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Newsletter, Volume 08, Number 02, July 1963

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• Order of Merit
• Betatron at MDAH
• Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston to be Established
• Seventeenth Annual Symposium
• MDAH Investigators receive research Awards
• Fellowship Winners
• Grants Aid Research and Education
• Scientific Presentations
• Staff Publications

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria: Report Of Two Cases With Atypical Features, Autopsy Findings, And Review Of Pathophysiology, Alexander S. Ullman, Robert C. Horn Jr., Joseph P. Abraham, Ellis J. Vanslyck

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Mean Skeletal Age: Its Calculation, And Theoretical Effects On Skeletal Tracer Physiology And On The Physical Characteristics Of Bone, R. Hattner, Harold M. Frost

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Hypertension, Muscle Weakness, And Polyuria: Medical Grand Rounds Case Report, Fred W. Whitehouse, F. Robert Neher, Richmond W. Smith, John R. Caldwell

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Primary Carcinoma Of The Extrahepatic Biliary Ducts, Lawrence E. Permen, E. Bert Mccollum

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Eleventh Rib Biopsy In The Study Of Metabolic Bone Disease, Elias D. Sedlin, Harold M. Frost, Antonio R. Villanueva

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

An Aid To Learning Neuro-Muscular Anatomy, William E. Loechel

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of The Photometric Assay Method To Quantitate The Bactericidal Action Of Normal And Immune Rabbit Sera On Salmonella Pullorum, Alice Margaret Rahn

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The bactericidal antibody test depends on the presence of sufficient complement, magnesium ions, and specific antibody to produce killing of certain gram negative bacilli. This study was undertaken to demonstrate whether or not Salmonella pullorum is an organism which is susceptible to this killing action.

Different amounts of test serum containing antibody, constant amounts of complement and magnesium saline diluent were placed together and held in a 37°C water bath for a one hour reaction time. During this interval, the antibody-complement system was given an opportunity to kill the susceptible bacteria. Then, a constant volume of nutrient broth was added …

Identification Of Emotional Needs Of Patients With Infectious Hepatitis, Elizabeth Tidmore Shafqat

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this study to identify the emotional needs of patients with infectious hepatitis through the use of nursing process studies. The information obtained, it was hoped, would be helpful in giving nurses better insight into the emotional needs of these patients and to give a basis for planning nursing care.

The descriptive survey was the method used; the tool, the nursing process study. Nursing care was given to six patients between the ages of 18 and 45 who had infectious hepatitis without other complications.

The nursing process studies were filled out by the investigator on each …

A Study Of Postpartum Uterine Massage, Beverly Eugenia Blake

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a significant difference in the amount of postpartum bleeding between two methods of uterine massage and no uterine massage. The experimental method with parallel groups technique and a single variable was used. The criterion used in determining the amount of bleeding was the volume of red cells lost.

The study was conducted at St. Bernardine's Hospital using three experimental groups selected from one hundred and nineteen deliveries between January 25 and March 2, 1963. Group A was composed of sixteen patients whose uterus' were externally held for one hour …

A Study Of Fever Differences Following Cardiac Surgery, Cleta Phyllis Lane

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find out whether the temperature level following heart and great vessel surgery is greater following the use of the heart-lung machine than those following closed heart surgery or cardiac and great vessel surgery with the use of hypothermia.

The method used was the descriptive survey. Data were obtained from medical records in one selected hospital. The desired number of charts was 50 for each of the three categories. The categories were identified by groups as follows:

Group I: patients having had cardiac surgery by a closed heart technique. All of the patients in …

A Study Of Patients With Recently Diagnosed Diabetes To Ascertain Extent Of Utilization Of Instruction, Ruth Yvonne Stafford

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This descriptive study was conducted to discover to what extent patients with diabetes utilized instruction received. If they did not, the reason why would be searched for. It was also hoped that area of instruction could be defined which needed greater emphasis while the patient was hospitalized at the time of diagnosis.

The interview with the aid of the interview guide was chosen as a data-gathering tool. The guide was complied and approve. Patients were selected from a review of medical records in the selected hospital, and their physicians contacted for permission to include their patient(s) in the study. The …

A Study To Ascertain Why A Selected Group Of Women Do Or Do Not Have Cervical Smear Cytologic Examinations For Cancer Detection, Jeanette Rudy Earnhardt

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this survey to find out the awareness of a selected group of Seventh-day Adventist women regarding the importance of cervical smear examinations in cancer detection; and to identify the need for health teaching in the prevention and control of uterine cervical cancer among women of this group. The 1715 women attending meetings at the General Conference Session in San Francisco July of 1962, who completed questionnaires were considered to be the participants in this study.

A review of literature revealed that through the use of yearly exfoliative cytology examinations, the approximately 14,000 annual deaths from …

A Comparative Study Of Two Contemporary Methods Of Cephalometric Analysis, Alden B. Chase

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A comparative cephalometric study was made of nineteen cases, fourteen of which were patients under treatment at the Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Loma Linda University. The remainder were individuals considered to have normal occlusions.

The review of the literature emphasized the plethora of analyses and the fact that cephalometry is a tool that must be mastered if the orthodontist is to give the best service. Thus the need for a study to compare the methods of analyzing the cephalograph. A study was made to compare two main methods of analysis and to determine whether or not the information …

Prevention Of Delinquency By The Early Recognition Of Behavioral Difficulties: Detroit School-Community Behavior Project, Brenton M. Hamil, Howard M. Stitt Jr.

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

X-Ray Diffraction Powder Data For Steroids: Supplement Iii, Jonathan Parsons, S. T. Wong, William T. Beher, Gizella D. Baker

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Stricture And Ulceration Of The Esophagus Secondary To Hiatus Hernia, Thomas Gahagan

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Hepatosensitization Caused By Propionyl Erythromycin Lauryl Sulfate, R. Guevin, A. Ten Pas

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Increasing Significance Of Nursing Homes In Our Way Of Life, Pauline Ryman

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Abstracts

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Application Of Isotope Effects In The Study Of Biological And Geological Processes, H. G. Thode

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Back Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Systemic Sclerosis, Robert E. Birk, Clarence E. Rupe

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Newsletter, Volume 07, Number 03, December 1962

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• Clinical Studies on Psoralen
• Research Appointment Announced
• Year Book of Cancer Published
• Symposium Chairman Appointed
• Symposium Program Announced
• Grants Support MDAH Research and Education
• Nuclear Medicine Authority Joins Staff
• Teaching Materials for Loan
• Russell Elected Vice-President
• Seventh Annual Clinical Conference
• New Staff
• Scientific Presentations
• Staff Publications

Hurler's Disease, Philip C. Hessburg

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Leiomyosarcoma Of The Urinary Bladder With Review Of The Literature, A. Waite Bohne, R. D. Urwiller, T. G. Pantos

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

X-Ray Diffraction Powder Data For Steroids: Supplement Ii, Jonathan Parsons, S. T. Wong, William T. Beher, Gezella D. Baker

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Osteopathic Digest (Summer 1962), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathy

Digest

The Summer 1962 issue of the Osteopathic Digest includes the following articles:

• Editor's Page
• 71st P.C.O. Commencement
• Graduating Class Dinner
• World Health Educators
• Hospital Inspections
• Lloyd Reviews Radiology Dept.
• Freshmen, Postgraduate Reports
• Persons and Places
• Commencement Pictorial
• Ground-Breaking Ceremonies
• State Aid for P. C. O.
• Simpler Health Teaching
• Salvation Army's P. C. O. Clinic
• Columbia University Honors Mercer
• 63rd Annual Founder's Day
• Short Subjects
• Women's Guild, Student Wives
• The Class of 1962
• Cradle Roll

Serum Lipids And Atherosclerosis: A Review, Martin Z. Fruchtman

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.