SMJ // April 1965, Volume 58 - Issue 4
Book Review
Clinical Nutrition
Book Review
Advances in Sex Research
Book Review
Techniques in Medical Communication
Book Review
Synosis of Gemitourmary Disease
Book Review
Health Progress in the United States
Book Review
The Oculomotor System
Book Review
The Human Testis: A Clinical Treatise
Book Review
Fundamental Skills in Surgery
Book Review
Urology in General Practice
Book Review
The Care of the Geriatric Patient
Book Review
Crossen’s Synopsis of Gynecology
Clinical Brief
Physical Fitness and Bronchial Asthma
The program described by the author has much to recommend it for basic physical and psychologic reasons. The results reported are striking.
Clinical Brief
Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy for Carcinoma of Prostate
The authors make a plea for early diagnosis of cancer of the prostate, and the use of retropubic prostatectomy as an attempt at actual cure of the disease.
Clinical Brief
The Application of Simple Photographic Methods in Disorders of Motion
The use of words for the description of movement has its obvious limitations. Photographic technics offer a tool for the extension of such descriptions.
Clinical Brief
Role of Endoscopy in Diagnosis of Bladder Neck Obstruction: “One Look Means a Lot”
The author urges early endoscopic examination and treatment, if indicated, in instances of even very mild evidence of obstruction at the bladder neck, whether prostatic or due to other causes.
Clinical Brief
Use of Drugs in Infants and Children Unique Features as Compared to Adult Use
Much attention has been given in recent years to the experimental use and evaluation of new drugs. These studies have been limited, perforce, almost entirely to adults. The author emphasizes that studies in adults fall short in providing answers for the infant and child population for a variety of reasons….
Clinical Brief
Acute Mastoiditis Resistant To Medical Management
Though antibiotics are successful in curing acute otitis media in a high proportion of cases, careful observation is indicated. Acute mastoiditis develops in a number of cases of otitis resistant to treatment with any of the possible complications common to mastoiditis.
Clinical Brief
The Treatment of Uterine and Vaginal Prolapse in the Elderly Woman
Emphasizing the not uncomman continuation of sexual activity of elderly couples, the author points to the need for individualization in selecting surgical procedures for the relief of abnormalities of the genital tract. The choice is dependent upon the need for a functioning vagina.
Clinical Brief
A New Needle for Carotid Angiography
Clinical Brief
The Significance of Intermittent Claudication
Clinical Brief
Management of Polyps of the Large Bowel
The author presents his thoughts and experiences in the management of the several types of polyps, and the circumstances which influence him in selecting conservative or radical treatment.
Clinical Brief
New Horizons in the Private Practice of Medicine
The author has put his finger squarely upon a large area of medical care in which there is merely a vacuum, both in medical practice and in medical education. Granted, lip service is given in acknowledgment of the existence of this vacuum, but precious little is being done to fill…
Editorial
REGULATORY CHAOS
Editorial
THE ETIOLOGY OF SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED DEATH
Original Article
Common Questions About Allergy and Our Answers
The author has used the interesting approach of answering questions posed by allergic patients. Thereby he gives the interested pediatrician or family physician knowledge to pass on to the patients themselves or to the patients’ parents.
Original Article
Medical Grand Rounds from the University of Alabama Medical Center
Original Article
Problems of Skin Coverage of the Hand
Original Article
Clinical Aspects of Leprosy
This is a disease to be suspected under certain circumstances as outlined by the author. It is endemic in cettain parts of the country, and in some areas of the South this is a fact to be kept in mind.
Original Article
The Physiology of Muscle Spasm as Related to Low Back Pain
Original Article
Ventriculo-Atrial Shunt in the Management of Hydrocephalus
This operation has developed into a procedure offering aid to the infants unfortunate enough to have developed hydrocephalus. The family physician should know what may be offered these youngsters.
Original Article
Use and Abuse of Oxytocics
Consideration is given the pharmocologic effects of oxytocin upon uterine contractility and the fetal circulation. The indications and contraindications for the use of an oxytocic are discussed and the hazards recognized.
Original Article
The Levator Syndrome and Its Treatment
The symptoms included in this syndrome are troublesome to the patient, and often frustrating to the attending doctor as he attempts to arrive at a diagnosis and its cause. The authors clarify the etiologic factors and suggest symptomatic as well as definitive treatment.
Original Article
A New Method of Iontophoresis and Analysis of Sweat Electrolyte: A Survey of Several Kindred With Cystic Fibrosis
The author presents information which may shed light on the genetic factors in cystic fibrosis. Further studies will be needed to clearly establish the interrelationship of wheezing with disturbances in the composition of sweat.
Original Article
Perianal Lipofascial Hernias
Original Article
Management of Exstrophy of the Bladder
This congenital anomaly is a most distressing one both physiologically and psychologically. Few long-term follow-up studies such as this one have been reported.
Original Article
The Rehabilitation of the Fractured Hip in the Aged
The authors have shown that in certain groups of patients, who have had surgical treatment of fractures of the hip, early rehabilitative efforts reduce the frequency of certain complications of such treatment.
Original Article
Straw Itch Mite Dermatitis Caused By Pyemotes Ventricosus: Comparative Aspects
Mites are well known as a possible cause of Dermatitis. The authors have mode interesting epidemiologic studies and have implicated a new host, the common furniture beetle.
