Because recent advances in pharmacologic therapy have improved the survival of patients after myocardial infarction, recurrent, sustained ventricular tachycardia has become a more frequent and frustrating therapeutic problem.^{1 , 2} For patients in whom ...

Pulmonary sarcoidosis is characterized by the presence of noncaseating granulomata within the interstitium of the alveolar structures.^{1 2 3} Histologically, these granulomata are composed of a circumscribed collection of cells including macrophages, ...

Retrospective studies have suggested an association between the volume of fluid intake and the development of symptoms due to patent ductus arteriosus in premature newborn infants.^{1 , 2} Stevenson found that premature infants with respiratory-distress ...

Cholinergic urticaria,¹ which has been estimated to occur in 5 to 7 per cent of patients with urticaria,² is a form of physical urticaria³ precipitated by stimuli that increase core body temperature, such as hot showers, physical exercise, and episodes of ...

This report concerns preliminary findings on fertility and outcome of pregnancy in a subgroup of women enrolled in the National Cooperative Diethylstilbestrol Adenosis (DESAD) Project. In a study comparing 229 women who had been exposed to ...

Disopyramide was reported by Mokier and Van Arman in 1962 to be an effective antiarrhythmic agent.¹ It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1978 for use in patients with ventricular arrhythmias, and it has gained prompt and wide acceptance. ...

In the past many investigators suggested that allergic reactions to tobacco antigens might be responsible for the occurrence of disease.¹ The evidence linking disease with allergy to tobacco antigens was based on positive skin tests in patients with the ...

Over the past five years there has been a growing wave of loudly expressed and widely distributed protest against what has been called "improper interference" by hospitals, physicians, and government regulatory agencies in the "free choice" of patients ...

Presentation of Case

A 29-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of hirsutism and amenorrhea.

Menarche occurred at the age of 12 years, with regular menses preceded by one day of mild cramps; she frequently experienced mittelschmerz. At the ...

Malignant ventricular arrhythmias may occur in a variety of congenital or acquired heart diseases.¹ By far the largest group of susceptible persons are patients who have had myocardial infarction, in whom the occurrence of complex ventricular ectopic ...

Among the most difficult problems to manage in clinical medicine are the avid sodium retention and accumulation of ascites that complicate the course of illness in many patients with advanced liver disease. Although diuretics are used commonly to decrease ...

In addition to using his or her knowledge and skills for treating today's patient, the clinician has a responsibility to strengthen medical knowledge and upgrade the quality of care that will be available in the future. The ways in which clinicians can ...

Angier — Harlan Wesley Angier, M.D., of Brookfield, died on July 6. He was in his 88th year.

Dr. Angier received his degree from Tufts College Medical School in 1915. He was formerly chief of staff at Mary Lane Hospital. He was a member of the ...

To the Editor: As a result of his study on the relation of coitus to amniotic-fluid infections, Dr. Naeye¹ concludes that "frequent coitus" (at least four times per month or once per week) during the month before delivery increases the frequency of ...

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To the Editor: Daniel S. Greenberg's report* on military medicine was most timely. Six years after the end of the doctor draft and the Berry Plan system of deferment, the press is mentioning rumors of the need to resume these programs to alleviate a ...

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"Literature and psychology," writes the biographer Leon Edel, "are not antagonistic. . . They meet on common ground." When we study Proust's withdrawal into the world of Combray, we are examining the psyche. So too in our examination of Joyce's "voyages ...

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The concept of a general surgical loose-leaf text that can be updated periodically is excellent, and so is this book, edited by Dr. Beahrs. The original volume was introduced in 1978, and now we have the first updated edition. Changes include "...

This portable introduction to general pathology should have been reviewed by a medical student completing his required course, armed with class notes, Florey's textbook, and, for comparison, this new contender. I shall try to put myself "in loco studentis"...

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Medicine

Immunologic and Allergic Diseases

Immune Mechanisms and Disease. Edited by D. Bernard Amos, Robert S. Schwartz, and Bernard W. Janicki. 376 pp. New York, Academic Press, 1979. $22.

Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapy of Malignant Tumors: Relevance ...

COURSE IN PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Baylor College of Medicine will present the 14th Comprehensive Review Course in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, April 14–24.

For more information write to the Office of Continuing Education, Baylor ...

In the April 20, 1978 issue of the Journal, Dr. Melvin H. Van Woert described the problem resulting from inadequate attention in our society to the discovery, development, and distribution of drugs that would be of major benefit to persons with serious ...