SMJ // May 1965, Volume 58 - Issue 5
Book Review
Kinesiology
Case Report
Pregnancy in a Bicornuate Fibroid Uterus
Case Report
The Peroneal Compartment Syndrome
Editorial
“Lupoid” Hepatitis
General Information
STREET MAP OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON
Original Article
Hepatic Fluorescence in Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
Original Article
Physical Treatment of Obstructive Emphysema
Physical therapy in patients with this disease consists essentially of exercises to improve the effectiveness of the respiratory movements. As such they are ancillary to the medical measures which may be needed to correct abnormalities in pulmonary and cardiac function.
Original Article
The Value of Chromosomal Studies in an Outpatient Clinic: In a Hospital for Severely Retarded Patients
Chromosomal studies for the diagnosis of genetic disturbances have left the field of the esoteric to find an application in the everyday practice of medicine. This fact will become more clearly recognized in coming years.
Original Article
Experiences with Gunshot Wound of the Heart
Original Article
Treatment of Pathologic Fractures Due to Neoplastic Disease of the Extremities
The author demonstrates by case reports that much may be gained by the treatment of pathologic fractures due to metastatic malignancy in selected cases.
Original Article
Hypocholesterolemia in Collagen Vascular Diseases
The author reports upon an apparently not uncommon association of hypocholesterolemia with the collagen diseases. One will await further confirmation with interest, since any lead to aid in the early diagnosis of these puzzling diseases will be welcome.
Original Article
Closed Pelvic Perfusion in Advanced Gynecologic Cancer
The authors describe a technic whereby perfused anticancerocidal solution may be kept localized with minimal "leakage" into the systemic circulation. The method has been used upon 12 patients with inoperable carcinoma.
Original Article
Medical Grand Rounds from the University of Alabama Medical Center
Original Article
The Persistent Challenge of Hysterectomy
The decision to do a hysterectomy should be hedged about by a number of physical and emotional considerations which cannot be lightly avoided.
Original Article
Evaluation of Low Back Pain With Radicular Involvement
Original Article
The General Practice of Dermatology
Original Article
Empathic Parenting of the Elementary School Child
Original Article
Pulmonary Emphysema
The authors have outlined what is known about the cause of pulmonary emphysema, and the approach to diagnosis and treatment.
Original Article
Chronic Pulmonary Disease in Childhood
Undoubtedly the chronic pulmonary disease of early adult life has been foreshadowed by disease of the lung in childhood. The recognition and management of the latter is important as an aspect of preventive medicine.
Original Article
Postural Vertigo of Traumatic Origin Relieved By Section of the Vestibular Nerve
The author has used an approach through the midcrandial fossa in sectioning the eighth nerve.
Original Article
Scrotal Surgery Through an Inguinal Incision
Original Article
Secretory Otitis Media in Allergic Infants and Children
This troublesome condition has been reemphasized for the family physician and pediatrician. The role of allergy in these patients has been clearly demonstrated.
Original Article
Some Problems in Mothering Encountered During Well-Baby Counseling
Original Article
Crippling Effects of Decompression Sickness: Report of Ten Cases
Decompression sickness has more widespread interest today for it goes beyond an “industrial disease” (caisson disease). It may accompany diving for sport, and sooner or later we may hear of it in experimental work on hyperbaric pressures in medicine.
