ENTEROVIRUS infections of the central nervous system are being recognized with increasing frequency as laboratory diagnostic facilities become more readily available. With the virtual elimination of poliomyelitis, the Central-nervous-system syndromes ...

INFLAMMATION of the placenta, fetal membranes, and umbilical cord (chorioamnionitis) is a frequent pathological finding in cases of perinatal death. The lesions are clinically associated with early onset of labor, premature rupture of membranes, maternal ...

ALTHOUGH the cause of idiopathic minimal-change nephrotic syndrome of childhood (INS) remains uncertain it has been suggested from indirect evidence that this syndrome may represent the clinical expression of a primary immunologic abnormality.¹ However, ...

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Indirect Myocardial Revascularization

ON the basis of the myocardial sinusoidal circulation demonstrated by the detailed pathological studies of Wearn and his associates,¹ Vineberg postulated that a freely bleeding artery surgically ...

A PREVALENT view of rheumatoid arthritis in the late 1930's was that the disease had both infectious and inflammatory components, and thus it seemed reasonable that a therapeutic agent might be designed that combined in a single molecule both ...

IN the United States, the currently recommended regimen for treating trichomonal vaginitis is metronidazole, 250 mg by mouth three times a day for 10 days.¹ Ross, Woodcock, and Csonka report successful therapy of trichomonal vaginitis with a single 2-g ...

LAST month's LawMedicine Notes column called attention to the economic crisis in medical malpractice insurance throughout the United States. The major carriers, after asking and receiving huge premium increases in the last three years, are threatening to ...

CELLULAR membranes are not simply elaborately constructed containers of cytoplasmic organelles. Rather, the cell surface interface is a complex, highly mobile structure that functions in recognizing certain extra-cellular materials and in transmitting ...

Presentation of Case

A 19-year-old male high-school student from Taiwan was admitted to the hospital because of a question of a spinal-cord tumor.

He was well until 13 months previously, when pain developed in the left anterior aspect of the chest above ...

The accumulated literature of the past half century leaves little doubt that infectious disease of the immature brain can lead to impaired learning ability in the mature person. In bacterial infections, it is highly probable that effective therapy of the ...

Acute inflammations of the fetal membranes (chorioamnionitis) and umbilical cord (funisitis) often have no adverse effects on the mother or fetus, but in some cases they are associated with congenital pneumonia, early onset of labor and clinical evidence ...

The Medical Communication Pathway is a complex system of information producers whose product is focused on the physician at the bedside and the individual patient. The physician at the patient's bedside uses this information to make decisions based upon ...

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STUDY COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE CHANGES IN UNITS OF CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS

At the June 5, 1974, meeting of the Council of the Massachusetts Medical Society, this committee was created and given the following charge:

To evaluate the proposed change of ...

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To the Editor: The article by Hinds and First on tobacco smoke in public places and the editorial by Huber appearing in the April 17 issue of the Journal both provided interesting reading on this controversial subject. Unfortunately, their conclusions ...

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To the Editor: Canada's national health insurance, which grew from the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Program that covered all provinces by January, 1961, and the Federal Medical Care Program initiated in 1968 and applied to all provinces and ...

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This is the enlarged and somewhat improved second edition of a work that was originally conceived by the late Duncan Reid. In this edition, the 25 controversial topics and the authorities who discuss them are in general well chosen. The editors are ...

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Because of the untimely death of William Dameshek in 1969, the third edition of the Dameshek and Gunz standard work Leukemia has been a decade in preparation. In the new edition Dr. Gunz has been assisted by Albert Baikie, and additional authors have ...

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In the preface Dr. Lasagna mentions some problems that he faced in writing on medical topics for the lay public. Although he could not overcome all these difficulties, this book is likely to have a large readership.

Scientifically unsophisticated readers (...

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If health-care personnel are looking for guidance in reaching reasoned positions on such issues as abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia without first being required to accept a set of absolute values or principles, Eike-Henner Kluge's book will provide ...

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.

Hematology

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AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NURSING COURSE

A course entitled "The Cardiac Patient and the Community," and sponsored by the American Heart Association's Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, will be held in Boston, September 17–19.

Further information may be ...

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