SMJ // May 1966, Volume 59 - Issue 5
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Juvenile Diabetes: The Educational Experience of Diabetic Camp Using Programmed Instruction
Though the authors' results with programmed learning were negative, the effectiveness of the diabetic camp as an educational experience for these children was again made evident. It would appear that a larger group of subjects and consideration of the age factor might demonstrate programmed learning to be as worthwhile as…
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Legal Consent: A Medical Dilemma
In this day of the ever-present threat of a liability suit, the physician and surgeon must step warily. The ramifications of legal consent seem almost endless, as one reads this essay.
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Starch-Eater’s Anemia
Here is a condition, probably not rare, which possibly receives little attention in the taking of the history in colored women who have anemia.
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A Reevaluation of Chlorpropamide in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus: Six Years Clinical Experience
The authors have demonstrated a most satisfactory continued effectiveness in the control of diabetes by this agent in a high proportion of cases. Its use has been singularly free of untoward by-effects.
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Nevi vs. Moles Senile Lentigo Maligna – Diagnosis and Prognosis
The author reviews the subject- of pigmented nevi, their likelihood of becoming malignant and their management. If treatment is other than surgical excision, the dermatologist must satisfy himself that it is adequate.
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Lincomycin in the Treatment of Cervicitis and Vaginitis in Pregnancy
The authors have used a new antibiotic in the treatment of cervical and vaginal infections during pregnancy. They have found the drug effective against penicillin resistant organisms and against H. vaginalis. No untoward side effects were encountered.
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The Role of the Obstetrician-Gynecologist in Family Life Education
Without a doubt family counseling is badly needed. Family planning is faced realistically today. Teenage problems are real. Without a doubt the obstetrician-gynecologist is in the best position to advise on these matters.
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Treatment Trends in Monilial Vaginitis
The authors have found that nystatin is the best therapeutic agent for the care of this condition in the nonpregnant woman. Cure during pregnancy is difficult to achieve.
Article
Hypertelorism and the Bifid Nose
Article
The Skin and Internal Disease
Though the point has been made repeatedly that the skin may bear the signposts of systemic or internal disease, it deserves repetition periodically. The author has beautifully and comprehensively reemphasized the interrelationships of dermatology and internal medicine as well as other special fields of interest.
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Seven Medical Proposals for the Prevention of Injury and Death on the Highways
Everyone agrees that the toll in deaths and injuries on our highways is a shameful blot in days of enlightenment. But little has been done about it. Law enforcement is spotty, and the auto manufacturers are just beginning to become modern. The author suggests a program which would be most…
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Studies on the Intrauterine Contraceptive Device
The authors give their experience with the use of such devices in 2,000 women. They have demonstrated that the effect of a mechanical contraceptive device is to stimulate peristalsis and movement of the ovum through the uterus and thus to avoid implantation.
Article
Evaluation of Eighty Children with Nontraumatic Hematuria
This paper is a timely one since recent years have shown an increasing interest in pediatric urology. The authors emphasize practical approaches to the diagnostic problems in the presence of hematuria as well as the differential diagnosis.
Case Report
Listerial Metencephalitis
Article
Human Bite Infections of the Hand
The authors consider the gravity of human bites. Prognosis is especially poor if the S. aureus, coagulase positive is present as a pathogen. Prompt treatment of such bite wounds is imperative.
Clinical Brief
Detection of Hypoglycemia During Sleep
Case Report
Teratoma of the Testis in an Infant
Article
The Use of Cryogens in Glaucoma
The authors offer a preliminary report on the use of this modality of treatment in the management of glaucoma. They describe technic but find it too early to draw any conclusions as to its efficacy.
Article
The Urethra and Its Relationship to Urinary Tract Infection: The Flora of the Normal Female Urethra
Actually the bacterial flora of the female urethra has never been adequately isolated and evaluated as to its relationship to disease of the urinary tract. By an ingenious instrument the author has been able to identify the urethral segment from which the culture was made.
Case Report
Cranial Actinomycosis As a Diagnostic Problem
Article
Large Dose Urography in Children
The authors have established a routine use of large doses of contrast material with uniformly successful results in urography in children.
Article
Fractures of the Femoral Neck Fixation by Multiple Threaded Wires
The author has had good results by this method of fixation if the reduction is in a valgus position. He clearly outlines the selection of cases for this procedure.
