Table of Contents

Number 1

PREFACE V

NOTICE TO SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS VI

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

Motor Vehicle Damage to Men of the Navy,

By Lucius W. Johnson, Captain, Medical Corps, United States Navy 1

Report of Injuries Admitted to the Hospital Ship "Relief" in One Year,

By Arthur H. Dearing, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy  14

The Practice of Medicine in American Samoa,

By Joseph L. Schwartz, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 27

Gastric Retention in Peptic Ulcer,

By Clarence C. Kress, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 35

The Physiology, Pathology, and Diagnosis of Nephritis,

By E. P. Kunkel, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy. 44

A Method of Local Anaesthesia for Intranasal Operations,

By F. F. Lane, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 55

The Russell Treatment of Fractures of the Femur,

By H. A. Gross. Lieutenant (junior grade), Medical Corps, United States Navy 59

Four Interesting Surgical Cases,

By K. E. Lowman, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 64

Goiter,

By O. D. King, Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy. 68

Fractures of the Maxillae,

By E. B. Howell, Lieutenant Commander, Dental Corps, United States Navy 76

Appendicitis,

By R. D. Joldersma, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 78

Industrial Medicine (Part I),

By H. L. Shinn, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 84

CLINICAL NOTES:

A Report of Four Cases of Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract,

By R. H. Laning, Commander, Medical Corps, and A. W. Loy, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy 97

POLYORRHOMENITIS,

By E. B. Erskine, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy. 103

Anuria Following the Administration of Neoarsphenamine,

By C. L. Andrus, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 109

Treatment of Fracture of the Mandible in a Child,

By W. F. Murdy, Lieutenant Commander, Dental Corps, United States Navy 114

NAVAL RESERVE…. 117

NOTES AND COMMENTS:

The fourth Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, P. J. Horwitz —List of medical officers recommended for fellowship in the American College of Surgeons—An American contribution to naval hygiene —Scurvy and the vitamin C requirements of man — New viewpoints on the prophylaxis of venereal disease — The duration of immunity against smallpox —Admission to American Society of

Clinical Pathologists without initiation fee 119

BOOK NOTICES:

The Shoulder, Codman —Surgery of a General Practice, Hertzler— Spinal Anesthesia, Vehre—Atlas Fundus Oculi, Wilmer—Collected Papers of Mayo Clinic—Tuberculosis in the Child and the Adult, Pottenger —The Significance of Nitrogen, Zanetti —Textbook of Bacteriology, Zinsser —Laboratory Manual of Biological Chemistry, Folin — Dental Histology and Embryology, Bewst —Laboratory Notebook in Physical Diagnoses and History Recording, Clendening— The Spastic Child, Fischel... 125

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE:

Communicable Disease Control 131

Health of the Navy —Statistics. – 162

 

Number 2

 

PREFACE  v

NOTICE TO SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS vi

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

The Efficacy of Typhoid Prophylaxis in the United States Navy

By S. S. Cook, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 169

The Modified Stokes Stretcher

By W. L. Mann, Captain, Medical Corps, United States Navy.. 177

Gonococcic and Meningococcic Endocarditis with Report of Three Cases

By C. W. Ross, Commander, and F. C. Greaves, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy 179

Ivy Poisoning

By W. R. Manlove, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy 183

A Comparative Study of the Measurement of the Speed of the Adjustment of the Eye to Near and Far Vision

By C. J. Robertson, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 187

Resuscitation of the Stopped Heart by Intracardial Therapy.

IV. Further Use of the Artificial Pacemaker

By Albert S. Hyman, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve 205

Illumination for Dental Operations

By H. E. Harvey, Commander, and C. V. Rault, Lieutenant Commander, Dental Corps, United States Navy 214

Studies of Active Pneumococcus Immunity. III. The Duration of Type I Pneumococcus Immunity

By David Ferguson, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy -- 219

Encephalography with Report of Cases

By P. T. Crosby, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 225

Recent Progress in Electrically Produced Gamma Radiation

By Albert Soiland, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve 235

Treatment of Obesity with Dinitrophenol

By Roy J. Leutsker, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 238

The Treatment of Furuncles and Carbuncles

By William H. Whitmore, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 243

Industrial Medicine. Part II

By H. L. Shinn, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy – 250

CLINICAL NOTES:

Splenomegaly Associated with Syphilis, with Recovery Following Splenectomy

By R. H. Laning, Commander, and A. W. Loy, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy 261

Dislocation of the Head of the Fibula Without Fracture

By W. D. Small, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy . - 264

Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia. Report of a Case

By T. E. Cox, Lieutenant Commander, and E. Ricen, Lieutenant (Junior Grade), Medical Corps, United States Navy 266

NAVAL RESERVE 273

NOTES AND COMMENTS:

The First Surgeon General, United States Navy—Articles of Special Merit Published in the Naval Medical Bulletin in 1934 —Specialist Requirements of the Medical Corps of the Navy in 1935 —The Geographical Distribution of Bacteria —Abuse of the Fluoroscope — The Death Rate of Various Occupations —Important Annual Meetings in 1934 --- 275

BOOK NOTICES:

Amebiasis and Amebic Dysentery, Craig —Osteomyelitis, Wilensky — Textbook of Pathology, Bell— Textbook of Pathology, Boyd— Cataract, Etiology and Treatment, Clapp—Internal Medicine, Musser —

Diagnosis, Kitchens—Autonomic Nervous System, Kuntz —Diabetic Manual for Patients, John —Manual of Practice, Stevens— Conception Period of Women, Ogino —Tuberculosis of the Lymphatic System, Miller —Allergy and Applied Immunology, Vaughan —Genito Urinary Disease, Dodson —Diseases of the Skin, Dore —Rules for Recovery from Tuberculosis, Brown —Histology, Jordan —Histology, Sharpey-Schafer —Surgery, Romanis and Mitchiner— Histology, Cowdry 281

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND THE MEDICAL SCIENCES DURING 1935 289

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE:

A Consideration of the Prophylaxis of Acute Cerebro Spinal Fever

By O. J. Mink, Captain, Medical Corps, United States Navy.. 297

Health of the Navy— Statistics 306

 

Number 3

 

PREFACE....v

NOTICE TO SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS vi

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

Amebiasis and its Surgical Complications,

By J. J. A. McMullin, Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 313

Amebiasis,

By H. M. Weber, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy 324

A Suggested Change in Calculating Decompression Tables for Diving,

By J. A. Hawkins, D.Sc, C. W. Shilling, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy, and R. A. Hansen, Lieutenant, United States Navy 327

Promotion and Experience,

By James C. Pryor, Rear Admiral, Medical Corps, United States Navy, retired 338

The Treatment of Vesical and Vascular Conditions by Operation on the Sympathetic Nervous System,

By W. McK. Craig, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve 341

Tumors and Associated Problems (Part 1),

By F. K. Soukup, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy 348

Chorio-Epithelioma. Should Serum From the Female in the puerperium and pregnancy be given a therapeutic trial?

By J. G. Dickson, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 358

Double Oral Administration of Dye for Cholecystography,

By I. W. Jacobs, Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 362

Methylene Blue and Other Agents as Antidotes in Hydrocyanic Acid and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning,

By G. F. Cooper, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy 364

Oral Prophylaxis,

By E. B. Howell, Lieutenant Commander, Dental Corps, United States Navy 370

Psychology of the Sick,

By B. W. Hogan, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy... 373

The Surgical Treatment of Retinal Detachment,

By G. C. Wilson, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 379

Prophylactic Use of Arsenicals in Syphilis,

By J. W. Kimbrough, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy 386

CLINICAL NOTES:

Arterio-Venous Aneurysm of the Internal Carotid Artery, and the Cavernous Sinus,

By J. F. Riordan, Commander, and O. R. Nees, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy 388

Circulatory Collapse Attributed to Dinitrophenol,

By R. J. Leutsker, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps,

United States Navy 394

NAVAL RESERVE 396

NOTES AND COMMENTS:

The sixth Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Jonathan M. Foltz —Vaccination against communicable diseases—Dental prophylaxis —Film strip copies of scientific publications —Short course in the venereal diseases at the Naval Medical School 397

BOOK NOTICES:

The Practice of Medicine, Stevens —Towards Mental Health, Campbell—Report of Seventh International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy, Bainbridge —Diseases of the Skin, Sutton and Sutton —Bronchoscopy, Esophagoscopy, and Gastroscopy, Jackson—Textbook of Surgery, Babcock —Practical Endocrinology, Goldzieher —Physiology in Health and Disease, Wiggers —Dietetics for the Clinician, Bridges —Periodic Fertility and Sterility in Women, Knaus— Surgical Applied Anatomy, Treves —System of Diet Writing, Collens—Physical Diagnosis, Elmer and Rose 400

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE:

Venereal Diseases, United States Navy, 1900-1933,

By S. S. Cook, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 405

Curriculum of Short Course on the Venereal Diseases Given at the United States Naval Medical School in April 1935- . 412

Health of the Navy —Statistics.. 414

 

Number 4

 

PREFACE v

NOTICE TO SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS.. vi

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

Vitamins and the Evolution of the Navy Ration.

By W. L. Mann, Captain, Medical Corps, United States Navy. 421

Benign Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (Acute Aseptic Meningitis). A New Disease Entity.

By Paul F. Dickens, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy, and Charles Armstrong, Surgeon, United States Public Health Service 427

Caisson Disease and Its Relation to Tissue Saturation with Nitrogen.

By Charles W. Shilling, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy, James A. Hawkins, D. Sc., I. B. Polak, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy, and Raymond A. Hansen, Lieutenant, United States Navy 434

Naval Hospital Administration.

By G. F. Cottle, Captain, Medical Corps, United States Navy.. 444

Meningococcal Septicemia with Report of Case Showing

Organisms in the Direct Blood Smear.

By Joel T. Boone, Commander, Medical Corps, and W. W. Hall,

Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy. 446

The Schilling Count in Acute Surgical Conditions.

By E. P. Kunkel, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy .. 451

Granulocytopenia.

By R. G. Davis, Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 466

Report of So-Called Epidemic of Glandular Fever (Infectious Mononucleosis) .

By Roger A. Nolan, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy... 479

Hematemesis.

By James D. Rives, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 484

A System of Routine Dental Examination and Treatment as Used on the U. S. S. Altair.

By E. W. Willet, Lieutenant Commander, and E. H. Delaney, Lieutenant, Dental Corps, United States Navy 492

Tumors and Associated Problems. Part II.

By F. K. Soukup, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy 494

Influence of Thyroid in the Healing of Wounds.

By Howard L. Puckett, Lieutenant, junior grade, Medical Corps, United States Navy 510

CLINICAL NOTES:

Annular Papular Syphilide.

By W. S. Rizk, Lieutenant, junior grade, Medical Corps, United States Navy 517

Rupture of the Diaphragm. Report of Two Cases.

By J. J. A. McMullin, Captain, G. B. McArthur, Commander, and H. M. Weber, Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Navy 521

Mumps With Prodromata of Meningo-encephalitis.

By Rolland R. Gasser, Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy 524

A Case of Prostatitis Due to Chronic Catarrhal Follicular Tonsillitis.

By Edgar Ricen, Lieutenant, junior grade, Medical Corps, United States Navy 526

Acute Myelogenous Aleukemic Leukemia.

By John J. Wells, Lieutenant, junior grade, Medical Corps, United States N avy 527

Acute Catarrhal Prostatitis Relieved by Tonsillectomy, in the Presence of Acute Gonorrhoea.

By Frederick G. Fox, Lieutenant Commander, United States Naval Reserve 530

NAVAL RESERVE 533

NOTES AND COMMENTS:

The Third Surgeon General, United States Navy—Ships' Water as a Source of Disease—The Mortality from Syphilis — Heart Disease in Seamen—Program of the Meeting of the Association of Military

Surgeons 535

BOOK NOTICES:

Clinical Laboratory Methods and Diagnosis, Gradwohl —Physiology in Modern Medicine, Macleod —Diseases of the Mouth, Prinz and Greenbaum —The Doctor's Bill, Cabot —Textbook of Biochemistry, Harrow and Sherwin —Bee Venom Therapy, Beck —Electrotherapy and Light Therapy, Kovacs —Heart Disease, Pardee —Romance of Exploration and First Aid, Burroughs Wellcome— The Kidney in Health and Disease, Berglund and Medes 539

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE:

Toxic Effects of Arsenical Compounds as Administered in the United States Navy, with Special Reference to Arsenical Dermatitis,

By S. S. Cook, Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy, and H. D. Campbell, Chief Pharmacists' Mate, United States Navy 543

Health of the Navy —Statistics 566

Index 573

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