SMJ // April 1964, Volume 57 - Issue 4
Case Report
Carcinosarcoma of the Breast
Case Report
Hereditary Retinoschisis with Retinal Detachment
Editorial
EGG-BORNE SALMONELLOSIS IN HOSPITALS
General Information
Guide to Downtown Memphis & Medical Center
Announcement
MIRA Award Presented to Mr. Richard Chamberlain
Original Article
Surgical Treatment of Pharyngo- Esophageal Diverticula
The resection of these lesions may now be undertaken with safety, and without anticipation of mediastinitis because of the use of antibiotics prophylactically. One of the cases cited again points up unanticipated sites of bleeding as the result of treatment with steroids.
Original Article
Dimethindene Maleate in the Management of Respiratory Allergy
Original Article
A Clinical Appraisal of Present Concepts of Cerebral Vascular Disease
The author has reviewed the evolution of thinking relative to the causes of transient episodes of cerebral ischemia.
Original Article
Histoplasmosis – Variable Clinical Forms
This disease is now well recognized and within the clinical horizon of most physicians. However, its benignity and unusual forms have been thought worthy of emphasis by the author.
Original Article
A New Method of Preventing Postoperative Thrombosis in Small Arteries
The author seems to have avoided anticipated thrombosis after operations upon small arteries. Following experimental work in animals he has made a clinical trial of dextran for this purpose.
Original Article
Medical Contributions to Accident Prevention
The authors emphasize the physician's role in educating the public to the hazards of accidents and the etiologic factors involved. The importance of this is obvious when one considers the over-all loss of life because of accidents.
Original Article
Radiation and Lung Cancer
Progress in the treatment of bronchogenic carcinoma has been discouraging. Irradiation may be either palliative or adjunctive. The author discusses the indications for irradiation and his technics for its application
Original Article
Potentials of Medical Research in Prevention of Accidents
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Diagnosis of Anomalies of the Oblique Muscles
The author gives a very good review of the extraocular muscles and their function, with especial emphasis directed toward the oblique muscles.
Original Article
The Transpalatal Approach to the Nasopharynx
The author describes his surgical approach for removal of lesions from the nasopharynx, at best a most difficult area within which to work.
Original Article
Preliminary Observations in Cesium 137 Teletherapy
The radioisotope cesium 137 may be used in a fashion similar to that of cobalt 60. The author compares it with cobalt teletherapy and considers certain advantages which it offers.
Original Article
Nontraumatic Perirenal Hemorrhages
The authors report two instances of the unusual condition of spontaneous perirenal hemorrhage. Causes of such hemorrhage and management are considered.
Original Article
The Use of Graduated Spinal Anesthesia in the Differential Diagnosis of Pain of the Back and Lower Extremities
Differential spinal anesthesia has been used in a study to evaluate pain of the back and lower extremities. The study included response to varying concentrations of procaine with the purpose of producing sympathetic, sensory and motor blocks.
Original Article
The Natural History of Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis
Acute osteomyelitis used to be a disease of high mortality and morbidity. Antibiotics have altered this picture. However, surgical drainage still has a place in treatment and should not be postponed when it is indicated. The management of these cases is well illustrated in this discussion.
Original Article
Is Prenatal Care Beneficial or Necessary?
There has never been any doubt about the efficacy of prenatal care insofar as the fetus and the mother are concerned. What is needed is education of the public to its need.
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Changes in Respiratory Epithelium Induced by Single Large Application of Tobacco Tar: An Experimental Study in Dogs
This experimental study shows that a single large application of tobacco tar does not cause any epithelial changes of chronic nature. Within six weeks the tar has been removed from the bronchi.
Original Article
Immunization – Present and Future
The advances in immunization with viral agents have multiplied at a rapid rate in the past couple of decades. The future holds much for more of this.
Original Article
The Importance of Research and Scientific Writing by Physiatrists
Original Article
Considerations of Hyperbaric Inhalation Anesthesia
The author reviews the use of pressure chambers as operating rooms, the reasons for such an experimental approach and the details involved. He is particularly interested in the problems faced by the anesthesiologist under such circumstances.
Original Article
A Biochemical Test for Malignancy Specific Histologic Findings and Localization of Primary Site
It would seem that the results reported would deserve repetition by a number of investigators to establish a baseline of accuracy and dependability.
