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Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

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Advice To Authors

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

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The Endoscopic Approach To The Diagnosis Of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Bernard M. Schuman, Roberto F. Gluckmann, Klaus Anselm, Robert J. Priest

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Fifty-nine consecutive patients who were bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal tract were examined endoscopically with fiberoptic instruments. The site and nature of the bleeding were identified in 84% of the patients without significant morbidity or mortality. Endoscopic examination of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum in the bleeding patient should be done within 12 to 24 hours after hospital admission and before barium study of the upper gastrointestinal tract.

Clinical Use Of The Halo: Case Reports Using Skeletal Traction Apparatus, Louis Z. Shifrin

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Successful experience with the halo, a circular frame originally designed for fixation of facial fractures, has encouraged continued and broadened use. All physicians should be aware of this technique so that it can be considered for application when appropriate.

Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: The Evolution Of Our Concepts Of Its Cause, Harold M. Frost

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Research findings in the last 20 years concerning senile and postmenopausal osteoporosis indicate that the skeletal condition associated with these diseases arises because some systemic factor acts directly upon the bone marrow tissues. There is a secondary tendency to accelerate loss of bone greater than in the normal aging process. The loss occurs only on those surfaces in physical contact with the bone marrow tissue.

Physiological Parameters During Perfusion Fixation Of The Rat Central Nervous System For Electron Microscopy, Everet W. Witzel

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

In an attempt to elucidate the problem of extracellular space within the cerebral cortex of the rat, several physiological parameters were analyzed during perfusion fixation with glutaraldehyde and acrolein for electron microscopy. These parameters were electroencephalography, electromyography, electrocardiography, cerebrospinal fluid pressure, impedance of cerebral cortex, perfusion pressure, and flow rate of the perfusate.

The first portion of this investigation dealt with the problem of asphyxiation of tissues during fixation. A substituted blood containing fluorocarbon which was oxygenated served as the means to study this problem. The last portion of this investigation dealt with buffers and molecular size in relationship to …

Commencement Program 1972, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

4 | The Vesper Service (La Sierra Campus)

6 | The Vesper Service (Loma Linda Campus)

8 | The Sermon (La Sierra Campus)

10 | The Sermon (Loma Linda Campus)

12 | Conferring of Degrees

14 | Presentation of Diplomas

15 | Candidates for Degrees

32 | Awards

35 | Academic Costume

37 | Waymarks

Newsletter, Volume 17, Number 03, June 1972

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• Dr. Clark Appointed to President’s Cancer Panel
• Viral Neoplasia Focus of 25th Annual Symposium
• Sonification New Adjunct to current Cytologic Tools
• Clark Receives Award
• Education Office Reports Trainee Total
• New Staff

Oral Lichen Planus : A Clinical Study Of The Association With Diabetes Mellitus And Vascular Hypertension, Gordon M. Rick

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This investigation concerns the relationship of diabetes mellitus and vascular hypertension to oral lichen planus. Questionnaires were sent to 470 patients with oral lichen planus: 286 responded. Of these patients 103 were examined clinically, and 74 with current lesions were divided into ''keratotic'' and ''erosive'' categories. These patients underwent three-hour oral glucose tolerance tests; also, their asterial blood pressure was determined. In the survey group, diabetes was reported about three times more frequently by those with "erosive"; oral lichen planus than by those ''keratoic" lesions. The overall prevalence of diabetes was about two and one-half times greater than expected compared …

A Descriptive Analysis Of The Social Roles Of Nursing Home Residents, John A. Hermann

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

In contemporary American society there has been a growing trend toward nursing home residency for the aged. Up until the present there has been almost no attempt on the part of Sociology to study the sociological aspects of the life within such institutions.

A major objective of this study was to descriptively analyze the social life of nursing home residents. In order to do this, role theory was used as a tool for analysis and applied to the methods of unstructured observation and informal interviewing. The points of analysis were: role enactment, role expectations, and self-role congruency.

The research was …

Positive Relationships Between Community Health Nurses And Alienated Families Reduce Threat, Dolly L. Avant

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study concerned the identification of threat associated with alienation in families exhibiting "uncooperative" behavior within the community health nurse's caseload, and, the testing of nursing principles to establish a working relationship with an experimental group of these families to reduce those feelings of threat and thereby change the "colored" perception of the community health nurse as is held by patients with feelings of threat associated with alienation.

Twelve community health nurses were given the following specific behavioral criteria to select a population of "uncooperative" patients from their caseloads: 1. Gives unreliable information 2. Uses the nurse as a "buffer" …

Post-Abortion Counseling And Anxiety Levels Of Unmarried Adolescents Having Therapeutic Abortions, Linda Levisen

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a post-abortion counseling program. It was hypothesized that unmarried adolescents who received counseling following a therapeutic abortion would exhibit significantly fewer negative affects than those who received no counseling. The affects measured were anxiety, depression, hostility, and guilt. Twenty clients were randomly selected for this study. Prior to the abortion, the twenty clients were-tested for negative responses to the unwanted pregnancy. Ten clients received post-abortion counseling twice following the abortion and were tested at each visit for negative affective responses to the abortion. The other ten clients received no …

Effects Of Ice Application On Alopecia Produced By Adriamycin, Carol Frembling

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This pilot study was concerned with discovering the effectiveness of the ice pack as an agent for reducing the blood flow through the scalp blood vessels thereby reducing the alopecia caused by the drug adriamycin. The use of cold is known as a vasoconstricting agent. It was thought that if vasconstriction could be maintained for the first few minutes following the injection of adriamycin, the incidence of alopecia could be reduced.

Available references to the effects of cold on skin circulation and the effects of the drug adriamycin were studied to formulate a method of approach as no previous methodology …

The Effect Of Oral Allografts Of Cancellous Bone And Marrow In Mice, George E. Deeb

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was: to develop a model for testing oral bone transplantation; to study the healing of a surgically produced defect with and without the transplantation of strongly allogeneic cancellous bones and marrow; and to determine the fate of the allogenic grafts. Twenty-eight CBA/H mice served as experimental animals. Intra-oral defects were made and in 14 of the animals strongly allogenic cancellous bone and marrow were transplanted. The 14 remaining animals served as controls. It was observed that the healing was delayed in the experimental animals as compared to the controls and that the grafted material was …

Pins In A Composite : Their Effects On The Strength Of The Material, Milton Latoni-Camarena

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The influence of pins on the compression and tensile strength of a composite resin was measured.

Compression strength was measured in cylindrical samples 8 mm long and 4 mm in diameter, using different size threaded stainless steel pins. The tensile strength was determined by compression along the diameter of cylindrical samples containing different sizes and orientations of threaded stainless steel pins.

The conventional dumbbell tensile strength was measured by pulling the mounted specimens in the direction of their long axis, using non-threaded pins.

These tests demonstrated that the compressive strength of the composite was increased 10 percent when the large …

Patient Preference In Two Types Of Colostomy Irrigations, Mildred Ann Marks

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purposes of this study were threefold: (1) to find which method of colostomy irrigation (enema bag vs. bulb syringe) was best accepted by colostomy patients; (2) to functionally evaluate the two types of colostomy irrigation methods; and (3) to report the results of this study to medical personnel interested in advancements for colostomy irrigations. The population in this study consisted of colostomy patients who had irrigated on a regular basis with the bag technique for a minimum of six months. Twelve colostomates completed this study by recording the parameter of time, amount of irrigation fluid used, quality of return, …

Microscopic Evaluation Of Topically Applied Chlorhexidine Gluconate On Gingival Wound Healing In Dogs, Robert C. Hirst

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to evaluate microscopically the effect of topically applied 2% chlorhexidine gluconate on the healing of gingival wounds in dogs.

One week after the teeth were scaled and polished, seven experimental wound sites were prepared in the facial gingiva adjacent to the four premolars on each side of the maxillary arch in six young Labrador dogs. From this point the dogs were fed a soft plaque-inducing diet. Chlorhexidine solution was applied daily to either the right or left maxillary premolars while on the opposite side of the arch in three dogs the first and second …

Patients' Reactions To Witnessing Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation, Lynn Andree Finch

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to describe the reactions to stress in patients witnessing a cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, in order to determine if the witnessing patients' needs are being met adequately, and to determine the effect of a specific psychological stressor on patients.

All resuscitations ("STATS") done over a two-month period at Loma Linda University Medical Center, with oriented patients in the room, were observed and recorded on an Observation Guide. A Questionnaire was also solicited from medical-surgical nursing personnel who had observed "STATS" with witnessing patients in the last three months. The Guide and the Questionnaire were developed from …

Studies On The Regulation Of Cell Growth And Contact Inhibition Using Concanavalin A And Dibutyryl Adenosine Cyclic Monophosphate, Robert W. Teel

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Both dibutyryl cyclic AMP and trypsinized concanavalin A have been shown to inhibit growth in certain cell lines but little testing of these substances has been done using human tumor cell lines. Further, there are at this time no published experimental attempts to correlate the effects on growth with a particular phase of the cell cycle in any cell line.

My experimental data show that the human tumor cell lines HeLa, HEp 2 and KB exhibit pronounced inhibition of growth when treated with trypsinized concanavalin A and reach a contact-inhibited state at a density far below that to which these …

Marrow Isografts In The Oral Cavity Of Mice, Robert L. Merin

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The objectives of this study were to develop an animal model for testing oral bone and marrow transplantation that is adaptable to immunological studies; to determine the effect of an isogeneic graft of cancellous bone and marrow on the healing of surgically created defects; and to determine the fate of grafted isogeneic cancellous bone and marrow transplanted into defects. Fourteen CBA/H mice served as experimental animals and bilateral intraoral defects were prepared. The experimental side received isogeneic graft material while the other side served as a control. Osseous healing was found to be accelerated in the defects receiving graft material …

What's Happening: May 29, 1972, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

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What's Happening: May 22, 1972, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

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What's Happening: May 15, 1972, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

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What's Happening: May 8, 1972, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

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Ultrasonic Measurements Of Early Fetal Growth, Leonard Harris Cohen

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

[From the Introduction] This investigation attempts to establish the accuracy of fetal cephalometry in the second trimester of pregnancy beginning in the 13th week and to construct a fetal growth curve based upon the measurement of biparietal diameters. It will also attempt to document ultrasonic findings prior to the 13th week as parameters of fetal growth and well being.

Mcwhirter, Patricia (Fa 1365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1365. Student folk studies project titled “Folklore on Pregnancy and Childbirth” which includes survey sheets with traditional practices and beliefs about pregnancy and childbirth in Henery County, Illinois and Jefferson County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of the traditional practice or belief, the informant’s name, location, birth month and year, text classification, and motif annotation.

A Comparison Of The Effects Of Isometric Handgrip And Dynamic Exercise On Systolic Time Interval Determinations In Normals And In Patients With Angina Pectoris, Lawrence Temkin

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

[From the Introduction] Since the initial attempts of Garrod to determine the duration of cardiac contraction form a recording of the radial arterial pulse, investigators have attempted to assess the functional state of the heart from externally derived records. Accurate determinations made from tracings obtained by such "noninvasive" techniques would augment the information derived from clinical history, physical examination, or electrocardiogram alone. Cardiac functional analysis might be carried out without cardiac catheterization, avoiding the associated inconveniences and morbidity associated with this "invasive" method. Repeated, periodic evaluation could be carried out on the acutely ill hospitalized patient or as a screening …

Berryman, Libby (Fa 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1346. Student folk studies project titled “Superstions [sic] Associated with Pregnancy” which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of traditional folk beliefs about pregnancy in the counties of Carroll, Daviess, Franklin, Green, Hardin, Jefferson, Muhlenberg, Shelby and Warren in Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of belief or traditional practice, informant’s name and religious affiliation, date, and text classification.

Comprehensive Health Insurance: The Reality, Daniel O'Keeffe

The Linacre Quarterly

In his article, Dr. O'Keeffe outlines the major proposals (both generic and specIfic) in the area of national health insurance. He then describes in depth the proposed Warren County Plan and the Foundation Concept in relation to three fundamental concepts: availability, utilization and financing of medical care.

End Matter, Vol. 16 No. 1

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.