SMJ // January 1968, Volume 61 - Issue 1
Case Report
Ankylosing Spondylitis and Hemolytic Disease
Editorial
Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality
Editorial
POSTOPERATIVE USE OF NARCOTICS
Original Article
Psychiatric Sequelae of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
This study paints up the degree of disability, particularly in the psychiatric area, which often follows subarachnoid hemorrhage. This seems to be especially true in the cases in which operation was necessary.
Original Article
Reconstruction of the Burned Face
The importance of the best possible cosmetic results following burns of the face has been emphasized over and over. The authors review their technics and results in managing the unfortunate victims of such accidents.
Original Article
Factors Modifying the Level of Glucose in the Cerebrospinal Fluid In Vitro Experiments with Human and Animal Neoplasms
The authors describe their findings of the utilization of glucose in the cerebrospinal fluid by malignant cells and the synergistic effect of leukocytes. The question of permeability of the blood-brain barrier needs further investigation in this respect.
Original Article
Gastroscopy: An Aid to the Detection of Small Sliding-Type Hiatal Hernias
Though the symptomatology may suggest this type of lesion, most clinicians have found that the radiologic examination has not verified it upon occasion. This paper is therefore of interest in pointing to another means of establishing a diagnosis.
Original Article
Long Y-Chromosome Associated With Enlarged Satellites on a D-Chromosome
Chromosome analysis of peripheral blood leukocytes from a mentally retarded boy revealed the presence of elongated Y-chromosome and a D-chromosome bearing large satellites. The possible roles of aberrations of the Y-chromosome and the presence of satellites in mental retardation and other developmental disorders are discussed.
Original Article
The Prevalence of Infectious Syphilis In Patients with Acute Gonorrhea
The author calls attention to a well-known fact too often forgotten today,—namely, that the acquisition of one venereal disease has an accompanying hazard of a second disease in a certain percentage of instances.
Original Article
Test for Malignant Disease – A Critical Evaluation of Sunflower Seed Extract
With the publication of a biochemical test for malignancy using a sunflower seed extract, the editorial comment suggested that the results “would deserve repetition by a number of investigators to establish a baseline of accuracy and dependability.” Now three years later a careful study and evaluation of this test establishes…
Original Article
Tetralogy of Fallot in Twins
Original Article
Chronic Subdural Hematoma
Periodically it is well to be reminded that even relatively mild injury to the skull, without fracture, may be followed later by neurologic and/or mental symptoms. The correct diagnosis and surgical treatment offer almost certain clinical cure.
Original Article
Current Concepts of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Children
Original Article
Chronic Lead Ingestion and Gout
Though some have thought saturnine gout to be an entity of the past, the authors show this is not true in the “moonshine belt.”
Original Article
Potentiation of Muscle Relaxants by Magnesium Sulfate Therapy in Toxemia of Pregnancy
It would seem that the use of magnesium sulphate reduces the need for relaxants during anesthesia of the preeclamptic woman during cesarean operation.
Original Article
Bilateral Anterior Thalamotomy for the Hyperactive Child
The child with cerebral palsy may be irritable, destructive and hyperactive, offering serious problems within the family circle or in an institution. The authors believe this operation will be successful in producing a more tractable and subdued child in many instances.
Original Article
Further Experience with Amniography in Fetal Death in Utero
The use of hypertonic solutions in utero for amniography is an efficient method of stimulating the birth of the dead fetus.
Original Article
The Fictional Physician-Scientist of Nineteenth-Century America Herman Melville
The habit of reading for pleasure is all too commonly lost in the hum-drum of busy and long days. Now and then a quarter of an hour so spent may remind the reader of his los
