Thymic enlargement in infancy treated with external irradiation was reported in 1907.¹ Not long thereafter the use of external irradiation was proposed for treatment of enlarged tonsils and adenoid tissue in children.² For most of the next four decades ...

The immunoglobulin levels in human serum and other body fluids vary considerably between individual persons. Deficiencies in one or more classes or subclasses of immunoglobulins are often associated with recurrent infections, but a complete absence of IgA ...

Methods for the isolation of the brush-border membrane from human intestinal mucosa obtained at operation or with peroral biopsies have become available.¹ To these brush-border preparations the method of Maestracci² for the separation of membrane proteins ...

Stress and Life Change

Excessive overtime work, previously associated with increased risk of coronary disease, has received further support as a risk factor in the last five years. Theorell and Rahe⁵⁷ compared 62 patients with myocardial infarction in ...

Prenatal diagnosis of β thalassemia and sickle-cell anemia by the study of hemoglobin synthesis in fetal blood is currently under evaluation. In β thalassemia, the diagnoses of the normal, heterozygous and homozygous states in the fetus have been ...

Prenatal diagnosis is now available as a research procedure for families whose children are at risk for hemoglobinopathies. The expressions of the sickle^{1 2 3} and thalassemia genes^{4 , 5} have been detected in abortuses as early as five weeks' gestation. ...

A little noticed but disturbing confrontation between forensic medical scientists and the American judge and jury system occurred in a New York City courtroom in the past year.

The trial was a dramatic situation. The male defendant was charged with the ...

During the past several decades our conception of plasma-cell membranes and their functions has undergone considerable change. No longer do we accept the old anatomic concept that the cell membrane is an inert lipid envelope surrounding the cell, serving ...

Presentation of Case

A 61-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of pulmonary lesions.

There was a long history of a symptomatic duodenal ulcer without bleeding. Four years before admission hypertension was found, and chlorothiazide was ...

Although lactase was identified in mammalian small intestine more than 40 years ago,¹ the enzyme was commonly believed to be secreted into intestinal fluid until Crane and his colleagues^{2 3 4} established that disaccharidases are constituents of the brush-...

The recent recommendation by the President of the United States that a vaccine containing swine-influenza virus be promptly prepared for mass immunization in the early fall of 1976 was stimulated by the experience at Fort Dix, New Jersey, where, within ...

What does J.Q. (for Queasy) Healthsumer do when the President, flanked by Albert Sabin, Jonas Salk, and a host of co-experts, proclaims, "Thou shalt be vaccinated against the flu"? J.Q.H.'s response is predictable: he joins the legion of vaccinees — i.e., ...

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To the Editor: In the issue of October 30 (293:941–942, 1975) I commented on three sudden deaths occurring in long-distance runners and suggested that ischemic heart disease was the cause of death. The question is whether these three case reports in any ...

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To the Editor: The article, "Phasing Out State Hospitals — a Psychiatric Dilemma," by Becker and Schulberg, in the January 29 issue of the Journal, is a timely and thoughtful review of the problems inherent in deinstitutionalization programs in mental ...

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TUESDAY MORNING

Convention Hall — Sixth Floor

8:00 Complimentary Breakfast

8:30 Advances in Thromboembolism

Edwin W. Salzman, M.D., Chairman; Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Chief, Surgical Service, Beth Israel Hospital.

Diagnosis ...

The hundredth anniversary of the birth of Walter B. Cannon on October 19, 1971, was remembered in many universities and departments of physiology. A major celebration was held on May 25 and 26, 1972, at the Downstate Medical Center of the State University ...

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.

Neurology and Neurosurgery

Brain ...

DIRECTORY OF AVIATION-SPACE MEDICINE

An extensive directory of medical artifacts related to aviation is being compiled by the Aerospace Medical Association, aided by a National Library of Medicine grant. A search is being conducted for historical material ...

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