In the usual patient with selective IgA deficiency there is absence of both serum and secretory IgA.¹ In the patient described below IgA was present in normal concentration in the serum but was virtually absent from the secretions. The origin of this ...

Maternal diabetes is known to be associated with an increased incidence of the respiratory-distress syndrome of the newborn.^{1 2 3 4} Whether this increase is due to the circumstances of delivery, an effect of maternal diabetes itself, or a combination of ...

Rats and dogs with mineralocorticoid deficiency have metabolic acidosis and an impaired capacity for urinary acid excretion.^{1 2 3} Replacement therapy with mineralocorticoids in such animals will correct the acidosis and restore the ability of the kidney ...

Although neural-tube defects have been studied extensively, no cause has been agreed upon. Epidemiologists favor environmental factors as likely.¹ Geneticists consider these defects the result of multifactorial inheritance, which is attributed to the ...

The discovery of breast cancer in Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Rockefeller has noticeably heightened public awareness and interest in the field of breast-cancer detection. Although early recognition of malignant lesions by mammography or thermography (or both) ...

Although physicians have long appreciated the importance of specifically diagnosing arrhythmias, only in relatively recent years has the association of arrhythmias with various cardiac symptoms and conditions been well understood. These associations were ...

There are still some who harbor the misconception that genetics deals only with the rare and exotic, or that those involved in medical genetics devote themselves entirely to counseling persons having or at risk for genetic disorders for which nothing else ...

The marks of selfness are laid out in our behavior irreversibly, unequivocally, whether we are assembled in groups or off on a stroll alone. Nobody can be aware of the unique immunologic labels of anyone else, outside a laboratory, nor can we smell with ...

Presentation of Case

A 38-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of bleeding per rectum.

There was a long history of alcohol abuse and chronic liver disease, with slight chronic anemia that was treated with iron and folic acid. Mild, variable ...

In 1957 in the pages of the Journal, Hudson and his colleagues reported the case of a patient with Stokes-Adams attacks and hyperkalemia who also had inappropriately low levels of aldosterone in the urine.¹ Since that time at least 30 additional cases of ...

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Three recent reports^{1 2 3} promulgating continuous intravenous infusions of low-dose insulin (1.2 to 12.0 U per hour, with or without an initial priming dose of 0.5 to 12 U) as a safe, simple and effective method of treating diabetic ketoacidosis, coupled ...

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In an unpublished study of mammographic and xerographic units in Pennsylvania, the radiation dosage to the breast per exposure ranged from 0.25 rads in some units to 47 rads in others (Bicehouse HJ: Survey of Mammographic Exposure Levels and Techniques ...

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To the Editor: Drs. Feldman and Reidenberg have previously reported on the stability of aspirin in propoxyphene compound dosage forms.¹ They did not follow the decomposition of aspirin as a function of time, and their data, from a practical point of view,...

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How often have you read medical book reviews that end with the recommendation that "... This book should be in the library of every [ ]..."? (The [ ] varies: medical student, nurse, urologist, psychiatrist, chaplain, etc., but the idea is the same.) And ...

This book contains a series of review articles dealing with the chemistry and biochemistry of vitamin B₁₂ and studies related to its physiology in man. The reviews are carefully composed and provide good, current evaluations of present concepts of ...

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Psychiatrists have long been troubled by their failure to document the efficacy of psychotherapy. There is now, however, a growing literature of outcome studies that validate the effects of such treatment. The authors of this book present a particularly ...

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

Anatomical ...

POSTGRADUATE COURSE IN PEDIATRIC SURGERY

The Variety Children's Hospital, Miami Beach, will sponsor a postgraduate course in pediatric surgery, March 10–12.

Further information may be obtained from Dr. William T. Brown, Department of Surgery, Variety ...