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MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1968, Volume Four, Number One.


Pancreatitis, Franz J. Ingelfinger Jan 1968

Pancreatitis, Franz J. Ingelfinger

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The subject of my lecture requires better definition: I shall talk about pancreatitis and, chiefly, about the diagnosis of the recurrent variety of pancreatitis. How can we recognize the pain of this disease? This pain does tend to be in the upper abdomen, more often on the left than the right, and radiates to the back in about a quarter of the cases. It has, however, no characteristic quality, and the degree of the pain may range from the relatively painless to the excruciating. Most often, its severity is between these two extremes.


The Relation Of The Intestinal Cell Surface To Vitamin B₁₂ Absorption, Robert M. Donaldson Jr. Jan 1968

The Relation Of The Intestinal Cell Surface To Vitamin B₁₂ Absorption, Robert M. Donaldson Jr.

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

I have tried to indicate that it is now possible to separate out events occurring at the surface of intestinal absorptive cells. Previous work has shown that intestinal brush borders contain diverse enzymatic activity and that the surface of the intestinal cell is a site for active glucose accumulation. Furthermore, brush border and microvillous membrane preparations now provide direct evidence that intrinsic factor acts at the intestinal cell surface. These studies directly support the concept that a specific receptor for the IF-B₁₂ complex is located on the surface of ileal, but not jejunal absorptive cells. Studies with antibodies against pure …


Pathogenesis Of Hepatic Encephalopathy, Z. Reno Vlahcevic Jan 1968

Pathogenesis Of Hepatic Encephalopathy, Z. Reno Vlahcevic

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Severe parenchymatous diseases of the liver, both acute and chronic, are frequently associated with hepatic encephalopathy. This term is preferable to that of hepatic coma, as it encompasses the whole spectrum of changes from bizarre alterations of behavior to various degrees of disturbance of consciousness, as well as protean neurologic manifestations. In many instances it is a reversible phenomenon, occurring either spontaneously or as the result of various therapeutic agents. The puzzling feature of hepatic encephalopathy is the discrepancy between dramatic clinical features and paucity of histopathological changes in the brain. The only histological changes encountered with regularity in patients …


Abstracts Of Theses For Graduate Degrees Jan 1968

Abstracts Of Theses For Graduate Degrees

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Medical College of Virginia, June, 1967. Summary includes: Respiratory Gas Tensions and Flow of Pulmonary Lymph in Anesthetized Dogs by Chandra Madhab Banerjee; A Linkage Map of Seven Loci in the X-Chromosome of Drosophila tropicalis by Chareen Gail Grubbs; A Study of Some Factors Affecting Starch Swelling and their Relationships to Tablet Disintegration by James Thomas Ingram; Circulatory Effect of Hypercapnia and its Role in the Production of the Vasodilator Response to Ischemia by Hermes A. Kontos; The Initial Destruction of Intracellular Salmonella typhimurium by Anna Sybil Radcliffe; and Cell Culture of Oral Mucous Membrane Lesions by Raymond Petrie White, …


Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 4 No. 3 Jan 1968

Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 4 No. 3

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Potential Applications Of Lasers In Ophthalmology, Walter J. Geeraets Jan 1968

Potential Applications Of Lasers In Ophthalmology, Walter J. Geeraets

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The continuing evaluation of laser instrumentation is of particular interest to the ophthalmologist. Several lasers now exhibit potential properties which may result in superior clinical instruments in the future. An important feature of almost all existing lasers, as related to ophthalmology, is the potential hazard of accidental exposure of the eye. This aspect of the laser is certainly as important as its clinical application, and it should be the responsibility of ophthalmologists to work actively to provide recommendations for safety standards and criteria for ocular protection in every field of laser application.


Mechanisms Controlling The Peripheral Circulation Of The Lung With Some Clinical Correlations, Vernon E. Krahl Jan 1968

Mechanisms Controlling The Peripheral Circulation Of The Lung With Some Clinical Correlations, Vernon E. Krahl

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Supported by experimental evidence, I have presented the thesis that there is a stasis of blood in alveolar capillaries caused by a generalized constriction of precapillary arteriolar sphincters produced by vagal hyperactivity. This, alone, can be held accountable for every clinical and histopathological feature of the syndrome. Evidence adduced from my own and other studies supports the idea of vagal predominance in PHS. A rational basis for a simple and, hopefully, a generally successful treatment of PHS by anti-vagal agents such as atropine has been outlined.


Relationship Between Fertility And Elevated Cholesterol Levels In Rats, Grimaldo Carvalho Jan 1968

Relationship Between Fertility And Elevated Cholesterol Levels In Rats, Grimaldo Carvalho

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

In previous work with rabbits on high-cholesterol and on high-cholesterol plus triparanol diets, I observed that no offspring were produced, even though the animals were not carefully separated by sex. Consequently, it seemed advisable, as the main purpose, to reexamine the possibility that a diet high in cholesterol, with or without triparanol, might affect reproduction. In this study rats were used instead of rabbits. Since triparanol inhibits the conversion of desmosterol to cholesterol, it seemed advisable to study the effect of triparanol on blood and tissue cholesterol itself. It also seemed of interest to study the distribution of cholesterol in …


[Contributors] Jan 1968

[Contributors]

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

List of contributors to this issue includes Grimaldo Carvalho, G. H. du Boulay, Walter J. Geeraets, David E. Green, Vernon E. Krahl, Richard W. Schayer, Reuven K. Snyderman, and Arnold V. Wolf.


New Developments In Hemodialysis For Chronic Renal Failure, Lee W. Henderson Jan 1968

New Developments In Hemodialysis For Chronic Renal Failure, Lee W. Henderson

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

I am going to speak mainly about extracorporeal hemodialysis, that is, dialysis conducted with an artificial kidney as opposed to peritoneal dialysis. I am going to direct the majority of my comments toward the extraordinary technique of the maintenance of life in patients with chronic renal failure. I would like to break my discussion into three general areas: 1) a review of the historical development of the dialyzer, including some remarks on what happens at the membrane level; 2) a look at the results we are getting with this kind of hardware; 3) and a comment on some of the …


Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 4 No. 4 Jan 1968

Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 4 No. 4

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Present-Day Psychiatry, Henry D. Lederer Jan 1968

Present-Day Psychiatry, Henry D. Lederer

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

As part of the excitement and challenge of our times, psychiatry shares with the rest of human activity a soul-searching, candid questioning of principles and practices and a responsibility for developing new perspectives and patterns of action. During these times when there seems to be a strong swing toward conformity and stereotypy in our society, there is also an intense counteraction—especially in those under 30—of questioning all tradition, respecting no sacred cows. These phenomena lead to heated debates, voices raised in anger, and hot letters to editors; but, through all of the dust raised, I believe we can see encouraging …


Recent Advances In Pediatric Allergy, F. Stanford Massie Jan 1968

Recent Advances In Pediatric Allergy, F. Stanford Massie

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Evidence has been presented to indicate that atopic disease is not limited to man but occurs in subhuman primates. The genetic transmission of allergy may relate to altered membrane permeability or an enzymatic defect, with inability to handle certain N-glycosidic protein-sugar linkages occurring in the atopens of nature. The suggestion that an infectious agent transmits allergic disease has been examined. Finally, in vitro and animal experimental models of anaphylaxis closely akin to atopy and the effects of manipulation of the autonomic nervous system in laboratory animals and man have been discussed.


Sama-Aωa Student Honors Day: Abstracts Of Scientific Presentations Jan 1968

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 …


Contributors To This Issue Jan 1968

Contributors To This Issue

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

List of contributors to this issue includes William F. Falls, Jr., Lee W. Henderson, Robert H. Heptinstall, Henry D. Lederer, F. Stanford Massie, Roscoe R. Robinson, and Victor C. Vaughan, III.


Volume Four Author Index Jan 1968

Volume Four Author Index

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Author index for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, Volume Four.


Volume Four Table Of Contents Jan 1968

Volume Four Table Of Contents

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, Volume Four.


[Contributors] Jan 1968

[Contributors]

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

List of contributors to this issue includes Jack D. Burke, René Dubos, Abdullah V. Fatteh, Edith Iglauer, Thomas D. Jordan, Henry D. Lederer, and Geoffrey T. Mann.


Clinical Aspects Of Renal Tubular Disorders, William F. Falls Jr. Jan 1968

Clinical Aspects Of Renal Tubular Disorders, William F. Falls Jr.

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

I have tried to briefly outline aspects of the presently recognized disorders of tubular function that are of clinical importance. I would like to stress again that, although such disorders constitute a minute portion of the total health problem in this country, they are of great importance as experiments of nature, study of which is opening the way for a clearer understanding of fundamental transport mechanisms in the renal tubule. Additionally, for those individuals afflicted with any of the disorders I have mentioned, the availability of relief is of paramount importance. Such relief can be obtained in some cases by …


Some Issues In Human Development, Victor C. Vaughan Iii Jan 1968

Some Issues In Human Development, Victor C. Vaughan Iii

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

In summary, then, there are deeply rooted biological forces upon which we draw unwittingly for attitudes and behavior. There are pressing problems before us, ranging from war and slum riots to the misery and hopelessness of hundreds of thousands of infants and children leading empty and desperate lives in an unproductive way without society ever noticing that something preventable and irrevocable is happening. All of us, as citizens devoted to the healthiest kind of childhood and adulthood for our children, know that this represents an appalling tragedy for the individual. Multiplied by the hundreds of millions, it may represent a …


Book Review, Leo J. Dunn Jan 1968

Book Review, Leo J. Dunn

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Vaginal Cytology, Grimaldo Carvalho, (ed.). New York, New York: Vantage Press, 1968. Dr. Carvalho's book, VAGINAL CYTOLOGY, offers an inexpensive, brief, and clear survey of the various uses to which vaginal cytology is now applied. The book presents an orderly approach to the diagnostic uses to which cytology may be put in clinical endocrinology, complications of pregnancy, diagnosis of malignancy, and prediction of radiation sensitivity.


Cirrhosis: What Is It?, Charles M. Caravati Jan 1968

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 Society Of The Sigma Xi: Medical College Of Virginia Chapter Installation Of Members Jan 1968

The Society Of The Sigma Xi: Medical College Of Virginia Chapter Installation Of Members

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Listing of the installation of members for the Society of the Sigma Xi on May 16, 1968.


A Psychiatrist Listens To Dental Complaints, Henry D. Lederer Jan 1968

A Psychiatrist Listens To Dental Complaints, Henry D. Lederer

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

When your chairman invited me to meet with you to discuss some issues connecting psychiatry and dentistry, my immediate response was both intense and almost reflexive. I experienced an immediate strong uneasiness and desire to avoid facing you. This reaction impressed me as being neither rational nor appropriate, since my more sensible side could see good reasons for an exchange of views between dentists and psychiatrists. Therefore, as is the custom of most of us working in psychiatry, I tried to examine my own reaction, and in doing so came upon thoughts and feelings which indicated that I do not …


Lasting Biological Effects Of Early Influences, René Dubos Jan 1968

Lasting Biological Effects Of Early Influences, René Dubos

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

In conclusion: The environment does more than affect our well-being in the here and now. It molds the young, physically and mentally, and thereby determines almost irreversibly their future and the evolution of society.


The Surgical Management Of Hirschsprung's Disease, Lester W. Martin Jan 1968

The Surgical Management Of Hirschsprung's Disease, Lester W. Martin

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The operative technique which we have employed for 17 children with Hirschsprung's disease is presented. The procedure offers certain advantages over the original Duhamel operation and over the classic Swenson operation. It can be recommended as a safe operation for Hirschsprung's disease, and, in our experience, has given satisfactory results.


A Brief History Of The Taxonomy Of Mammals, Jack D. Burke Jan 1968

A Brief History Of The Taxonomy Of Mammals, Jack D. Burke

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The mammals are an ancient division of the animal kingdom. They probably developed from reptile-like creatures in the early Triassic period, about 200 million years ago. Ever since then they have been changing to meet different and varying conditions of climate, enemies, and many other factors. Of the more than one million animals known in the entire animal kingdom, the 4,000 or so species of mammals represent a small minority.


The Potability Of Sea Water, A. V. Wolf Jan 1968

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 …


Contents Jan 1968

Contents

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1968, Volume Four, Number Two.