IN November 1978, Todd et al. described toxic-shock syndrome (TSS), a severe acute disease associated with strains of staphylococci of Phage Group I that produced a unique epidermal toxin.¹ Todd described seven children eight to 17 years old who presented ...

TOXIC-SHOCK syndrome (TSS) was first described in 1978 by Todd et al., ¹ who reported seven cases in children eight to 17 years old. The illness was characterized by high fever, headache, confusion, conjunctival injection, a scarlatiniform rash, ...

SINCE digitalis was introduced in 1785, it has remained the most commonly used cardiotonic drug for the treatment of chronic heart failure. However, controversy concerning the beneficial effects of long-term digitalis therapy continues. Although some ...

OVER the past decade, a massive state and federal regulatory apparatus has been created to carry out health planning and to determine the need for hospital facilities. This regulatory effort has been undertaken on the assumption that consolidating certain ...

SURGERY is the main form of therapy for primary hyperparathyroidism. The goal of therapy is to restore normal parathyroid function and avoid either persistent hyperfunction or permanent hypofunction. To achieve this goal the surgeon must remove an ...

PULMONARY lymphangiomyomatosis occurs almost exclusively in women of reproductive age.¹ The principal manifestation is a proliferation of immature smooth muscle throughout the peribronchial, perivascular, and perilymphatic regions of the lung. This ...

Presentation of Case

A three-year-old girl from Bogotá, Colombia, was admitted to the hospital because of an abdominal mass.

She was delivered by cesarean section of an uncomplicated, full-term second pregnancy and was in good health until six weeks ...

IN medicine, we are constantly challenged by new syndromes or by new manifestations of known syndromes. In this issue of the Journal, two groups, Davis and his co-workers from Wisconsin and Shands and her associates from the Center for Disease Control, ...

Digitalis purpurea, so named because of its color and a resemblance between the shape of its flower and that of a finger, gained a permanent place in medical therapy more than two centuries ago. Crude preparations of the powdered leaf or the tincture ...

In February 1978, the Journal published a preliminary report of the successful use of sulfinpyrazone (Anturane) in the prevention of sudden death after myocardial infarction.¹ A second report, based on a longer period of treatment, appeared in January of ...

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To the Editor: We would like to call attention to karyotype analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as a helpful supplement to conventional cytologic analysis in the diagnosis of meningeal carcinomatosis.

A 52-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital; ...

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To the Editor: The article by Holmes et al. in the August 28 issue calls attention once more to the facts that laboratory-acquired enteric infections are more common in this country than is realized and that their consequences can be severe. Like Holmes ...

To the Editor: Each year, approximately 800 children under the age of 10 years die in automobile accidents.¹ Additional thousands suffer disfiguring and disabling injuries. As many as 90 per cent of the fatalities and 78 per cent of the injuries, however,...

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"Quality of medical care" was topical in the 1970's; the subject was popular with news media, public-interest groups, government and voluntary agencies, university-based investigators, most medical organizations, and Congress. The result was a bulky, ...

This book sets out to provide a theoretical and practical basis for counseling in genetics, concentrating on the needs, attitudes, and responses of persons and families concerned about real or imagined genetic problems.

The "nuts and bolts" of the book ...

The aim of this collection of monographs is unique in that "Contributors are encouraged to speculate, mix facts with fantasy, and present their interpretations and their hypotheses and to discuss and clarify points of controversy." The editors hope to ...

These two small works address sequential portions of the clinical investigation, though not with equal success.

Clinical Examination is a first-rate introduction to clinical medicine. This is the fifth edition since 1964, and it has been written entirely ...

This book seeks to provide information for personnel from the many disciplines involved in renal transplantation. Outstanding clinicians representing immunology, nephrology, anesthesia, psychiatry, and nuclear medicine and experienced personnel from ...

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History and Biography

Historical Review of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group. By Raymond M. Kay. 174 pp. Los Angeles: Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 1979. $10.

History of American Pediatrics. By Thomas E. Cone, Jr. 278 pp., ...

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

A course entitled "Topics in Emergency Medicine" will be held at the Sheraton at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, January 19–23.

Contact Extended Programs in Medical Education, University of California, Rm. 569-U, Third and Parnassus ...

The Food and Drug Administration recently refused to approve a claim that sulfinpyrazone (Anturane) was effective in the prevention of sudden death during the first six months after myocardial infarction. The Ciba—Geigy company based this claim entirely ...