DI-(2-ETHYLHEXYL) PHTHALATE (DEHP) is a commonly used plasticizer that may represent up to 40 per cent of the dry weight of pliable vinyl plastics in current medical use.¹ DEHP, which is lipid soluble, is readily leached from plastics by human blood,^{2 , 3} ...

ETHANOL oxidation in the liver leads to the formation of acetaldehyde,¹ a metabolite potentially more toxic than ethanol itself. The toxicity of acetaldehyde derives from its greater reactivity and lipid solubility.² However, relatively little is known ...

THE treatment of the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone has remained unchanged since the original description of the syndrome and consists of severe restriction of the intake of water and administration of sodium chloride.^{1 2 3 4} ...

SINCE the identification of the Epstein–Barr virus as the cause of classic heterophil-positive infectious mononucleosis,¹ it has become possible to confirm or establish the diagnosis of this disease by appropriate virus–specific serologic tests.² ...

ALTHOUGH Crohn's disease of the bowel and ulcerative colitis are considered to be separate and distinct clinical as well as pathological entities, there is often an overlap in their clinical, radiologic and morphologic features. As a result, problems in ...

IN the growing bibliography on sexism in the United States, a large number of references have documented the nature and extent of sexism in the health sector, with primary focus on the problems faced by professional women.* However, not only the condition ...

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Laboratory Features

Elevation of sarcoplasmic enzymes in serum (creatine phosphokinase, aldolase, transaminases and lactic dehydrogenase) is valuable both for diagnosis and for following the clinical activity and response to ...

ALTHOUGH pulmonary emboli can originate in any part of the venous circulation, including the right side of the heart, the common sites for development of a thrombus are the deep veins of the lower extremities and the large pelvic veins. Surgical treatment ...

THE catecholamines are a group of hormones that affect most tissues, not only in human beings, but in almost all animal phyla.¹ Whether they are released locally by certain nerve endings or into the general circulation by the adrenal medulla, circulating ...

Presentation of Case

A 43-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for the investigation of a mass in the left flank.

She was well until two years earlier, when she felt the mass. One year later she consulted a physician, who palpated it; for an ...

Prolonged, excessive use of ethyl alcohol (ethanol) is associated with alterations in structure and function of a number of organs. These disorders have given rise to controversy over the relative importance of a direct toxic action of alcohol and the ...

It is intriguing that lithium exerts profound effects on physiologic systems at concentrations (5 X 10–3M) markedly lower than the dominant extracellular and intracellular alkali metal cations, sodium and potassium. The recent widespread use of lithium ...

Lysozyme, the virtually ubiquitous bacteriolytic enzyme discovered by Alexander Fleming over half a century ago,¹ has been the subject of extensive physicochemical, physiologic and clinical investigation,² but its full biologic implications are still ...

DEATHS

Moore — Thomas J. Moore, M.D., formerly of Stoughton, died on December 10. He was in his 81st year.

Dr. Moore received his degree from Middlesex University School of Medicine in 1933. He formerly served as school physician at the Lunenburg School, ...

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To the Editor: We should like to report briefly on two patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who in addition had typical lesions of neurofibromatosis.

A 26-year-old man had left-ankle arthritis, which gradually resolved. Six months later ...

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To the Editor: During a recent study of home-care needs of patients with cancer, many spontaneous observations were made by the families concerning their expectations of physicians. For this study the names of recently deceased patients with cancer were ...

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To the Editor: A visit to Hanoi in October, 1974, enables us to provide a follow-up note on the reports of bombings of the Bach Mai Hospital in 1972.^{1 , 2} At that time it was denied that the hospital had been hit, but it was subsequently acknowledged by ...

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SEMINARS IN MEDICINE OF THE BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL

Seminars in Medicine of the Beth Israel Hospital will be held in the George Sherman Auditorium, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, on the following Tuesdays at 4 p.m.

BLOOD FRACTIONATION SERVICE

The American Red ...