clues in the several arthropathies.
Original Article
Minor Complications of Spinal Anesthesia – A Re-Evaluation
Spinal anesthesia has been unjustifiably criticized. The author analyzes the reasons for the criticisms and points up means of avoiding unpleasant though minor post-anesthetic complaints.
Original Article
Experiences with Bilateral-Lateral Fusion of the Lumbar Spine
Original Article
Allergic Reactions in 10,000 Consecutive Intravenous Urographies
Iodides given by any route may be accompanied by one of several varieties of side reactions. The authors consider these as to their allergic or nonallergic nature. The incidence is not high.
Original Article
Sweat Chloride By Iontophoresis
The author has described a relatively simple method of collecting sweat and its analysis for chlorides. The procedure is applicable in the laboratory of the clinical pathologist in private practice as well as in the hospital laboratory.
Original Article
The Role of Health Departments in Reducing the Incidence of Illness Related to Anxiety
This philosophic essay is thought provoking.
Original Article
Basaloid Carcinomas of the Anus
The authors describe the histologic and clinical characteristics of this variety of malignancy by case reports.
Original Article
The Tearing Infant
Epiphora in the early weeks of life should be treated since serious complications may arise if dacryocystitis develops as the resut of a blocked nasolacrimal duct. Treatment early is relatively simple, if late and for complications, difficult.
Original Article
The “Subclavian Steal” Syndrome
A new manifestation of vascular occlusive disease has become recognized as an entity in the past two or three years. Occlusion of the subclavian artery may deplete the cerebral circulation by retrograde blood flow, siphoning blood from the brain and resulting in cerebral ischemia.
Original Article
The Orthopedics Overseas Project
The medical profession is making many contributions to a favorable image of the American citizen in the underdeveloped countries. In the initial project of medical aid to foreign lands, orthopedic surgeons of the South played a prominent role.
Original Article
The Use of Methyldopa in Hypertension
This drug is effective in treatment, and is enhanced when combined with a chlorothiazide.
Original Article
Hepatic and Serum Vitamin B12 in Acute and Chronic Hepatitis
The authors have attempted to relate the levels of B12 in serum and in liver tissue to the state of hepatic disease—acute and chronic hepatitis and early postnecrotic cirrhosis.
Original Article
Medical Grand Rounds from the University of Alabama Medical Center
Original Article
The Use of Insulin in Unstable Diabetes Mellitus
The control of diabetes by long-acting insulin in general is quite satisfactory. However, there are patients who are difficult of control and develop a differing pattern of hypo-and hyperglycemia. These need special study and the use of long-acting insulin tailored to their needs.
