IN the course of our study of the pathologic manifestations of Hodgkin's disease¹ one of us (R.J.L.) became aware of a distinctive lesion of lymphoid tissue that resembled Hodgkin's disease, but exhibited several different features and lacked diagnostic ...

PROLONGED lymphoid stimulation by repetitive exposure to antigenic stimuli may cause lymphosarcoma.^{1 2 3 4 5} Thus, Metcalf⁴ repeatedly injected Salmonella adelaide vaccine or bovine serum albumin into mice, causing an increase in sarcoma and plasma-cell ...

COMPUTERIZED axial tomography (CAT) (also called computer-assisted tomography, computerized x-ray scanning, and computerized transaxial scanning) is a revolutionary radiographic scanning technic that, although introduced only about two years ago, is ...

THE development of hepatic angiosarcomas in workers exposed to vinyl chloride gas in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride has been well documented.^{1 2 3} Histologic study of hepatic and splenic specimens taken from such workers suggests to us, moreover, ...

IT was reported that young adults with a history of tonsillectomy have about three times the risk of development of Hodgkin's disease as non-tonsillectomized persons.¹ This observation is consistent with an infectious agent as suggested by epidemiologic, ...

THE recognition of obesity as a major health problem¹ has called attention to specific measures that physicians may use to help their overweight patients lose weight. Despite the fact that disturbances in endocrine function are only rarely definite causes ...

ARRHYTHMIAS and cardiac failure are two of the major, potentially lethal sequelae of acute myocardial infarction. Although measures used to treat arrhythmias are usually considered separately from those used to treat myocardial failure, it is clear that ...

Presentation of Case

A 29-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of an infected lesion on the right leg.

The patient was the product of a consanguineous marriage. A cardiac murmur and hepatic enlargement had been detected at four months of ...

The clinical picture of generalized lymphadenopathy with or without hepatosplenomegaly may be seen in a variety of diseases. In such cases, if the clinical laboratory data are not diagnostic of a specific entity, an excisional lymph-node biopsy must be ...

Dr. Irvine Page is one of America's most distinquished physicians. A senior statesman in medical affairs and a notable contributor to our knowledge of hypertension, he is also a vigorous and unabashed editorialist. In his fortnightly comments in Modern ...

Much is written today about the nature of physicianpatient interaction, patient response to the medical encounter, patient compliance and patient satisfaction. Although these are often viewed as new concerns of medicine, their importance was recognized ...

FREDERICK STOHLMAN, JR., M.D.

On September 8, 1974, Frederick Stohlman, Jr., M.D., professor of medicine, Tufts University, and director of research, hematology and medicine at the St. Elizabeth's Hospital, was lost with Mrs. Stohlman in a plane crash in ...

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To the Editor: Part of the reason why the etiology and pathogenesis of pyoderma gangrenosum have remained a mystery has been the difficulty in examining patients before ulceration. We have recently studied two patients with pyoderma gangrenosum before ...

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To the Editor: The editorial by Spaet (issue of September 12) mentions as a new optimistic hypothesis the proposal that intimal injury is the initial event in arterial disease, and that a proliferative response to arterial intimal injury may represent ...

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To the Editor: L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester (aspartame), a synthetic low-calorie sweetener, has been reported to be 160 times sweeter than sucrose in aqueous solutions.¹ This compound is now being released to the general public with the claim ...

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To the Editor: The description of the North Quabbin Health Plan under the title, "Need, Not Numbers: The rural HMO" (N Engl J Med 291:580–581, 1974) represents an important contribution to an understanding of rural health needs and appropriate responses. ...

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For some reason basic respiratory physiology is one of the most difficult subjects for beginning health professionals to grasp, and it is often one of the most poorly taught. For students who yearn for a basic physiology review written especially for them,...

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Whom is this book intended for? The author, like most authors, assures the reader that it is for "laymen as well as professionals." Not possibly. The average layman could not understand half of it, and he would find the other half pretty hard going. The ...

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The receipt of the following books is acknowledged, and this listing must be regarded as sufficient return for the courtesy of the sender. Books that appear to be of particular interest will be reviewed as space permits.

Anatomy and Histology

An ...

MASSACHUSETTS BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN MEDICINE

The Board of Registration in Medicine of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Civil Service and Registration voted, on November 21, to cite for a formal hearing any physician indicted on drug ...

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Manuscripts of Original and Special Articles are accepted for consideration with the understanding that they, or their essential substance, tables or figures, have been neither published in nor submitted to any type of publication circulated ...