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200 | The therapeutic effects of adriamycin and of melphalan in patients with advanced carcinoma of the ovary were tested in a prospective randomized study. Complete and partial remission occurred in eight of 19 patients treated with adriamycin and in four of 20 patients given melphalan. The difference, however, is not stati... |
201 | The use of buttons for retention sutures is advocated as practical, inexpensive, universally available and well tolerated bolsters over which heavy nonabsorbable sutures may be secured. We have not found any disadvantages to the described techniques in the past 12 years. |
202 | Evidence is presented that suggests that dysfunction of the hypothalamus is an important step in the development of the intracranial arterial spasm that accompanies subarachnoid hemorrhage and craniocerebral trauma. Speculation is offered as to the possible pathogenetic mechanisms involved. |
203 | To establish a model for 24 hours of hypothermic pulsatile perfusion-preservation, methylprednisolone, glucagon, and allopurinol were added to the perfusate of five groups of canine pancreaticoduodenal segments. Results after transplantation showed that neither allopurinol nor glucagon, when used alone, had any benefic... |
204 | This paper is a general review of occupational diseases with particular emphasis on contemporary work-related diseases. Reasons for the difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of industrial disease are given. The basic principles of occupational health are reviewed. The particular occupational diseases discussed in det... |
205 | The biophysical, physiological and some of the psychological aspects of work under unfavorable man-made ambient conditions are presented in light of the need to prevent excessive strain. Work is treated in two ways: 1) in terms of the muscles O2 demand as a fraction of maximal aerobic capacity; and 2) in terms of metab... |
206 | The authors have presented evidence through work done 25-30 years ago for the rickettsial etiology of Bullis fever, a forgotten epidemic which occurred with over a 1,000 cases among World War II troops in training at Camp Bullis, Texas. Rickettsiae were recovered from blood and lymph nodes of patients and from ticks, A... |
207 | Factors determining thrombus formation on a foreign surface were studied with the use of plastic flow chambers introduced into extracorporeal shunts. Silicone rubber shunts, joining the carotid artery and jugular vein, were implanted in dogs and remained patent for several weeks. The flow chamber geometry consisted of ... |
208 | Six anabolic steroids were assessed for their ability to enhance plasma fibrinolytic activity in males with ischaemic heart disease. Five 17alpha-alkylated steroids (Ethyloestrenol, Norethandrolone, Methandienone, Methylandrostenediol and Oxymetholone) were examined and all produced a significant increase in plasma pla... |
209 | The addition of 0.1 muM ionophore A23187 to washed platelets incubated in citrated saline caused massive release of stored serotonin accompanied by intracellular accumulation of inosine monophosphate, but produced no detectable influx of externally added calcium or abnormal structural alterations. With increasing ionop... |
210 | The cumulative graft survival after 355 cadaver kidney transplantations was analyzed with special reference to the age of the donors. A significant decrease in cumulative graft survival with increasing donor age was found. |
211 | Starvation of rats for 24 hrs resulted in decreased insulin release from the isolated rat pancreas. The effect of fasting could not be counteracted by elevation of the glucose level in the equilibration medium from 0.8 to 1.5 mg/ml. The alpha-adrenergic blocking agent phentolamine (10 mug/ml) stimulated glucose induced... |
212 | The function of the pancreatic B-cell was studied in relation to the development of the diabetic syndrome in a new variety of the diabetic mutant mouse, which was produced at The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.A. by outcrossing of a c57bl/ksJ-db stock with C57BL/6J mice. The expression of the db-gene in the... |
213 | In order to explain the abnormalities of glucose metabolism previously observed in patients with blood ammonia elevation, the effect of a transitory hyperammonemia on I.V. glucose tolerance was investigated in rats. An I.V. glucose tolerance test was performed in 3 groups of 15 rats 60 min after the beginning of a 95 m... |
214 | Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide (GIP; 1 or 10 mug/ml) potentiated glucose-induced (8 or 16.6 mM) insulin (IRI) release from isolated rat pancreatic islets. Basal release was unaffected. The threshold concentration of glucose necessary for GIP to modulate IRI release was between 6 and 8 mM. GIP had no effect on IRI relea... |
215 | A preparative technique is formulated for processing plant-parasitic nematodes of the order Tylenchida for electron microscopy. A population of Dolichodorus heterocephalus is used as test objects. One and a half grams of paraformaldehyde are dissolved in 25 ml of water at 60 C. Five drops of 1 N sodium hydroxide are ad... |
216 | A procedure is described for the blaze-drying of human lymphocyte chromosomes on carbonized Parlodion film. Films are prepared by applying Parlodion solution to sheets of freshly cleaved mica. Damage to the film during blaze-drying is prevented by chilling the mica sheets on dry ice before flaming. After spreading, the... |
217 | A modified thiocarbohydrazide (TCH) technique to cross-link osmium layers has resulted in a reliable method for preparing a wide variety of soft biological tissues for scanning electron microscopy without the use of evaported metal. The technique works equally well on tissues with smooth surfaces and those with abrupt ... |
218 | The first fetal cells synthesizing Ig can be demonstrated at day 10 of gesta tion, well before cells with detectable surface-bound Ig have been found. These early Ig-synthesizing cells are exclusively large cells. The first small cells synthesizing Ig appear at day 15-16 of gestation, a time when cells. with detectable... |
219 | The thymus of mice and chickens contains at least four discrete populations of lymphoid cells: Two distinct cortical populations of small lymphocytes (early and late population), a hydrocortisone resistant and presumably medullary population of small lymphocytes, and a population of medium sized lymphocytes (prolymphoc... |
220 | A highly versatile procedure is described in this review which can be used to separate and obtain in pure form subpopulations of lymphoid cells which express different cell surface structures. The method is based on the observation that when rosetting and non-rosetting leukocytes are centrifuged on a cushion of Isopaqu... |
221 | A review is made of the clinical features and treatment of the lesions caused by the secretions of millipedes. The toxicology of these secretions is discussed. The geographical distribution is reviewed. The species identified as inflicting injury to man are enumerated. Lesions of soft parts of the skin can be moderatel... |
222 | Trypanosoma musculi brought into Plasmodium berghei-infected mice in the later stages of the malaria infection shows rapid, approximately logarithmic multiplication in the peripheral blood. The trypanosome number increases by a factor of 2-9 per day, multiplication of the parasites kills most mice in a few days. Many m... |
223 | The modified strain multiplied less in pregnant and in Plasmodium berghei-infected mice, more in heavily infected normal mice, and more or less in weakly infected normal mice. The discordant behaviour in weakly infected mice was due to the occurrence in some animals of a second phase of more rapid increase of the paras... |
224 | The migratory pattern of the third stage larvae of Wuchereria bancrofti from the thorax into the head of Anopheles gambiae has been studied. A total of 1269 infected mosquitoes were dissected and examined from the 7th through the 19th day after the blood meal. The filarial worms migrated from the thorax through the abd... |
225 | By electron microscopy in the islets of Largenhans and acini of the pancreas of the human fetuses 4-7 months old acinar-islet (transitional) cells were revealed. The cytoplasm of some transitional elements contained zymogen and endocrine A-granules, while in others zymogen and endocrine B-granules were found. Acinar-is... |
226 | A possibility is studied of using phi-transformation for comparison of portions in homogenous totalities with intra-group variability. The phi value distribution is approximated satisfactorily by normal distribution, beginning from a certain amount of observation (n) depending on P, P being a portion of cells (individu... |
227 | The elaboration and testing the "PAUK" system intended for human chromosome measurement is described. The system is based on the semi-automatic measurement projector and computer "Minsk-22". Chromosomes of 83 cells were measured. The system allows to make measurements of chromosomes in the large scale with high precisi... |
228 | A comparison has been made between 6- and 9-month regimens of streptomycin, isoniazid and pyrazinamide given daily, 3 times a week or twice a week from the start of chemotherapy, in the treatment of newly-diagnosed, smear-positive, pulmonary tuberculosis in Chinese patients. At 6 months the twice-weekly regimen was mar... |
229 | Hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia and hypophosphatemia after renal transplantation in an 18-year-old patient is described. Serum magnesium decreased in consequence of increased renal transplant function with high urinary magnesium excretion. At the time of serum magnesium depletion, pretransplantation hypocalcemia persisted... |
230 | Vesicoureteral reflux was observed in 19 of 180 patients (10.5%) with end-stage chronic renal failure. The underlying disease in the patients with reflux was chronic glomerulonephritis in 8.3%, chronic pyelonephritis in 28.5% and renal hypoplasia in 40%. Reflux was bilateral in 13 patients and unilateral in six. Most l... |
231 | The activity of LDH in perfusate on human kidney and in experiments on dog kidney was investigated during the preservation by the Gambro perfusion apparatus. The enzyme activity of perfusate was characterized by a quotient of volume activity in relation to the perfusion flow rate. With this method we are able to distin... |
232 | An intact and patent renal vascular system is a prerequisite for even and complete perfusion during machine preservation and the reestablishment of renal blood flow after transplantation. Most of the so called "viability tests" for machine perfused kidneys refer to the cellular viability, not taking into account possib... |
233 | A partial urinary bladder resection was performed in 25 female cats. The defect was replaced with an X-ray treated autologous full thickness skin graft. This graft was shown to be an appropriate foundation for the rapid regeneration of transitional cell epithelium which was proven to be present after 4 weeks. Smooth mu... |
234 | The behaviour of free autogenous fat, dermofat, and dermo grafts in the penile cavernous tissue was studied experimentally in dogs. Dermo-fat grafts were those most easily maipulated during surgery and allowed perfect haemostasis. All the grafts were gradually replaced by fibrous tissue causing subsequent scarring and ... |
235 | A comprehensive review of the factors responsible for postoperative wound sepsis is discussed, along with the experimental basis for the use of prophylatic antibiotics and a review of the results of the use of systemic and topical antibiotics on the incidence of surgical wound infections. Based on the data presented, s... |
236 | The efficacy of Sacks solution for hypothermic preservation of dog kidneys was determined. Complete ischemia was produced in one kidney for thirty minutes by clamping the renal pedicle in situ, followed by excision and immediate washout with the cold preservation fluid. Kidneys were stored in Sacks solution at 2 degree... |
237 | Defects in cell-mediated immunity have been implicated as one of the underlying causes for the appearance and progression of neoplasms. One approach toward correcting these defects employs immune potentiators for the purpose of stimulating cell-mediated immunity. BCG is the immune potentiator which has been used most f... |
238 | The efficacy of silicone rubber ureteral stents for long-term urinary diversion has been demonstrated to be of value in certain cases. However, complications, including migration of the stent, do occur. A method for retrieval of the ureteral stent utilizing a Fogarty arterial embolectomy catheter is described. |
239 | Congenital colobomas usually occur as full-thickness defects of the medial third of the upper lid and are commonly associated with a benign dermoid at the apex. Exposure keratopathy and corneal trauma are rare; however, it can be prevented with the Expo Bandage--Bubble (Fig 18). Periodic examinations should also be per... |
240 | Based on the analysis of the immediate results of 231 operations on extrahepatic bile ducts, 174 primary interventions and 57 reoperations, it is concluded that the operation at the height of the attack of acute cholecystitis or in total obturation of bile passages yields considerable mortality (1/3 and 1/5 of observat... |
241 | In transplantation of 245 kidneys in patients with chronic renal insufficiency in the right (75% of all grafting procedures) and in the left iliac region several variants of vascular anastomoses were elaborated and employed. Technical details are described, and some valuable recommendations are given. |
242 | The authors report their experience with 44 homoplasties in chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis in 42 patients on definite indications. Positive results were obtained in 28 operations. In 15 patients homografts were removed, but in 7 cases they showed an adequate functioning ultimately. In 3 observations there was a rec... |
243 | One hundred and eighty six patients with mitral defects were examined and subdivided into four groups according to the basic clinical and instrumental tests: 59 with pure, 46 with prevailing mitral stenosis, 37 with prevailing and 44 with pure mitral insufficiency. The patients, within the pointed group were subdivided... |
244 | Ophthalmodynamography (ODG) of an empty orbit apart from a covering of atrophic skin 1mm thick revealed only one twentieth of the pluse amplitude of the contralateral normal orbital oscillographic waves. After total plastic surgical reconstruction of the lids, isolated oscillographiy of the eyelids was performed for th... |
245 | 1. Rates of reduction of a number of azo food dyes were measured in anaerobic cultures of Proteus vulgaris. The rates of colour loss were found to be zero order under conditions in which the concentration of viable cells remained constant. 2. A significant increase in the rate of reduction followed the onset of cell mo... |
246 | Proteus mirabilis strain 1095/67 has been cultivated in surface culture on different minimal media, which were composed either of single amino acids or combinations of several amino acids without or with stepwise addition of other C-sources up to the complete medium. We found a direct dependence of the formation of the... |
247 | Age-specific criteria must be taken into consideration in the treatment of hormonal dysregulations during senescence and senium. A general transmission of the endocrine conditions of younger periods of life to the senium is not possible and induces the possibilities of complications which are demonstrated at the exampl... |
248 | Ten experiments were performed to compare mitotic activity in livers of rats infected with Trypanosoma rhodesiense and Trypanosoma lewisi. The host dietary groups were: (1) complete of full complement; (2) folic acid deficient, and (3) pair-fed or calorically restricted. Liver mitotic counts of T. lewisi-infected rats ... |
249 | Employing the surface immunofluorescence technique and rosette test, surface receptors of lymphocytes from 83 healthy subjects (57 adult donors and 2l infants), 3 mature fetuses, and 110 patients, including 23 infants with acute repiratory infections, 22 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), 20 patients with viral hep... |
250 | Authors present a case of congenital sarcoma discovered by ultrasound at 30 weeks of pregnancy. The tumour was shown projecting from the anterior neck, well limited and measured 12 X 12 X 8 cm associated with maternal hydramnios. Pregnancy was terminated. Patho-histological finding was a spindle cell sarcoma of the nec... |
251 | An analysis of development in the obstetrics allows following comments: Peripartal and perinatal mortality shows a significant positive development. Maternal mortality has become very rare. The high percentage of approximately 10% of premature birth has a bad influence on the perinatal mortality. The intranatal mortali... |
252 | A modification of the basin-procedure (PRICE), the plastic-bag-(GASCHEN), the fingertip-(SCHUMBURG) and the glass-cup-method (STORY) were compared in order to evaluate their efficiency to recover bacteria from the artificially contaminated hand. With all 4 methods there was a linear relation between the bacterial conte... |
253 | Measurements of the germ emissions in various activated sludge units with different ventilations systems have shown that the lowest density occurs with small bubble ventilation; with medium bubble and brush ventilation rather high values were measured; the spray devices used for foam elimination had a particularly unfa... |
254 | Some chloramphenicol analogues have been prepared in order to find reagents which could be used in a photoaffinity labelling study of the peptidayl transferase center of the E. coli ribosome. The compounds were tested for antibiotic activity in vitro in the "fragment reaction" assay, and for their ability to generate v... |
255 | Binding of tritiated 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidone-N-oxyl (3H-TAN) to radiation-induced DNA-transients in E. coli K-12 strains AB 1157 and JO 307 rec A uvr A has been studied under in vivo conditions. After irradiation the cells were washed and resuspended in growth medium and left overnight at 37 degrees C. Within ... |
256 | Pancreas transplantation was studied in the dog using a total duct ligated pancreas as allograft. In a group of 10 mongrel dogs the effects of long-term (6-36 months) total duct ligation on the endocrine pancreas function were studied by means of repeated intravenous glucose tolerance tests (iv-GTT). One year after tot... |
257 | The potential use of LH-RH as a test of pituitary function in women has been investigated. In this study the synthetic material was administered intravenously, and samples of peripheral blood were removed at defined times. The levels of plasma oestradiol, LH and FSH were determined by radioimmunoassay. The administrati... |
258 | Plasma testosterone levels were measured at the beginning of a 14 h period of haemodialysis, one hour later, midway through the period and at the end, in 18 male patients in chronic renal failure. The level fell from 8.70 +/- 2.63 nmol/l at the start to 8.08 +/- 3.33 nmol/l at the midpoint, and rose again to 10.12 +/- ... |
259 | Pancreatic islet development and insulin storage were studied in foetal rats during the last 4 days of gestation (day 19 to 22 post-coitum (p.c.)) and in 1 and 5 days old neonatal rats. Adult female virgin rats were also studied. The percentage of granulated B-cells per islet, the degree of B-cell granulation and the i... |
260 | Plasma testosterone (T) was measured by radioimmunoassay in both healthy and diseased, mature (8-11 months) and senescent (29-31 months) C57BL/6J male mice. Pathological lesions in diseased mice included reticulum cell sarcoma and enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes. In healthy mice neither plasma T nor testicular weight d... |
261 | The pituitary gonadotropic response of FSH and LH "reserve" was studied in ten normal women, twelve amenorrheic and two impuberal patients, as compared with six sterile women with anovulatory cycles. The method as the intravenous injection of 100 microgrs. of synthetic porcine LH-RH followed by the radioimmunologic est... |
262 | Previous studies have shown that, in patients undergoing thoracic surgery, a relatively high positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP of 10 cmH2O = PEEP10) has no beneficial effect on oxygenation during one-lung ventilation (OLV). In the present investigation, cardiorespiratory function was examined in 11 patients intuba... |
263 | The electron-microscopic structure of the islets of Langerhans in cattle is studied. Four cell types are described: A, B, C and D, differing mainly in the structure of specific granules. In the A cells half-moon- or ring-shaped mitochondria are observed. Two modes of islet cell secretion are observed: by means of 'acti... |
264 | A large double blind crossover study of carbamazepine (CBZ) in comparison to diphenylhydantoin (DPH) is underway, and the results are presented for the first 20 patients to complete the protocol. The importance of preparatory steps is outlined-beginning with the gathering of preliminary kinetic data about half-life and... |
265 | In a double 0lind study no difference was found between carbamazepine and diphenylhydantoin with regard to efficacy in preventing temporal lobe seizures, i.e. partial seizures with complex symptomatology, when the drugs were given without other medication for periods of 16 weeks, and when the serum concentrations were ... |
266 | The influence of dipropylacetate (D.P.A.) on behaviour was studied in 20 patients using a double blind cross over trial. 5 patients were rated as improved on D.P.A., 6 on placebo, 3 as deteriorated on D.P.A., 3 on placebo, 12 as unchanged on D.P.A. and 11 on placebo. This study gives us no reason to believe that D.P.A.... |
267 | The recurrence rate of febrile convulsions is assessed in 108 children who had had either prolonged or repeated initial fits or had both a positive family history and persisting neurological disorder. Only 7 of 40 (17%) who received continuous prophylactic phenobarbitone or primidone for at minimum of 18 months had ano... |
268 | The conjunctival flora of 499 patients operated for cataract was studied on the 4th and 7th postoperative days and compared with the flora examined previously on admission to the hospital and at the time of surgery (Fahmy et al. 1975b, c). Antibiotics had been administered approximately 18 hours before operation, at th... |
269 | In 24 patients with Ménière's disease, chemotherapy using Diphenidol (1,1-diphenyl-4-piperidino-l-butanol hydrochloride), a non-phenothiazinic antiemetic agent, was carried out using the double-blind technique in the cross-over design. The prevalence and intensity of symptoms at the three stages were recorded every thr... |
270 | Three children with Fanconi's anemia belonging to a family where 6 children had the disease were investigated. One child had growth hormone deficiency, a second child showed subnormal response of testosterone to gonadotropin stimulation and the third child had a missing insulin release following arginine. This report s... |
271 | Human milk may contribute to protection against gram-negative infection by promoting intraluminal agglutination or killing of bacteria or by preventing bacterial attachment to epithelial surfaces. This paper explores the effect of human milk on the sensitivity of faecal E. coli to serum bactericidal activity and agglut... |
272 | The clinical entity of respiratory insufficiency syndrome (RIS), i.e. irregular breathing leading to recurrent apnea and bradycardia in an otherwise healthy preterm infant, has been studied in respect of symptomathology and management with intensive case including ventilatory support. During a 4-year period 26 of 103 i... |
273 | The reaction patterns of the draining lymph nodes were studied in C3H and C57/BL mice after foot-pad inoculation of Mycobacterium lepraemurium (MLM). Bacilli were found in the lymph nodes of both strains already a few days after inoculation, but any marked reaction did not occur until approximately 3 weeks later and th... |
274 | Mice of the inbred strains C57BL and C3H were inoculated in the foot-pads with Mycobacterium lepraemurium (MLM) and the inflammatory reaction was studied using light and electron microscopy. In C57BL mice a granulomatous reaction developed 3-4 weeks after inoculation. The inflammatory exudate at this stage showed numer... |
275 | Histological preparations with normal epithelium, dysplasia, carcinoma in situ and squamous invasive carcinoma of human cervix were studied by immunofluorescence using human sera containing antibodies against basement membrane material, against intercellular substance of squamous epithelium (ISSE) and against reticulin... |
276 | Cardiac output, stroke volume, right heart and left heart blood volume, pulmonary blood volume and pulmonary mean time were measured at rest and during muscular exercise in 14 healthy subjects in the supine position. The method used was 113mIn radiocardiography measured precordially with a single detector. The results ... |
277 | The results of a double-blind trial of a tetracyclic antidepressant, maprotiline (Ludiomil) and a conventional tricyclic, amitriptyline (Elavil), in 67 ambulatory depressives are reported. Hamilton's Rating Scale for Depression was the main outcome criterion. No statistically significant differences were found between ... |
278 | A 6-week double-blind cross-over study comparing pipamperone with placebo was conducted in 20 female mental retardates with behavioural disorders. The ages of the patients ranged between 22 and 42 years. After a 2-week washout period, patients were randomly allocated to either pipamperone or placebo treatment. The init... |
279 | In a doubl-blind study, patients receiving a rapidly falling dosage of clonidine recovered about 1 day faster from the symptoms of moderately severe alcohol withdrawal than patients receiving placebo. The effects of clonidine were especially noticeable with respect to tremor, sweating, elevated systolic blood pressure,... |
280 | A two-gene model for the hereditary transmission of schizophrenia is presented involving two pairs of autosomal alleles Ss and Pp. It is hypothesized that the recessive gene can produce schizophrenia in homozygous state with a penetrance of .40. In the presence of the gene P schizophrenia can occur in the heterozygote ... |
281 | The radiologic appearances at gas myelography were analysed in 57 metastatic lesions, all histologically verified, or having known primary tumours. Five of these cases were also examined with a water-soluble contrast medium, metrizamide. The results were correlated to the findings at surgery and to tumour pathology. It... |
282 | Two cases of progressive arterial calcification and peripheral gangrene after successful renal transplantation are presented. Parathyroidectomy was performed and was followed in one case by healing of the peripheral necroses. It is suggested that parathyroidectomy should be considered in similar cases even in the absen... |
283 | A total of 218 Proteus strains isolated from clinical sources were tested for their susceptibility to three penicillins and two cephalosporins. The ability to beta-lactamase production was examined in 36 of these strains. Proteus mirabilis strains were generally more susceptible to cephalosporins than to penicillins, w... |
284 | The following stages of mating reaction were analysed in electron micrographs: initial contact of the conjugating cells, formation of a tube-like structure between the mating partners, nuclear fusion and formation of first diploid bud. Nuclear fusion was observed to take place within the conjugation tube, the fusion nu... |
285 | The greatest improvements in the survival rates of patients with carcinoma of the colon and rectum have come with the application of sound principles of cancer surgery. This, coupled with the decrease in operative mortality that accompanied the wide use of thorough bowel preparation and improved postoperative care, has... |
286 | The first attack of acute pancreatitis is best treated medically, by fasting and general supportive measures unless complications ensue or the patient does not get better. There is no specific therapy for this disease at the present time (while trypsin inhibitors have not proved to be effective, there is some question ... |
287 | The studies on natural history of ischemic heart disease are reviewed and the major predictors of mortality identified. The severity of the coronary atherosclerosis and the status of ventricular function are found to be more important predictors of survival than the clinical presentation. The objectives of therapy in p... |
288 | To treat patients with ventricular arrhythmias properly, one must characterize the arrhythmia, define the underlying heart disease and look for and treat reversible causes. When arrhythmias are suitable for pharmacologic suppression, it is necessary to predefine therapeutic goals, then carefully document that the drug ... |
289 | This paper discusses some conditions necessary to detect an effect of maternal nutrition on birth weight and the relative contribution of calories and protein to such an effect. The expected dose- and time-response relationships for nutritional interventions aimed at the improvement of birth weight are also discussed. ... |
290 | Traditional medicine in China has as yet been unsatisfactorily analyzed from the point of view of the history of ideas. It has come to be viewed as a monolithic system of therapy, and overlooked has been the fact that as time passed various originally different traditions and concepts were made to fit into all-embracin... |
291 | This article presents a historical comparison of the traditions surrounding and uses of ginseng in Asia and in North America, with a focus on the triangle formed by the Chinese, the North American Indians, and the white American residents. The medicinal and folkloric applications of ginseng by the Chinese were remarkab... |
292 | Routine blood cultures in a pediatric hospital were subcultured after 4 to 14 hours of incubation (average 8 hours). Eighty-five per cent of all significant, positive blood cultures were detected within 24 hours of initial incubation. Contaminant organisms rarely grew on early subculture plates. Compared with the tradi... |
293 | The respiratory flora of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) frequently includes Aspergillus, and 30% of their serum samples have been observed to contain precipitating antibody to this fungus. Serum from 61 CF patients, 60 healthy persons, and three patients with CF and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis was studi... |
294 | Thirty-nine infants ranging in age from 1 to 7 weeks had breast abscess. The lesion occurred more frequently in girls (girl/boy ratio, 1.8:1), but this was due to cases developing after 2 weeks of age. During the first two weeks, the sex incidence was equal. No bilateral lesions were recorded. Eighty-four percent of th... |
295 | The effect of final filtration on the incidence of infusion phlebitis was studied in a prospective, double-blind investigation involving 146 postoperative patients. The incidence of infusion phlebitis was found to be significantly reduced when an inline, 0.45-mum membrane filter was used. The greatest reduction of infu... |
296 | Eleven selected patients with a history of cancer have received renal transplants. In three patients the malignancies were diagnosed and treated before renal failure developed. Two patients underwent bilateral nephrectomies for the treatment of bilateral renal malignancy. In six patients the malignancy developed while ... |
297 | Seven young adults with uric acid overproduction due to sickle cell anemia were normouricemic with a mean serum uric acid level of 4.9 mg/100 ml. Urate clearance was greater in these patients than in normal subjects or in patients with primary hyperuricemia due to uric acid overproduction. The increase in urate clearan... |
298 | All cases of unusual types of gram-negative bacillary meningitis in a university hospital over a five year period were retrospectively analyzed. These patients comprised 4.2 per cent of cases of bacterial meningitis among all patients, 69 per cent of neurosurgical cases and 42 per cent of neonatal cases. The over-all m... |
299 | Comparative studies of renal biopsy specimens and in vitro cryoprecipitate were carried out in a patient with mixed immunoglobulin G (IgG)-immunoglobulin M (IgM) cryoglobulinemia associated with glomerulonephritis. The IgM isolated from the cryoprecipitate was an antibody with anti-IgG activity. Proliferative endocapil... |