RETROLENTAL fibroplasia, also known as retinopathy of prematurity, was first described by Terry in 1942.¹ Despite the knowledge that oxygen is the primary etiologic agent in the development of retrolental fibroplasia, this disorder remains an important ...

CONTINUOUS administration of oral propranolol produces a sustained decrease in portal venous pressure in patients with cirrhosis.¹ This effect has led to the view that the drug could be used for the prevention of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding (...

THE conventional approach to mechanical ventilation in patients with respiratory failure has been to use a ventilator that produces a pattern of breathing similar to that of spontaneous ventilation.¹ However, in some patients with severe lung disease, the ...

THE perception of cancer as a disease primarily related to the environment has been progressively strengthened since the publication of a Medical Progress article on chemical carcinogenesis in 1971.¹ By the mid-1960s, the view of the cause and ...

PULMONARY alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a distinctive pathologic lesion in which alveoli are filled with periodic acid–Schiffpositive proteinaceous material. It is usually idiopathic, but it has been reported in association with a variety of other ...

CYCLOSPORIN A, a fungal metabolite, is a potent new immunosuppressive drug^{1 , 2} that has been reported to prevent or ameliorate rejection of kidney and liver allografts^{3 4 5} and graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic marrow transplantation.^{6 , 7} A ...

MALASSEZIA FURFUR (formerly Pityrosporum orbiculare) is a fungus of low pathogenicity known to cause diseases of the skin. Members of the genus malassezia lack the ability to synthesize medium-chain and long-chain fatty acids and therefore require an ...

Presentation of Case

A 15-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital because of a question of a cyst of the right lung.

The patient was the second of three normal children born to a mother 21 years of age; the pregnancy was complicated by hyperemesis ...

The retrolental fibroplasia story continues and in fact has almost come full circle. Also known as retinopathy of prematurity, this disorder was first recognized as a clinical entity in 1941, and a histologic description was written by Terry the next ...

Before the development of general anesthesia and the modern hospital, most patients recuperated from surgery at home. Care on the hospital ward was the fate of the indigent or the soldier. In time surgeons and patients realized that both care and results ...

Barker — John Russell Barker, M.D., of Marshfield, died on September 22. He was in his 77th year.

Dr. Barker received his degree from Tufts College Medical School in 1931. He was a member of the American Medical Association and the New England Obstetrical ...

Since 1975, when the National Institutes of Health announced the safety and efficacy of prenatal diagnosis,¹ there has been a marked increase in the use of this procedure. Here we review such use in New York State. To our knowledge, this is the first such ...

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The 34 authors of this book have created a remarkably well-coordinated description of many of the devastating physical, medical, social, and economic effects of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The English translation and the ...

Disasters are the continuing lot of mankind. Given the ever-present danger of nuclear war, there is certainly no correlation between a society's technologic advancement and its relative security or safety in the event of a calamity. True, in a primitive ...

With the deinstitutionalization of mental patients, psychiatry and its allied disciplines have become involved in a new service ideology. This has had a profound impact not only on the provision of services but coincidentally on the nation's economy and ...

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The Australian editorship of this wide-ranging collection is reflected in the sources of the contributions: 20 from Australia, five from England, five from current or former employees of the World Health Organization, and four from Japan, Ghana, and the ...

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