Attempts to unravel the events and factors regulating granulocyte production have progressed rapidly in the last few years, largely owing to quantitative in vitro systems for measuring granulocyte maturation and production.¹ With these systems several ...

Most patients with myasthenia gravis whose symptoms are not well controlled with medications that directly facilitate neuromuscular transmission can now be adequately treated through some form of immunologic intervention, such as prednisone^{1 , 2} or ...

Anorexia nervosa is a disorder of unknown cause, presenting as extreme weight loss associated with abnormal ideation about food and body image.¹ It is associated with numerous abnormalities of endocrine and hypothalamic function.^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10} Whether ...

Blacks are under-represented in medical schools in the United States. In the late 1960's and early 1970's medical schools increased black representation substantially. The efforts made by medical schools were not sufficient, however, to correct black ...

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Development of the Sympathetic Nervous System

Detailed reviews of this subject have recently been published^{9, 56} and should be consulted for additional facts and for a discussion of the development of preganglionic neurons. The ...

Body weight is the most important index of nutritional status that is readily available to the physician; however, the ease and simplicity of the weighing procedure have tended to obscure the complexity of the physiologic processes that underlie weight ...

At a time when violence of all kinds is so prevalent throughout the world, it is not surprising that there should be interest in identifying any possible contributory cause. The effect of exposing young people to the portrayal of acts of violence on the ...

Presentation of Case

A 60-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of fever.

She was well until two years previously, when pain developed in both legs; a diagnosis of superficial phlebitis was made, and her symptoms improved on rest. Two weeks ...

Today's physicians are often inclined to be doers rather than thinkers, and if modern technology appears to offer a dramatic mechanical approach to the management of a dangerous disease, there will be a great temptation to hurry into action, perhaps ...

Few legal contests in recent times have evoked as much national soul-searching as the celebrated Supreme Court case of Bakke vs. Regents of the University of California. The legal issue revolves about the minority-admissions policy of the medical school ...

Once, as a child visiting a farm, I came on a nest of beautiful eggs at the base of a fence post. I carried a handful to the house to show the adults this discovery, only to be scolded and shamed for disturbing a quail nest placed there by a conservation ...

DEATHS

Allan — Frank N. Allan, M.D., of West Newton, died on July 12. He was in his 79th year.

Dr. Allan received his degree from the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine in 1922. He was formerly chairman of the medical department at the Lahey ...

In a move that some health workers may consider long overdue, centralization of public-health laboratory functions has finally begun to emerge in newborn screening programs.¹ Since 1975 Alaska, Montana and Oregon have participated in such a program. ...

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To the Editor: I was struck by the sensitivity and concern for patients expressed in the recent paper by Imbus and Zawacki (N Engl J Med 297:308–311, 1977). The tone of the article was so warm and the sentiments so obviously genuine that I read it ...

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To the Editor: In recent months we have witnessed new support for yet another cancer remedy, Laetrile. State legislatures have legalized its sale, and the use of Laetrile has become a public issue. Some medical leaders favor a clinical trial although ...

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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.

Anesthesiology

Local Anesthetics. ...

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The most erroneous, and trouble-spawning, lesson that could be drawn from the tortuous controversy over recombinant DNA research is that science brought misfortune upon itself by going public with what should have been a matter for in-house settlement.

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