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Cushing's Disease: Spontaneous Remission Following Severe Headache, Raymond C. Mellinger

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A young woman was found to have persistent Cushing's syndrome one year after surgical removal of both hyperplastic adrenal glands. Improvement followed pituitary irradiation butshe developed skin pigmentation. Remission of the adrenal hyperfunction occurred only after several months of therapy with o,p'-DDD. Within 15 months, the recurrent disorder required a second course of DDD with resulting adrenal insufficiency. Eighteen months later, however, steroid supplements were no longer required and increasing Cortisol levels indicated still another imminent relapse. There was no enlargement of the sella turcica. The patient had received no treatment whatever for nearly nine months when she experienced a …

Multiple Myeloma In A 23-Year-Old Man: A Case Report, C. K. Ma, K. Maeda, R. Waldmann, J. W. Rebuck

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A case is reported of multiple myeloma in a 23-year-old man, including extensive clinical studies and postmortem examination. Multiple myeloma for this age group is considered to be extremely rare.

Vital Signs, March, 1976, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A four page newsletter created by the Boonshoft School of Medicine to document the current affairs of the school. This issue includes a variety of feature articles, a research spotlight, alumni notes, and more.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (March 1976), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The March 1976 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• Founders Day/Alumni Dinner Dance
• Reunions
• Alumni Board Meets
• New Appointments
• Board Members Elected
• News from the College
• News from the Hospital and Health Care Centers
• People
• Alumni News Briefs
• Faculty Notes
• In Memoriam

Newsletter, Volume 21, Number 02, March - April 1976

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• Buescher Division construction Begins
• Cancer Information Service Established
• Dr. Gehan Honored
• MDAH Symposium Held
• Proceedings Published
• New Patient Orientation Programs
• Grand Rounds Telecast

Vital Signs, February, 1976, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A four page newsletter created by the Boonshoft School of Medicine to document the current affairs of the school. This issue includes a variety of feature articles, a research spotlight, alumni notes, and more.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Bulletin, Vol. Iv, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

The articles, all papers done for classes in the university honors program, are divided into three groups. The first group deals with science, especially the area of health care, one of the more practical applications of science in the modern age. The second group consists of three papers done for honor courses in which the major purpose was to expose the student to new areas of consciousness and have them respond orally and verbally to what they read, creative writing. The last group deals with the humanities, literature and religion, two of the more popular fields of the humanities today. …

Vital Signs, January, 1976, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A four page newsletter created by the Boonshoft School of Medicine to document the current affairs of the school. This issue includes a variety of feature articles, a research spotlight, alumni notes, and more.

10.01 Association Of American Cancer Institutes (Aaci) General, 1976, Office Of The President

President's Office National and International Records: R. Lee Clark,1968-1979 Archives

10.0 Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI), 1969-1980, President's Office National and International Records

Measurement Of Permeability Of The Cell Membrane To Water, Richard Moore, Frederick Thornburgh, Donggyu Jin

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

The water permeability was measured for blood cells from normal subjects and for blood cells from patients with leukemia. The method of measurement of the kinetics of water influx employed a stopped flow apparatus. The method of calculation of results was based on irreversible thermodynamics. The measurements and calculations were both performed with the assistance of a computer. The water permeability of the leukemic cells was decreased from normal, and the values were more variable than normal. Leukemia changes the structure of the cell membrane.

Newsletter, Volume 21, Number 01, January - February 1976

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• To the Physicians of Texas, R. Lee Clark
• MDAH Experience with clear Cell Adenocarcinoma in Young Women
• Liquid Infusion System for Outpatients Designed
• Companion Volumes on Chemotherapy
• Dr. Gunn Joins Staff
• Neoplasms of the Skin and Malignant Melanoma Subjects of 20th Annual Clinical Conference
• Dr. R. Lee Clark Named American Cancer Society President
• To Refer a Patient
• Drug Information Service
• Heath Memorial Award Presented to Dr. Helwig
• Dr. Moreton Appointed to Texas Board
• Dr. Jirgensons Honored
• Dr. Painter Appointed Associate Director
• Eight Annual special Pathology Program
• Dr. Shullenberger Heads Harris County Medical Society

Patterns Of Fatty Acid Release From Endogenous Substrates By Human Platelet Homogenates And Membranes, A Derksen, P Cohen

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

We describe a method for measuring the release of fatty acids from endogenous substrates of human platelet homogenates and membranes. The method depends on the availability of lipids whose fatty acids are odd-chained and therefore suitable as internal reference compounds that, at the time of lipid extraction, can be added to an incubation to permit subsequent quantification of the content of free fatty acids or fatty acids esterified to specific lipids. We found four types of lipolytic activities in human platelets. In homogenates at pH 4.0 a triglyceride lipase operated as shown by the synchrony of triglyceride degradation and release …

Lymphangiography In Staging Carcinoma Of The Prostate. A Comparison With Operative Findings, Joseph C. Cerny, Malcolm Weckstein, Riad Farah

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Pedal lymphangiography was performed In 30 patients who subsequently underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy, and radical pelvic lymphadenectomy. In 24 of 30 patients, lymphangiograms correctly predicted the presence or absence of nodal Involvement. In spite of certain limitations of the technique. It is considered an essential diagnostic study in patients considered for possible radical prostatic surgery, or in patients who may be candidates for external megavoltage radiotherapy to the prostate gland and its lymphatic drainage.

Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy And Pelvic Lymphadenectomy In Carcinoma Of The Prostate, Riad N. Farah, Joseph C. Cerny

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

An operative technique Is described which combines regional pelvic lymphadenectomy with radical prostatectomy. The technique has been used on 30 patients with no operative mortality. Morbidity has been within acceptable limits. Thus far, only one patient has shown recurrence of the neoplasm.

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

Digest

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

• PCOM Alumnae
• Listing of Alumnae
• Microfilm
• People
• News from the Hospital
• Student Council Christmas Show
• AOA Convention
• New Appointments
• PCOM's New Look
• Alumni News Briefs
• Faculty Notes
• In Memoriam

The Effects Of Immobility On Long Bone Remodelling In The Rhesus Monkey, Charles C. Schock, Frank R. Noyes, Michael M. Crouch, Catharina H. E. Mathews

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Using Frost's method for undecalcified bone sections, long bones of the lower extremities of ten rhesus monkeys were examined following two months' immobilization and compared with thirteen controls. A decrease in appositional rate and in the surface extent of the ossification process were noted in the immobilized animals. No typical change in resorption was noted. The immobilized animals showed a decreased cortical-total area ratio. These findings suggest that a decrease in activity affects bone by depressing functions mediated by the osteoblast without necessarily evoking an Increased remodelling response.

Supportive Care Of The Leukemic Patient, Ellis J. Van Slyck

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The outlook for the patient with leukemia or lymphoma has been improved by the exponential expansion of basic scientific knowledge in physical chemistry and microbiology, added to much new clinical information based on large cooperative group studies. Most of this progress derives, not from a specific treatment for the disease, but from better understanding and use of multiple support measures. These include the availability of blood components, such as red blood cell, platelet and granulocyte concentrates, better protective isolation measures, and greater expertise in the recognition and treatment of bacterial, fungal, and viral infections in immunosuppressed patients. In addition, the …

Spontaneous Asymptomatic Pneumoperitoneum, Fernando Canavati, Thomas A. Fox Jr.

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A 65-year-old man developed a spontaneous asymptomatic pneumoperitoneum which was managed conservatively without exploratory laparotomy. However, the authors caution that repeated and careful examinations of the abdomen, observation of vital signs, and leucocyte counts must be made. Also, complete radiological examination of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts is necessary to eliminate a possible unrecognized lesion that might explain the origin of the spontaneous pneumoperitoneum.

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

Digest

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

• Alumni Weekend
• Alumni President
• Bicentennial Plans
• People
• News from the Health Care Centers
• New Appointments
• News from the College
• Class of '79
• Fall Activities
• Alumni News Briefs
• Faculty Notes
• In Memoriam

Depth Doses In The Region Of Overlap Of The Supraclavicular And Internal Mammary Portals In Postoperative Radiation Therapy Of Carcinoma Of The Breast, Joel E. White, Michael Reidy, Murray Boles

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Computer-generated depth-dose data was obtained for the region of overlap of the internal mammary and supraclavicular portals utilized in post-operative radiation therapy for carcinoma of the breast. A phantom arrangement was created and measurements were obtained and compared with computer-generated depth doses for this arrangement. The actual measured and computer-generated values agreed to within 3%. On the patients measured at the center of the overlap region, the dose was found to vary from 3323 rets to 2571 rets over a depth range of 2-6 cm. It is occasionally the practice to ignore small areas of overlap. The dose at the …

Utilization Of Mental Health Services For Children Relative To Social Class. A Pilot Study, H. K. Von Brauchitsch

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Two groups of children were selected from those evaluated and treated over a two-year period. The study attempted to contrast the mental health care needs and the health care delivery system of children from the uppermost classes against those of the lowest classes. Very few diagnostic discriminators were found. Prevalence of intellectual dysfunctions In the lower classes and neuroses in the upper classes did not correlate with behavior pattern of "acting out" or "acting in." Autistic psychoses were found almost exclusively among the upper classes; suicidality almost exclusively In the lower classes. Upper class children were more frequently referred by …

A Rapid Flexible Method For Determining Bile Lipids, William T. Beher, Grace J. Lin, Sofia Stradnieks

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A rapid flexible method has been developed for the quantitative determination of bile lipids In gallbladder and hepatic bile and duodenal aspirates. Quantification of bile salts involves separation of bile salt conjugates from one another and other bile lipids by thin layer chromatography. The separated salts are determined using 3-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and gas liquid chromatography. Cholesterol is determined in petroleum ether extracts of saponified bile by application of the Lieberman-Burchard reaction. Phospholipid phosphorus is determined in purified bile lipid extracts by oxidation followed by application of Bartlett's modification of the Fiske- SubbaRow method.

The Effect Of Masking On The Acoustic Reflex Threshold, Nancy E. Aldrich

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study investigated the effect of masking noise on the threshold for stapedial reflex. It has been shown that masking which shifts the hearing threshold causes a loudness function typical of recruitment. It was hypothesized that the stapedial reflex threshold remains the same in a masked situation as in the unmasked situation . It was suggested that this demonstrates recruitment in that the presence of noise reduces the range between hearing thresholds and stapedial reflex thresholds.

Ten subjects, with no known hearing loss or pathology involving the ear or reflex arc were used in this study. A 1000 Hz tone …

Sexual Parameters In Doctor-Patient Relationship, Judith Adams Perry

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A survey to determine the attitudes and practices of physicians regarding touching (erotically and nonerotically) their patients was conducted with 164 female physicians. The results were compared with a previous study (from the University of California, Los Angeles) of male physicians. As compared with the UCLA sample of male physicians, more female physicians believe in and engage in nonerotic touching; but fewer female physicians believe in and engage in erotic touching. None of the female physicians reported sexual intercourse with their patients as compared with 33 or 11% of the UCLA sample of male physicians.

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

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 …

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 …

The Relationship Of Locus Of Control Of The Diabetic Patient And Compliance With Medical Regimen, Lois Daniel

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The literature indicates that many diabetic patients do not adhere to their prescribed medical regimen and that there is a need to discover factors that stimulate compliant behavior. It has been proposed that the patient's decision to accept or reject treatment has many determinants. This study explored the effect of one such determinant, the locus of control (the source of the stimulus for a person's behavior). It was hypothesized that a person with an internal locus (one who believes his actions influence his future) would be more likely to comply with a medical regimen than one with an external locus …

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