CLASSIC hemophilia (hemophilia A) is an X-linked hereditary bleeding disorder, observed almost exclusively in male patients. Severely affected patients suffer recurrent hemorrhages as a consequence of deficient factor VIII coagulant activity. Treatment ...

SEVERE steatorrhea is common in patients with pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and often is inadequately treated. Despite frequent steatorrhea in these patients, clinically apparent deficiencies of fat-soluble vitamins are rare.¹ Vitamin-A-dependent ...

MAN has been exposed to anthropogenic lead for about 4500 years before the present (bp), when lead ores were first mined, smelted and cupeled in Southwest Asia to isolate traces of silver found in them.^{1 , 2} Since that time, human populations in the Old ...

BETWEEN the spring of 1977 and the fall of 1978, an astonishing amount of attention was focused on the dispute between the specialist staff at Hunterdon Medical Center and its board of trustees. During that time, approximately 175 articles on this subject ...

DISOPYRAMIDE phosphate (Norpace) was first marketed in the United States two years ago for the treatment of specific ventricular rhythm disturbances. Mokler and Van Arman described its antiarrhythmic activity in 1962,¹ Katz et al. reported a clinical ...

SODIUM valproate, a recently introduced anticonvulsant, is particularly useful in the management of absence seizures and has gained widespread popularity.¹ Initial European studies reported infrequent side effects^{2 3 4}; however, there have been ...

PERHAPS the most important and characteristic feature of the British National Health Service is that every citizen is entitled to registration with a general practitioner or family physician who assumes a continuing responsibility for his primary medical ...

Presentation of Case

A 71-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of recurrent bouts of stupor and coma.

She was well until 10 years previously, when she became confused while driving an automobile. She entered another hospital, where mild ...

The Camelot metaphor for the Hunterdon Medical Center is useful. Whether strictly applicable or not, it forces us to re-examine the experience of this unique hospital, which became the center of a community health-care system and which looked, for a brief ...

Imagine a medical student, graduated two years ago with a degree in science or the humanities, perhaps with high honors. In his third or core clinical or major medical year, not yet having forgotten all that he learned in college, eager to apply his new "...

198th ANNIVERSARY MEETING

May 21 (evening), May 22 and 23, 1979 Park Plaza Hotel, Boston

THE MID-LIFE CRISIS IN PHYSICIANS — THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR PATIENTS

MONDAY EVENING — SECTION DINNERS (6:00)

Otorhinolaryngology

Blepharoplasty Procedures and ...

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To the Editor: In the December 21, 1978, issue of the Journal, Wyatt et al.¹ concluded that inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate when used alone had effects on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function similar to those of alternate-day prednisone. In ...

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To the Editor: In the January 4 issue of the Journal, Schlauch and his colleagues have helped to identify the large (almost 1 per cent) proportion of patients who leave general hospitals against medical advice.* However, the authors suspect "that a ...

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To the Editor: The article by Perry and Challoner¹ and the editorial by Mellinkoff² in the January 11 issue of the Journal raise some questions that, unfortunately, remain unanswered. Using the words of Perry and Challoner, I would ask whether the ...

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The third edition of this book from the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children is an impressive volume, encompassing almost 1100 pages. Each page now has two columns and small print instead of the single-column format and larger print as before. A great deal ...

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Important advances have been made in recent years in the pathophysiology and treatment of many diseases that affect the kidney. Elegant studies in animals and human beings have yielded new insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of various forms of ...

Readers now have a wide choice of first-rate textbooks of hematology. Disorders of the Blood is of special interest because it was written by one author and therefore has the advantages of uniformity of style, clear organization and minimal duplication of ...

The second edition of An Introduction to the Physics of Diagnostic Radiology is an enlarged and expanded version of a textbook that has been widely used by residents in radiology since its original publication in 1972. The first two authors, Christensen ...

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

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PROGRAMS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

The University of Minnesota has made available a course schedule for programs during the spring and summer months.

Further information may be obtained from Continuing Medical Education, Box 293 Mayo Memorial ...

The text of a lengthy pep talk that Mr. Califano gave last month to the staff of the National Institutes of Health invites wonder as to why our extraordinarily busy Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare bothered to make the trip. The same might be ...