The current epidemic of gonococcal infection in the United States is well documented.¹ The major emphasis for control of gonococcal disease in this country has centered around the detection of persons with uncomplicated infection. Because the impact of ...

A gradual increase in resistance to penicillin has been observed for Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from the United States^{1 , 2} and other countries.^{3 , 4} In addition, relatively resistant strains have been reported more frequently in the western part of ...

Casual observations suggesting that North American Indians might respond to alcohol differently from Caucasians have received reinforcement in a recent report by Fenna et al. in Canada.¹ To test whether alleged racial differences in alcohol tolerance ...

In recent years, many associations between antigens of the major histocompatibility system (HL-A) and specific diseases have been reported.^{1 , 2} At present, the strongest of these relations include HL-A type W27 in ankylosing spondylitis³ and Reiter's ...

Considerable progress in our understanding of the functional implications of the immunochemical, biochemical, physicochemical, metabolic, and genetic properties of normal immunoglobulins has been achieved through the study of Bence-Jones proteins, myeloma ...

A host of new semisynthetic penicillins, some differing considerably both in antibacterial spectrums and in pharmacologic properties from the prototype (penicillin G), were introduced in the early 1960's. Similarly, the first half of the 1970's has seen ...

The movement toward institutional peer review is an outgrowth of both the hospital's responsibility to protect patients and the development of private and governmental medical-review programs. While hospitals are experiencing continuing pressures to ...

Histamine is one of a group of diverse substances that include: the biogenic amines, histamine and serotonin, small peptides, such as the kinins, and lipids, such as the prostaglandins and the chemically unidentified, slow reacting substance of ...

Presentation of Case

First admission. A 38-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of recurrent renal colic and diarrhea.

She was well until eight years previously, when renal colic developed, and bilateral nephrocalcinosis was found. Five ...

Antibiotic management of diseases other than infections may arouse a measure of skepticism or anxiety unmitigated by a less than unequivocal demonstration of the efficacy of such treatment. When the disorder is one that may endure for months or years and ...

For many years — just how many is a bit uncertain — lifetime subscriptions to the Journal have been available. For many years also the price was $150, a buy for the most particular of bargain hunters. Yet, on the first day of 1973, there were only four ...

In a recent Sounding Board article,¹ Leon White argues that life style is the major national health problem of our time, and he suggests that future efforts to improve the nation's health should focus on changing health behavior rather than continuing the ...

An obese (weight of 100 kg and height of 152.4 cm) 25-year-old primigravida experienced 17 hours of labor 19 days past the estimated date of confinement and was delivered with difficulty by mid-forceps of a stillborn infant.

Dates were not in doubt, the ...

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To the Editor: A recent finding in the fruitful field of lymphocyte-traffic research is that T lymphocytes recirculate between lymphoid tissues, blood and peripheral lymph, whereas most B lymphocytes do not have this capability. One of the last ...

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To the Editor: Dr. Ryback's editorial in the October 2 issue calls for raising the legal drinking age to 19 and for the study of the social controls that prevent alcohol abuse. I heartily endorse both recommendations but want to point out how a study of ...

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To the Editor: It is possible that there is general agreement with an editorial statement in the Journal of the American Medical Association (July 21, 1975) indicating that "The profit motive remains subordinate where there is primary commitment to ...

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To the Editor: As the librarian for a biomedical research library, it has come to my attention that there is a lack of information available for the scientist requiring translations of scientific journal articles. To determine whether a full translation ...

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This book offers a comprehensive approach to child care and the pediatrician's role as child advocate and counselor. The pediatrician is alerted to be sensitive to the child as a psychosocial as well as a physical being, to parental presentation and needs,...

This large anthology of 54 papers, selected and introduced by Theodore Millon, is addressed primarily to medical students. In his preface Millon indicates that the collection is intended to provide material "useful in preparation" for the "Behavioral ...

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A chilling, sickening fear now haunts many of us as our years lengthen and the slow decay of the living body sets in. Those of us who have been clergymen, and others who have frequented modern hospitals and nursing homes, are particularly subject to this ...