SMJ // May 1967, Volume 60 - Issue 5
Book Review
Medical Spelling Guide
Book Review
Thoracic Surgery, Volume II
Book Review
Science and Practice Anesthesia
Book Review
Science and Medicine in Central Africa
Original Article
Management of the Persistent Occiput Posterior Position
Original Article
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Deep Abscess of the Postanal Space
Original Article
Use of Portable Wound Suction Units
Original Article
Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Cancer of the Bladder
The authors review the classification of tumors of the bladder and the treatment of malignancies, whether by irradiation alone or in combination with a surgical attack.
Original Article
The Low Back Derelict
The authors review the results of operations upon the spine for low back pain. They analyze the failures and the reasons for these. This study emphasizes the need for clear-cut indications for surgical procedures on the spine.
Original Article
Ocular Findings In Juvenile Diabetics
No evidence of elevation of intraocular pressure or frank diabetic retinopathy was found on ophthalmoscopic examination of a group of 65 juvenile diabetics, 4 of whom had the disease for 10 years or more, attending a diabetic camp. These findings support the view that the development of ocular complications in…
Original Article
Method of Delivery in Patients with Uterine Scar
The authors have as their purpose the demonstration that individualized management of delivery in the woman who has had previous cesarean section is safe in other than the large hospital. Vaginal delivery is to be permitted when indicated, controlled only by careful observation during labor, and being prepared for emergency…
Original Article
Irradiation for Treatment of Carcinoma of the Lung in Indigent and Private Patients
The author reviews the results of palliative treatment in a large series of patients. The advantage of his study is that such management was carried out in the main under the supervision of one observer which reduces certain variables. Furthermore, he points to the practical and clinical advantages of combined…
Original Article
Primary Care of Injuries of the Hand
The author insists upon the proper management of the injured hand early, to avoid the sad results which may follow improper treatment. He urges that the patient be placed in the hands of one with experience at this crucial time.
Original Article
The Role of Pathology: The Most Central of all Medical Sciences
The author gives a well constructed definition of clinical pathology and its contribution to medical care today.
Original Article
Medical Ethics in the Practice of Radiology
One finds Medical Ethics commonly misunderstood by the laity as a kind of “labor union contract” for ulterior purposes—namely to minimize competition and to assure a good financial income. Among another group—full-time physicians in medical schools, government hospitals and in other institutions—one finds at times a misinterpretation of Medical Ethics….
Original Article
Medical Grand Rounds from the University of Alabama Medical Center
Original Article
Fetal Electrocardiography: A Clinical Evaluation Using Both Standard and Radioelectrocardiographic Technics
The authors have recorded their findings and impressions from an experience with a hundred fetal electrocardiograms. It offers at certain times during gestation a means of establishing fetal life.
Original Article
Use of the Slit Lamp Microscope in Cataract Surgery
The authors indicate the advantages of the use of the slit lamp microscope in perfecting operative technics and in making certain sutures and surgical toilet has been adequate and proper.
Original Article
Meningococcemia Following Meningococcal Conjunctivitis
Original Article
Fatal Bronchial Asthma in Children: Report of Three Cases
Uncomplicated bronchial asthma is a rare cause of death in children. The pathologic findings of emphysema, blockage of bronchi and bronchioles by mucus, and spasm of bronchial musculature are characteristic. The author points up the need for emergency treatment of these pathophysiologic disturbances.
Original Article
Abrupt Withdrawal of Adrenal Corticosteroids in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Clinical Observations of Twelve Cases
The author demonstrates the feasibility of abrupt withdrawal of steroids without untoward effects of consequence in most cases. He implies too an abuse of corticosteroids in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Original Article
The Hazards of Hospitalization
More and more the “diseases of medical progress” are coming to the fore. One author has pertinently described, “The role of the physician as a vector who transmits the etiologic agents to the patient . . .” The Journal drew attention to this topic last year (July).
Original Article
Hiatal Hernia In Infants
This anomaly has commonly been overlooked in the past as a cause of certain gastric symptoms in early infancy. Fortunately most instances respond to conservative management though surgical correction becomes mandatory under certain circumstances.
