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Sama-Aωa Student Honors Day: Abstracts Of Scientific Presentations
Sama-Aωa Student Honors Day: Abstracts Of Scientific Presentations
MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly
Medical College of Virginia, May 17, 1968. Summary includes: Histochemical and Fine Structural Studies of Lymphocyte Transformation with Phytohemagglutinin and Pokeweed Mitogen by Peter F. Hoffman; Plasma Pressor Activity in Normal and Stressed Newborns by Kenton R. Holden; Adrenal Cortical Responsiveness in Patients with Renal Homotransplants Receiving Prednisone by Joseph D. Linehan; Cortical Influences on Midbrain Evoked Activity in Cat by John H. Ostrich and David F. Polster; The Ultrastructure of the Vibratory Muscle of Crotalus horridus by Louis T. Pastore; Beta-Adrenergic Receptors in the Human Distal Esophagus by Richard F. Prince; In Vitro and in Vivo Activity of Hamycin …
Cirrhosis: What Is It?, Charles M. Caravati
Cirrhosis: What Is It?, Charles M. Caravati
MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly
An effort has been made to present a panoramic view of cirrhosis. It has been indicated that many agents may initiate an intrahepatic process which may progress to advanced cirrhosis, that the characteristic abnormalities may cause both functional and pathologic multi-system changes, and that these encompass almost every body structure. As the altered structural and physiological changes progress, hepatic decompensation develops, and this often is terminal.
The Potability Of Sea Water, A. V. Wolf
The Potability Of Sea Water, A. V. Wolf
MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly
Thirsty men adrift or lost on desert shores frequently experiment with drinking sea water--especially after the third day--without harm if only small quantities are taken. But such experimentation is difficult to control, and, when in a group, individuals often drink furtively at night. The fleeting relief it affords gives way to an ever more ardent thirst and more copious drinking. This May be succeeded by silence and apathy. The eyes take on a fixed and glass expression; the breath, an offensive odor. Then delirium begins – first quiet, later violent – and consciousness is gradually lost. At some time froth …