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[Book Review Of] Experiments And Research With Humans: Values In Conflict, A Record Of The Academy Forum Convened On February 18 And 19,1975, Albert Moraczewski

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] Ethics Of Health Care, Edited By Laurence R. Tancredi, Robert Roger Lebel

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] Contemporary Medical Ethics, By John F. Dedek, Eugene F. Diamond

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] The Courage To Fail: A Social View Of Organ Transplants And Dialysis, By Renee C. Fox And Judith P. Swazey, William E. May

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] Premeditated Man: Bioethics And The Control Of Future Human Life, By Richard M. Restak, Paul R. Gastonguay

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

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.

Some Of The Effects Of Domestic Sewage Discharged Into Hickman And Jessamine Creeks In Jessamine County, Kentucky, Henry H. Howell, Mike W. Jones, Robert A. Kuehne

KWRRI Research Reports

A 6-week study was made in the summer of 1971 as an initial effort to determine the extent of pollution that the three sewage disposal plants in Jessamine County, Kentucky, are contributing to its streams. With the rapid population increase in Lexington and nearby municipalities, this study should furnish a basis of comparison for future investigations. Eighteen collecting stations were established in riffle areas of Hickman and Jessamine Creeks, and coliform bacteria, macro-invertebrate populations, fish populations and chemical water quality of each riffle area were studied.

Hickman Creek's flow was augmented by approximately 3,100,000 gallons/day (11,735 -m³/day) from …

Menno-Knight, February 1976, Mennonite College Of Nursing

Menno-Knight

Student newsletter of the Mennonite School/College of Nursing.

The Maximum Duration Of Phonation Of /A/ In Normal And Hoarse Voiced Children, Jo Coombs

Dissertations and Theses

Hoarseness seems to be the primary type of voice disorder occurring in school-aged children. Voice experts have suggested measurement of maximum phonation times as a clinical tool for assessing vocal function (Fairbanks, 1940; Westlake and Rutherford, 1961; Irwin, 1965; Boone, 1971). Most of the studies on duration of phonation have used adults as subjects; few investigations have involved children. An apparent need, therefore, existed to investigate duration of phonation in young children.

New England College Of Osteopathic Medicine, Fact Sheet, Saint Francis College, Biddeford, Maine

Stanley Kimball, D.O. Collection

The New England College of Osteopathic Medicine Fat Sheet was created by the Office of the Dean of Saint Francis College and includes information on where and when the college will open, admission requirements, and the new Dean, William Strong, D.O.

January 1976, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Sig

The Sig Newsletter from the Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy - January 1976

Cleft Craft: The Evolution Of Its Surgery—Volume I: The Unilateral Deformity, D. Ralph Millard Jr.

Cleft Craft: The Evolution of Its Surgery

No abstract provided.

A New Medical Resource For New England . . . The New England College Of Osteopathic Medicine, 1976, New England College Of Osteopathic Medicine, New England Foundation For Osteopathic Medicine

William F. Bergen, D.O. Collection

Development brochure created by the New England Foundation for Osteopathic Medicine and the New England College of Osteopathic Medicine soliciting donations for the development of the New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Table Of Contents, Volume Twelve, 1976.

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1976, Volume Twelve.

Introduction, John R. Taylor

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

We conclude our two-part issue on Neurology for Primary Care Physicians with both the new and the old. Attempting to avoid repetition, our authors address themselves to the overlooked, under-emphasized, and sometimes new area of familiar subjects. Our guest speakers, Dr. Millikan and Dr. Horenstein discuss acute cerebral infarction and the perennial problem of dementia. Exciting new fronts are explored by Drs. Isaacs and Sakalas as they expand on their ideas on neuromuscular disease and surgical techniques for extra-intracranial oscular anastomoses, respectively. Dr. Selhorst contributes some interesting views on low back problems.

New Horizons In Muscle Disease, Edward R. Isaacs

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Sophisticated physiological and histochemical information is accumulating at a rate which at present is faster than the clinician can assimilate. The contributions made by electron microscopy further burden an overwhelming stockpile of data. In a true sense, many pieces to the puzzle have been found, and as these are cautiously put in place, a more complete understanding of muscle disease is foreseeable. One hopes that with better insight into the pathophysiology of muscle diseases, these new horizons will permit eventual treatment or cure for those suffering from these disorders.

Uncommon Disorders Of The Lower Spinal Region A Report On Eleven Patients, John B. Selhorst

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Prompt diagnosis of lower spinal diseases is essential for successful treatment. Appropriate medical therapy or surgical decompression arrests progression and reverses existing neurologic deficit. Delayed or improper diagnosis seriously jeopardizes the patient’s ultimate neurologic status. Too often early symptoms are disregarded or passed over as insignificant.

Contents

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1976, Volume Twelve, Number One.

Acne Vulgaris, James J. Leyden

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Acne vulgaris displays all the characteristics of a polygenic disorder in that hereditary factors are apparent with strong family tendencies for the disorder while the phenotypic expression of the disease varies over a wide spectrum. All that is known for certain concerning the genetics of acne is that concordance is extremely high in identical twins. In the past decade, various investigations have resulted in much clearer concepts of pathogenesis and have brought us to the point of effective therapy for the majority of cases. In this report, I will summarize recent concepts in the pathogenesis of acne vulgaris.

Paleoserologic Studies: Abo And Histocompatibility Antigens In Mummified American Indians, A. A. Hossaini, Marvin J. Allison

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The first genetic polymorphism to be described in man was the ABO blood group system. Ths system proved to be present as a membrane antigen of the cells of almost all organs of the body. In this it not only stimulates histocompatibility antigens but also helps to determine ABO compatibility between organ recipients and their donors. The presence of the ABH and HL-A antigens in tissues and their stability on storage allows typing mummified bodies despite the passage of thousands of years.

Treatment Of Head Wounds In Pre-Columbian And Colonial Peru, Marvin J. Allison, Alejandro Pezzia

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

As is frequently the case, art objects often depict the life in a particular civilization, thus giving a visual record of a people where the people themselves have disappeared. Peru is one of the areas of the world where art depicts the life of the people while the people themselves are present in the form of mummies to confirm much of what is seen in art. A number of ceramic vessels have been found depicting one man working on the skull of another with a knife. That such actions were possibly surgical was documented in 1865 when Squier was given …

Introduction, John R. Taylor

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The 29th Annual Stoneburner Lecture Series was sponsored this year by the Department of Neurology because we sensed a need and a desire for a symposium approaching common neurologic problems encountered by primary care physicians. The attendance at the series was gratifying to the participating lecturers and confirmed our view.

Episodic Disorders Of Vision, John W. Harbison

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Of all our senses, vision is most commonly associated with patient distress, if not overt alarm, when abruptly compromised. Despite patient concern, a rare, or rarely recognizable, clinical entity is perhaps of less significance to the physician than to the patient. When the broad spectrum of episodic disturbance of vision is closely examined, it becomes apparent that these visual symptoms are indeed of common occurrence in the population at large. Surprisingly, despite their ultimate effect on the eye, a majority of the clinical entities that produce episodic disturbance of vision are neurologic. Episodic is defined as being "...made up of …

Inadequate Parathyroid Response In Acute Pancreatitis, Giles M. Robertson , Jr., M.D., Edward W. Moore , M.D., Donald M. Switz , M.D., Glen W. Sizemore , M.D., Herschel L. Estep , M.D.

Internal Medicine Publications

Abstract

We studied nine consecutive hypocalcemic patients with acute pancreatitis to elucidate the mechanism of hypocalcemia. Mean serum ionized calcium, 0.97 mM, was below the normal mean of 1.16 mM (P < 0.001). Seven of eight patients tested had normal parathyroid hormone levels. All responded to parenteral parathyroid extract by increasing serum ionized calcium and urinary cyclic AMP, indicating parathyroid-hormone-responsive target organs. Calcitonin and glucagon concentrations were increased above normal in some patients, but there was no relation with serum ionized calcium. Parenteral glucagon had no significant effect on serum ionized calcium or calcitonin concentrations. These findings suggest that neither glucagon nor calcitonin was primarily responsible for the hypocalcemia, which did not produce expected increases in serum parathyroid hormone concentrations. Relative parathyroid insufficiency may account for the persistent hypocalcemia frequently observed in patients with acute pancreatitis. (N Engl J Med 294:512–516, 1976)

Thyroid Diseas In A Peruvian Mummy, Enrique Gerszten, Marvin J. Allison, Alejandro Pezzia, David Klurfeld

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Although the pathogenesis of endocrine disorders has only recently been recognized, disorders of the thyroid gland have been recorded since ancient times, primarily because of the gland’s strategic location in the neck. Goiter, enlargement of the gland, was described early in history and endocrine goiter was also mentioned. The earliest written references go back as far as the Chinese of the second millennium BC, Greek and Roman authors of classical times, and medieval manuscripts. In his history of goiter, Greenwald contended that there was no evidence of goiter in the Americas before the coming of the white man, although the …

The Management Of Acute Cerebral Infarction, Clark H. Millikan

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

There is no evidence that we are able to reverse cerebral infarction once it gets underway. The day may come when some form of protection for neuronal activity is available to us, but at present there is no such treatment. Prevention is the most important concept; prevention of transient ischemic attack (TIA) or prevention of progression once the process has started. Progressing stroke is that all too common circumstance where focal ischemia is worsening and the process of infarction is beginning or extending. The patient may be seen in the office, emergency room, or in the hospital, and the patient’s …

Comparative Analysis Of Hospital Utilization In Urban And Rural Counties, James R. Dingels

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Hospital utilization, when measured as patient days per population, exhibited generally insignificant relationships with factors concerning population characteristics, hospital resources, financial assistance, and degree of urbanization. Adjusted multivariate linear regression results indicated that number of physicians per population did possess significant effects, while other independent variables remained significant. Additional research, as well as refinement of present data, appear paramount to further validation procedures.

Chemicals And Food: An Account About Additives, Wayland E. Noland

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Food additives are listed by functional category and discussed in terms of the scale of their use and relative risks in terms of long-term human toxicity. The greatest risks appear to lie with the antimicrobial preservative agents, and food colors (which serve only a cosmetic purpose); these and the synthetic sweeteners are discussed in relatively greater detail.

Management Of The Demented Patient, Simon Horenstein

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

There are four essential points to the rational management of the demented patient which will be dealt with here. They are 1) the definition of the term dementia, facilitating the identification of a specific group of patients, 2) the sequence of diagnostic steps required to identify manageable and treatable features in demented patients, 3) the effective separation of dementia from depression, which is probably the most significant diagnostic point for primary care physicians, and 4) the description of a few clinical features encountered in demented patients which the physician can often modify by family education and training, by the manipulation …

Atopic Dermatitis, Kenneth W. Blaylock

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The term atopic, which means “strange disease,” was first used in 1925 to describe a group of diseases which include allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma, urticarial reactions to drugs as well as food allergies or idiosyncrasies. These conditions have in common the presence of skin sensitizing homocytotropic antibodies (IgE) in the serum of the person at some point in the natural history of the disease. There is little evidence that dermatitis found in the atopic individual is produced by IgE which is present in the serum and skin of the person with atopic dermatitis.