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

Digest

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

• Report to the Corporation
• Alumni Board of Governors
• Anniversary Banquet
• Faculty Assemblies
• CME Programs
• Faculty Notes
• Chairmen Appointed
• People (Kohn, Vergara)
• College News
• Medical Careers Program
• Sports
• Students in Liberia
• Christmas
• Alumni News Briefs
• In Memoriam

Correspondence, Russell B. Flanders, Chief, U.S. Department Of Labor, Division Of Manpower And Occupational Outlook To William Bergen, D.O., 1974 March 28, Russell B. Flanders

William F. Bergen, D.O. Collection

Letter providing statistics relating to the number of D.O. and M.D. graduates 1963-1973.

Granular Cell Myoblastoma Of The Larynx, Kamil Muzaffar, Iftikhar Salahuddin, Fred Averbuch, Richard D. Nichols

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Granuloma cell myoblastoma ofthe larynx is a relatively uncommon tumor. A review of the literature reveals only 52 cases reported. The lesion is a benign growth which is often asymptomatic, though most commonly associated with hoarseness. The treatment of choice is local surgical excision. Four successfully treated cases are reported. All four patients are Negro — three females and one male.

Phenotypic Males With 46, Xx Karyotype: Report Of Two New Cases, G. R. Rubio, Lester Weiss, J. F. Nunez, M. Saeed Uz Zafar

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Two sex chromatin positive phenotypic males were found to have 46, XX karyotypes. Both had small testes and elevated gonadotropins with low testosterone levels. Semen analysis could not be obtained but one man claimed to have a daughter. In one patient, mosaicism was suggested by the finding in a single cell of a chromosome morphologically resembling a Y. A second cell line was not found in the other patient. Possible explanations for the development of a male phenotype in the absence of demonstrable Y chromosome include the existence of two cell lines or mosaicism, an autosomal sex determining gene and …

Removal Of An Intra-Abdominal French Catheter Through The Laparoscope, Asghar Afsari

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Use of refined instruments for the removal of an intra-abdominal foreign body has enhanced the indication for operative laparoscopy. In particular instances, laparoscopy has proven more advantageous than laparotomy. This case report illustrates removal of an intra-abdominal rubber catheter via a laparoscopic procedure with a double puncture technique.

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Professional Standards Review Organization: Past, Present And Future, Robert M. O'Bryan

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Correction Of D-Loop, D-Transposition Of The Great Arteries And Sub-Pulmonary Stenosis With A Dacron Conduit And Stented Porcine Xenograft Valve, Lorenzo Gonzalez-Lavin, Gordon M. Folger

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Total correction of transposition of the great arteries and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction has become feasible in recent years. Certain modifications are needed, however, to improve the long term function of the valved conduit required in the procedure. A stented porcine xenograft valve, sutured into a woven Dacron tubular graft, was used successfully in the total correction of such a malfunction. The patient described is the first so treated at the Henry Ford Hospital. The main advantage of this technique is its practicality. Both Dacron tubular grafts and stented porcine xenograft valves are commercially available. This approach is applicable …

Position-Dependent Pleural Friction Rub, Thomas L. Connolly

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The art of physical examination is often forgotten by clinicians in their haste to depend on laboratory tests. This paper described a helpful way to diagnose pleurisy in someone who should have it according to the history. Auscultation of the chest in the supine and lateral decubitus positions will occasionally facilitate the detection of a pleural friction rub when conventional examinations may not do so. Two patients are described in whom this method was used.

Greenhouse Fungicide — Environmental Carcinogen?, Marvin D. Anderson, Herbert S. Rosenkranz

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A simple screening method, in which a bacterial mutant deficient in its ability to repair DNA, was used to detect genetic damage from a widely-used fungicide. The finding strengthens the suspicion that it may be a potent human carcinogen. The unique role of the physician in eliciting a history of exposure from a patient with cancer is emphasized in the case report.

Laurence Sidney Fallis, M. D. 1894-1974, Conrad R. Lam

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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.

Newsletter, Volume 19, Number 02, March 1974

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• Annual Bertner Award Goes to Dr. Hitchings
• Pain Clinic in Operation
• Dr. Hickey Honored by ACS
• Hill Named Assistant Director
• Dr. Fletcher Receives SMA Research Award
• Houston Honors Nurse – Renilda Hilkemeyer Day Declared
• New Staff
• Doctors Study Thermography Testing
• Acupuncture Research Lecture Given at MDAH

Physicians And Surgeons--The Expanding Role Of The Physician's Assistant, Joseph S. Beeson

West Virginia Law Review

The shortage of health care professionals in West Virginia today is a matter of grave concern, especially to inhabitants of rural areas where professional medical care is often nonexistent. Statistics are indicative of the problem, but do not reveal the entire picture. For example, in the United States today, there are approximately 171 physicians per 100,000 population. In West Virginia, each 100,000 persons is served by only 111 physicians. This figure alone is cause enough for concern, but the seriousness of the situation is more accurately indicated by the distribution of the physician population. West Virginia is primarily a rural …

Namru-3 Translations Of Parasite Literature From Russian, French, Japanese, Etc. Into English (1941-1974) T801-T900, United States Naval Medical Research Unit Number Three, Cairo, Medical Zoology Department

United States Naval Medical Research Unit 3: Publications

T801. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. RUBIN, S. G. (1971). New modification of the agar gel diffusion and precipitation reaction (AGDP) useful for studying antigenic differences in viruses. In: Viral hemorrhagic fevers. Crimean hemorrhagic fever, and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, Chumakov, M. P. (ed.). Trudy Inst. Polio. Virus. Entsef. Akad. Med. Nauk SSSR, 19:443-444.

T802. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. GONCHAROV, A. I. (1973). Aedaegus morphology in fleas of the genus Paradoxopsyllus (Leptopsyllidae). Parasit. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 2(3):264-269.

T803. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. LEONOV, Yu. A. and FEDOROVA, T. N. (1966). The role of rodents and shrews in Omsk hemorrhagic fever foci of northern …

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

Digest

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

• Convocation
• Expanded Educational Program
• Alumni Convention in New Orleans
• Chapel Dedication
• Fourth Health Care Center Opens
• Registration
• Orientation
• Open House
• Educational Communications
• College News
• Faculty Notes
• CME Programs
• Rugby
• News from the Hospital and Centers
• Fall - Winter Activities
• People
• Alumni News Briefs
• In Memoriam

10.01 Association Of American Cancer Institutes (Aaci) - General, 1973-1974, 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

10.02 Association Of American Cancer Institutes (Aaci) - Correspondence, 1974 - 1975, 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

Newsletter, Volume 19, Number 01, January 1974

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• Adobe Houses Important Factor in Lung Cancer Survey in El Paso County
• Conference Focuses on Diagnosis
• Clinical Abstracts
• Clinical Conference Book Off Press
• Year Book of Cancer Now Off Press
• Dr. van Eys New Pediatrics Chief
• Sullivan Installed As Association President
• New Staff
• Clinical Pediatric Oncology Now Off the Press

Namru-3 Translations Of Parasite Literature From Russian, French, Japanese, Etc. Into English (1949-1974) T701-T800, United States Naval Medical Research Unit Number Three, Cairo, Medical Zoology Department

United States Naval Medical Research Unit 3: Publications

T701. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. RAD’KOVA, O. A. (1971). Characteristics of Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus strains isolated from different inhabitants of a natural focus. Mater. 6. Simp. Izuch. Virus. Ekol. Svyazan. Ptits. (Omsk, 1971), pp. 28-29.

T702. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. SIDOROVA, G. A., GROMASHEVSKY, V. L., VESELOVSKAYA, O. V., NERONOV, V. M., RUSTAMOV, B. R., MUSATOVA, A. I. and IPATOV, V. P. (1973). Isolation of West Nile virus from ixodid and argasid ticks collected in arid regions of Uzbekistan. Sborn. Trud. Ekol. Virus., (1): 87-90.

T703. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. KARPOVICH, V. N. and PILIPAS, N. I. (1971). Migratory routes and transcontinental …

Electrical Alternans In Cardiac Tamponade, Andreas P. Niarchos

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Of nine patients with pericardial effusion due to various causes, four developed cardiac tamponade. Electrical alternans was present In all four, being total in three, and ventricular in one. From the diagnostic point of view, the alternans corresponded with the clinical diagnosis of cardiac tamponade and the radiological signs of a large pericardial effusion. The pericardial fluid was hemorrhagic in three patients and transudate (hydropericardium) in the fourth. In two patients alternans was present with heart rates below 100 per minute. Apart from the exact (1:1) type of electrical alternans, three new types are described; a 2:1, 3:1 and a …

The Effectiveness Of Oxandrolone In Promoting Linear Growth In Growth Hormone Deficient Children, Charles B. Wolf, Raymond C. Mellinger, Lewis B. Morrow, M. Saeed-Uz Zafar

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

This two-year study consisted of a comparison of oxandrolone and growth hormone for the treatment of five children with documented growth hormone deficiency. Previously, androgens have been reported to be relatively ineffective in accelerating linear growth In growth hormone deficient children. Oxandrolone was administered for one year. Growth hormone was added in the second six months and then was given as a single agent in the third six months. Growth accelerated markedly in all patients. Only one child showed more rapid growth with the addition of growth hormone while two children actually grew more rapidly under the Influence of oxandrolone …

Blood Pressure In Hypertension, Lawrence H. Warbasse Jr.

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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.

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Efficacy Of Betaprone With Ultraviolet Irradiation On Hepatitis B Antigen In Human Plasma Pools (A Retrospective Study), Gerald A. Logrippo, Hajime Hayashi

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

In a retrospective study, hepatitis B antigen (HB Ag) was found in 14 lots of human plasma pools (16-20 liters each) that had been treated by the combined Betaprone (BPL) with ultraviolet (UV) irradiation procedure. No evidence of clinical hepatitis was found during a six-month follow-up after 185.2 liters of HB Ag positive plasma were Infused into 257 patients. Since HB Ag positive blood products treated by BPL with UV produced no clinical hepatitis, it is evident that our treatment is efficacious against hepatitis virus agents.

Surgical Treatment Of Liver Trauma: Technical Considerations And Case Reports, C. Grodsinsky, T. A. Fox Jr., B. E. Brush

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The incidence of abdominal trauma, and thus that of liver trauma, has been increasing in the past few years. Improvements in the understanding of the anatomy of the liver and improvements in diagnostic techniques have resulted in shorter and better operations with less delay between injury and surgery. Improvements in transportation to adequate hospital facilities and vigorous resuscitative measures have also contributed to lowering the mortality rate for this type of injury. Suggestions are made for the surgical management of liver injuries, together with illustrative case reports.

Near Basal Blood Pressure: A Method Applicable To Clinical Practice, John R. Caldwell

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A method is described for determining near basal blood pressure (NBBP) measurements that is applicable to outpatient clinic or office use in daily practice. In our clinic, patients' mean casual pressure was significantly higher than the NBBP, the difference being 40 mm Hg systolic (p < .001) and 18 mm Hg diastolic (p < .001). In hospitalized patients the casual blood pressure was higher than the fourth to sixth day hospital average, and the hospital average was higher than NBBP. The difference between the last two was 15 mm Hg systolic (p <. 005) and 9 mm Hg diastolic (p < .005). In patients recording blood pressure readings at home the average weekly home-recorded blood pressure was not significantly different from NBBP during the same week, -1 mm Hg systolic (p > .80) and 4 mm Hg diastolic (p > .10). NBBP by this method offers a practical way to estimate the average daily blood pressure.

Back Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Newsletter, Volume 18, Number 05, December 1973

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• 25th Year of Publication For The Cancer Bulletin
• Third Edition of The Book of Health Now Off Press
• New Staff
• Part of National Cancer Program Plan Presented To President Nixon
• George Elected President
• Clinical Abstracts
• Dial Access To Include 16 States, D.C.