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Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (June 1975), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The June 1975 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• Commencement
• Dr. Hans Selye
• Commencement Address
• Commencement Dinner
• Alumni Weekend
• Reunions
• Student Awards
• News from the College
• News from the Hospital
• The Class of 1975
• People
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni News Briefs
• In Memoriam
• Postdoctoral Programs

Newsletter, Volume 20, Number 02, April 1975

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• MDAH Staff Members Devise Safe Splenectomy Procedure for Patients with Leukemia
• Abercrombie and Inbar Honored Speakers at 28th Annual Symposium
• Clinical Abstracts
• Dial Access
• New Staff

Fiberoptic Colonoscopic Polypectomies, Thomas A. Fox Jr., Bernard Schuman, Hubert M. Allen, E. Escobar

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The development of fiberoptic instruments which permit direct visualization of the entire colonic lumen has made possible the safe removal of polyps from any part of the colon. The avoidance of transabdominal colotomy and polypectomy significantly decreases the mortality and morbidity as well as the duration of hospital stay. We wish to present our experience in performing the endoscopic removal of 128 colonic polyps larger than 0.5 cm in size in 103 patients, located from the cecum to the sigmoid colon and beyond the reach of the rigid sigmoidoscope. The polypectomy procedures via the colonoscope were done without mortality and …

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Penicillin-Resistant Viridans Streptococcus Endocarditis Related To The Administration Of Penicillin G Or Carbenicillin And Alterations In Mouth Flora, Keith Burch, Edward L. Quinn, Donald Romig, Frank Cox, Evelyn Fisher, T. Madhavan

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Of 135 patients with streptococcal (non-group D) endocarditis seen at the Henry Ford Hospital (1957-1973), 133 had isolates which were penicillin- sensitive (inhibited by ≤ 0.2 μg/ml of penicillin C). The remaining two causative organisms were inhibited by 0.8 μg/ml of penicillin G and both of the infected patients received antibiotics just prior to the onset of endocarditis. The first patient received oral penicillin C for rheumatic fever prophylaxis and the second high dose parenteral carbenicillin. Using high dose parenteral therapy with ampicillin and streptomycin, the first patient was cured while the other patient relapsed. The second patient responded to …

A Modified Lateral Approach To The Hip Joint For Total Hip Replacement, Kent K. Wu

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A modified lateral approach to the hip provides good exposure to the hip joint. It is safe, simple, direct and remote from the contaminated perineal area.

Kidney Cortex Lysosomal Acid Proteinase Activity During Induction Of A Protein-Losing Nephropathy With The Aminonucleoside Of Puromycin, Paul D. Bartlett, Laura Katona

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Effects have been studied of induction of aminonucleoside-nephrosis in the rat on kidney cortex lysosomal acid proteinase activity (pH 3.2) and on such activity in the cytosol from which the lysosomes were isolated. In parallel with the onset of the massive proteinuria of the disease process but not preceding this effect, activity in the cytosol fraction was significantly increased. Significantly increased activity in the lysosomal fraction, on the other hand, was not observed until the proteinuria was well-established. Comparative study of the release of acid proteinase activity, from intact lysosomes isolated from normal and from aminonucleoslde-nephrotic rat kidneys, suggest-in the …

In Vivo Quantitation Of Adipose Tissue By Differential Absorptiometry Using Penetrating Isotopic Radiation, Luther E. Preuss, Frank B. Bolin, Claudius K. Bugenis

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The physical principles for determining tissue lipid content In vivo by selective radiation attenuation have been studied and are compared to other methods of body composition analysis. Two penetrating photon beams, each monoenergetic but of differing energies, are simultaneously passed through the low Z components of tissue and the relative beam absorption measured. A mathematical function incorporating the unabsorbed and absorbed photon beam intensities is applied to determine experimentally the relative proportion of fat and lean in the tissue. '"Cd is used as the radioactive source of both xrays and gamma radiation. Results of experiments on low 2 phantom material …

Publications Of The Staff Of The Henry Ford Hospital And The Edsel B. Ford Institute For Medical Research

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (March 1975), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The March 1975 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• Founders Day Ceremonies
• Electron Microscope
• Bequests from Dr. Crocker and Dr. Yeomans
• News from the College
• OPF Launched
• Winter Activities
• News from the Hospital
• People - Dr. Spaeth
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni News Briefs
• Residencies
• In Memoriam
• Survey

Newsletter, Volume 20, Number 01, January 1975

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• G. Gordon Zubrod Receives Annual Heath Memorial Award At Conference
• Clinical Immunology Service Established
• Clinical Abstracts
• 28th Annual Symposium Scheduled for February
• Dial Access
• New Staff

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Pseudomonas Arthritis And Osteomyelitis In Heroin Addiction: Report Of Three Cases, Paul M. Ross, Robert C. Nestor, Kent K. Wu

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Pseudomonas-caused sternoclavicular arthritis and osteomyelitis has received little attention in the medical literature. The authors present three cases including one case of bilateral sternoclavicular joint involvement. Prompt recognition, operative debridement, and institution of adequate chemotherapy result in dramatic clinical response.

Left Atrial Myxoma With An Atrial Septal Defect: Report Of A Case, Daniel T. Anbe, Edward Arciniegas, Henry Green, Ellet H. Drake

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A case of a left atrial myxoma presented unusual features including (1) association with an atrial septal defect, (2) attachment of the myxoma to the posterior wall of the left atrium, (3) probable paradoxical pulmonary embolization from the left atrium, and (4) probable ball valve effect of the myxoma in the atrial septal defect.

Treatment Of The Hyperventilation Syndrome, Hans Von Brauchitsch

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A review oi the literature on the hyperventilation syndrome reveals a variety of treatment approaches and a virtual absence of controlled studies of this common problem. Attempts to treat the condition by changing the respiratory pattern through mechanical means can be traced back to the first century A.D. The "paper bag method" of treatment has many psychological drawbacks and is often unsuccessful. Several avenues of drug treatment have been explored: acidifiers, minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, and stimulants. Reports of success with insight-oriented intensive psychotherapy are scarce. Some forms of group psychotherapy have been tried with success. The model of the "medical …

Villous Adenoma Of The Appendix: A Case Report, R. P. Pai, C. Grodsinsky

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Villous adenoma of the appendix was found in an inflammatory mass in the ileocecal area. The patient presented with signs of acute abdomen. On an emergency basis, with an unprepared bowel, exteriorization of the ileocecal area was thought to be the procedure of choice.

Purpura Fulminans Secondary To Serratia Marcescens Septicemia, Thomas L. Connolly, John R. Fischer

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A 35-year-old woman developed Serratia marcescens septicemia and purpura fulminans with evidence of disseminated intravascular coagulation. She was successfully treated with heparin sodium and antibiotics.

Publications Of The Staff Of The Henry Ford Hospital And The Edsel B. Ford Institute For Medical Research

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Newsletter, Volume 19, Number 05, November 1974

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• O.T. Staff Members Devise Prostheses
• Formal Ground Breaking for Interdenominational Chapel
• MDAH Sponsors IX Pigment Cell Conference
• Clinical Abstracts
• Dial Access Systems Provides Information
• Environmental Science Park Publications
• Dr. Clark Receives AMA’s Sheen Award
• Dr. How Fills Position

Sphincterotomy For Biliary And Pancreatic Disease: Indications And Technique, Jorge Puig La Calle, Francisco Badosa

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Division of the sphincter of Oddi has a definite place i n the surgical treatment of disorders of the biliary tract and pancreas. Sphincterotomy may be indicated as a matter of necessity; for convenience (utility), and as a prophylactic measure (for security). The papilla may be conveniently exposed by antegrade bougienage with filiform passed through the common duct before duodenotomy. The first hundred and the last hundred of a series of 400 sphincterotomies were reviewed. In the first group, the procedure was done in almost onethird of the opera tions forbiliaryand pancreatic disease, while in the second group, it was …

Surgical Implications Of Intestinal Amebiasis, Eduardo Camacho

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Three thousand two hundred fifty cases of intestinal amebiasis (25%), out of 13,000 consecutive cases, were studied. It was found that 2,275 (70%) had clinical manifestations of the disease, and 975 (30%) were carriers. From the 2,275 with abdominal signs, 1,250 cases (51%) resembled the clinical picture of the chronic irritable colon syndrome. Antiamebic therapy was effective in all of these cases. On the other hand, 1,255 (49%) had acute and severe manifestations of amebic-ulcerative proctocolitis with serious complications, including amebic granulomata (40 cases or 3.2%) and ulcer perforation (14 cases or 1.2%). Because amebic ulcerative proctocolitis is dangerous, the …

Traumatic Fat Embolism: Recent Clinical Experience In Combined Arterial Injury And Long Bone Fracture, John F. Lee, Roger F. Smith, Joseph P. Elliott Jr.

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Fat embolization is a frequent accompaniment of long bone fracture; however, this phenomenon only occasionally leads to the clinically recognized traumatic fat embolism syndrome. Three recent cases are presented of fat embolization following long bone fractures and associated with penetrating arterial injury. Consequences illustrated ranged from asymptomatic fat globules in the urine, through serious pulmonary insufficiency, to central nervous system damage with death. Treatment should be directed at effective mechanical ventilatory support to avoid hypoxemia.

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Foreword, Conrad R. Lam

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Colon Interposition In The Management Of Total Gastric And Esophageal Stricture Following Lye Ingestion, Walter H. Janke, Ing-Sei Hwang

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A case is presented in which ingestion of 300 CCS of liquid lye as a suicidal attempt resulted in caustic esophagogastritis, followed by a fibrotic process involving the entire esophagus and stomach down to the first portion of the duodenum. Successful colon bypass was performed from the cervical esophagus to the second portion of the duodenum.

Diffuse Lymphoma Of Small Intestine And Colon: Case Report With Discussion, S. A. Swenson Jr., James L. Omel

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A case is reported of malignant lymphoma of the small and large bowel associated with ulcerative colitis. Primary lymphoma of the gastrointestinal tract is relatively uncommon. The dual association with colitis is rare. Prior to laparotomy, diagnosis of lymphoma is difficult because, of the many possible presenting complaints, none are specific. Treatment is basically surgical excision with postoperative radiation.

Back Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Fall 1974), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Fall 1974 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• PCOM Inaugurates a President
• Dr. Rowland's Inaugural Address
• Dedication of Overmont House
• Convocation
• Meet the Class of 1978
• Recent Appointments
• News from the College
• News from the Health Care Centers
• People
• Faculty Notes
• In Memoriam

Age At Menarche: Accuracy Of Recall After Thirty-Nine Years, Albert Damon, Carl J. Bajema

Peer Reviewed Publications

Among 143 women whose menarcheal age was documented during a longitudinal growth study, recall 39 years after the even gave the following results: menarche was recalled as 0.2 years after earlier than the actual date (p<0.05), the standard deviation of recalled age was 0.3 years larger (p<0.01), and the coefficient of correlation, r, between actual and recalled age was 0.60 +/- s.e. 0.05.