Table of Contents

 Number 1

 PREFACE   III

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS IV

 

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Chemotherapy in the Management of Acute Appendicitis — William L. Berkley and Harry C. Watkins 1

Appendicitis in the Navy- — F. Glenn Irwin and Gaines L. Coates 7

Intravenous Administration of an Anesthetic Agent; a Comparison of the Technic for Robust Patients and for Patients in Shock— John S. Lundy, R. Charles Adams, and Thomas H. Seldon 11

The Incidence of Acute Respiratory Infections; the Experience of the U.S. Navy Since 1881 — Dean F. Smiley 17

The Diagnosis of Influenza and Catarrhal Fever, Acute; a Plea for Accurate Diagnosis — Personnel of Naval Laboratory Research Unit No. 1 27

Wartime Fractures in the Navy — Mark B. Coventry and Harry B. Macey. 34

Fractures of the Carpal Scaphoid; a Study of 10 Cases — Herbert G. Finn and Karl J. Palmberg 38

Fractures of the Mandible —Kenneth M. Broesamle 47

The Use of Special Views in Roentgenography of the Knee Joint — John D. Camp and Mark B. Coventry 56

The Treatment of Burns; a Discussion Based on Experience with 460 Cases Seen on Board a U. S. Hospital Ship (Concluded) — Richard A. Kern,

Robert F. Norris, Hugh Montgomery, Robert S. Wigton, Lewis K. Ferguson and Robert B. Brown 59

Significance of Joint Pain in Young Adults — John W. Martin, Jr 83

Aids to Evaluation of Systolic Heart Murmurs in the Selection of Naval Personnel — Ralph C. Parker, Jr., and Benjamin V. White, Jr 87

Electroencephalographic Diagnosis of Organic Brain Disease — Clifford G. Hines, Luman H. Tenney, and Joseph Hughes 101

Paragonimiasis (Endemic Hemoptysis); Report of 3 Cases — John J. Miller, Jr.and Dwight L. Wilbur. 108

Tropical Eosinophilia — Kendall Emerson, Jr 118

War-Induced Eye Injuries — Clarence W. Trexler 124

Glycosuria with Diabetic Type of Glucose Tolerance Curves in Obese Nondiabetics— Hubert H. Carroll and Theodore B. Russell 132

Paradoxical Respiration —Joseph D. Cuono   136

Steel Wire Sutures — Harry D. Vickers  140

The Management of Post-traumatic Epilepsy — Joseph H. Siris    144

Illiteracy — Robert J. Lewinski    150

Effect of Changes in Barometric Pressure Upon Dental Fillings — Joseph S. Reslarski   155

Rate of Occurrence of Epithelial Tissue in Periapical Lesions; Report of 103 Cases — Carl A. Schlack  158

 

CLINICAL NOTES

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Thrombasthenia with Severe Post-Hemorrhoidectomy Hemorrhage — Eugene P. Cronkite and Eugene L. Lozner   161

Meningococcemia with Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome; Early Recognition by Means of Buffy Layer Smears — Arthur A. Humphrey and Lawrence O. Toomey   165

Right-Sided Aortic Arch; Report of a Case — Harold J. Isard    168

Rectus Muscle Strains Simulating Acute Intraperitoneal Disease; 51 Cases at a Naval Training Station- — Richard L. Fruin and Charles W. McLaughlin, Jr   172

A Case of Hepatoptosis Simulating Intra-Abdominal Tumor — Fountain C. Beattie    178

Retinitis Proliferans (Eales' Disease) — Ward C. Denison    180

Immediate Skin Grafts on Finger Injuries — Farra L. Read and Edward T. Haslam   183

Zoster with Varicelliform Eruption; Report of a Case — William Director     186

Yaws; Report of a Case Appearing in a White Man — Jack Kinell   187

 

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

The Topical Use of Medicated Human Plasma in the Treatment of Burns — Melvin D. Abbott and John R. Gepfert   193

Identification by Means of Dentures— Frank E. Jeffreys    194

Different Uses for the Walking Stirrup — Eugene L. Jewett    196

A Technic for Building Head Cast Fracture Appliances from Coat

Hangers— Wilbur N. Van Zile    200

An Improvised Fluoroscopic Screen — T. McKean Downs and Cary H. Haskins    209

A Simple Homemade Powder Blower— Wayne S. Hansen

 

EDITORIALS

Symbionts and Antibionts   211

Slow Union of Fractures    212

Arsenic in Asthma . . 214

 

BOOK NOTICES

Brucellosis in Man and Animals, Huddleson and 3 contributors —Trail to Light, Parsons — Doctors Aweigh, Oman —A Manual of Cardiology, Dry—Clinical Roentgenology of the Cardiovascular System, Roeslci— A Manual of Clinical Therapeutics, Cutting — Your Arthritis, Phelps — Nutrition and Diet in Health and Disease, McLester —Pain Mechanisms, Livingston — Convulsive Seizures, Putnam — Discovering Ourselves, Sirtcker and Appel in collaboration with Appel — Clinical Significance of the Blood in Tuberculosis, Mutter—Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis, Levinton and MacFate —Methods for Diagnostic Bacteriology, Schaub and Foley — A Text-Book of Inorganic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Rogers— Urine and Urinalysis, Gershenfeld —Urology in General Practice, Ockertiad and Carlson—Essentials of Syphilology, Kampmeier —Endoscopic Prostatic Surgery, Barnes -_ 215

 

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Toxic Effects of Arsenical Compounds as Employed in the Treatment of Diseases in the United States Navy, 1942 — T. J. Carter, Wesley M. Chambers, and Laura T. Anderson 229

The Effect of Trinitrotoluene on the Formed Elements of the Blood— Harold M. Brill, Thomas E. Cone, Jr., and Kenneth E. Wilson 241

Condition Resembling Hematuria in Munition Workers; a Case Report — Julius L. Waterman, Sam W. Lilzenberger , and Maurice SchijJ 247

Utilization of Employees with Inguinal Hernias— Harry Sutelan 250

STATISTICS: Health of the Navy 253

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 259

 

 

Number 2

 

PREFACE III

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS IV

SPECIAL ARTICLES

High Explosive Fragments; Their Fate in the Human Body- Paul Michael 269

Working Rules in the Field; Some General Points of Interest —Emile Holman 275

The Norfolk Explosion Disaster— Francis W. Carll, J. Montgomery Denver, and Richard B. Phillips 284

Factors Producing Obstruction of the Auditory Tube in Submarine Personnel— R. Wallace Teed 293

Evaluation of Systolic Murmurs — Arthur M. Master 307

Paroxysmal Cardiac Pain; the Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of "Angina Pectoris" — Harold L. Rakov 316

The Carrier Problem in the Dissemination of Hemolytic Streptococcus — Alrin P. Coburn 325

Lymphangitis of Suspected Filarial Origin; a Preliminary Report —Robert A. Burhans, John D. Camp, Hugh R. Butt, and Richard W. Cragg 336

Incidence of Filariasis in Children —Edward W. Lowman 341

Fatigue — Francis J. Hamilton 344

Effort Syndrome an Anxiety State; a Plea for the Elimination of Misnomers —Reginald R. Steen 353

The Shock Problem— George W. Calver 358

Lumbar Hernia Through the Triangle of Petit; Report of a Case —John G. Slubenbord 3d 381

Pilonidal Cysts— Ralph V. Byrne 386

X-ray Treatment of Pilonidal Cysts—Joseph J. Sher 391

Serum Treatment in Selected Cases of Meningococcus Meningitis —James A. DeLamaler and Robert W. Babione 393

The Treatment of Severe Tonsillitis in a Naval Dispensary —Eugene Gettelman and Seymour P. Kaiz 399

Chloracne (Cable Rash) — Thomas P. Connelly and William C. Marsh 403

Skin Diseases Aboard a Destroyer —Edward C. Kley 407

Care of the Tracheotomized Patient —Guerdan Hardy 409

Precordial Lead of Electrocardiogram Taken During Onset of an Anginal Pain —Charles D. Fletcher and Dean C. Denman 413

Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis; Report of a Case— John W. Derbyshire and Percival A. Gray, Jr . 419

Carcinoma in Routine Naval Practice —J. Montgomery Denver and Eugene P. Cronkile 421

Epidermolysis Bullosa; Report of a Case — Joseph M. Shellon 424

Traumatic Aneurysm of the Ulnar Artery; Report of a Case — Charles W. McLaughlin, Jr 428

The Mental Chancre— Charles Lee McCarthy 431

Refrigeration Anesthesia in Leg Amputation —Samuel Perlow 433

Duty Status Following an Induced Emotional State; Report of a Case- Lawrence C. Kolb 438

Vermiform Appendix in Inguinal Hernial Sac; a Report of 3 Cases — Victor F. Woldman 440

Cervical Spine Injuries; Treatment by the Use of Crutchfield Tongs— Abraham Kaplan and Judson D. Wilson 443

Actinic Ray Ophthalmia; a Method of Treatment — Thomas P. Connelly and Charles K. Miller 448

 

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Suggestions on the Use of the Equipment of the Standard Army-Navy Package of Dried Plasma for Whole Blood Transfusions —Lloyd R. Newhouser and Eugene L. Lomer 451

Description of an All-Purpose Rigid Litter-Splint—Edward W. Pangburn. 456

Celluloid Splint in Traumatic Amputation of Distal Phalanges —John B. O'Toole, Jr   460

The Navy Dentist and the Portable Field Dental Unit No. 35 —Raymond L. Cullen 461

Improvised Saliva Ejector — John E. Carson 463

Emergency Repairs of Prosthetic Appliances — Frank E. Jeffreys and Charles D. Hemphill 465

EDITORIALS

Diagnosis vs. Therapy 469

Gastro-Intestinal Diseases in the Navy . 470

BOOK NOTICES

Manual of Fractures. Shaar and Kreuz — Allergy, Urbach in collaboration with Gottlieb —Air-Borne Infection, O'Hara — The Therapy of the Neuroses and Psychoses, Kraines — Gastroenterology, Vol. I, Bockus —Transurethral Prostatectomy, Xesbit —First Aid, Surgical and Medical, Cole, Puestow, and 17 collaborating physicians —Atlas of Obstetric Technic, Titus — The Inner Ear, Fischer and Wolfson — Physiology in Aviation, Gemmill —Periodontal Diseases, Merritt —Operative Oral Surgery, Winter—Textbook of Meat Hygiene, Edelmann, revised by Mohler— Study Guide Testbook in Anatomy and Physiology, Gray and Stackpole — A History of Nursing, Jensen— Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses, Francis, Knowlton, and Tuttle —Principles and Techniques of Nursing Procedures, Day 473

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Study of Sulfathiazole in Calomel Ointment as a Prophylaxis for Gonorrhea; a Preliminary Report — John B. Kaufman and Amman B. Litterer 483

Observations on the Ambulatory Treatment of Gonorrhea; Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, R. I., 1 April 1942 to 1 April 1943 —Channing S. Swan 485

Evaluation of Sulfathiazole in the Treatment of Gonorrhea— T. F. Weinert and Charles J. Scala 489

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 493

 

Number 3

 

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS IV

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Oxygen Equipment in the Ambulance Plane; Justification for its Use— H. Hoffman Groskloss and F. Kirk Smith 501

Medical Complaints of Flying Personnel at a Naval Air Station — Ashton Graybiel, Norton Brown, and Raymond Crispell 508

Diphtheria in the Tropics; a Report of 18 Cases Seen on a U. S. Hospital Ship—Robert F. Norris, Richard A. Kern, Harry P. Schenck, and Louis E. Silcox 518

The Role of Sedation in Military Medicine — Howard P. Rome 525

Psychoneuroses Precipitated by Combat —Robert S. Schwab, Jacob E. Finesinger, and Mary A. B. Brazier 535

Cardiovascular Disease in the Tropics — Albert S. Hyman 545

Studies in Weil's Disease —George Lorenz, Jr 560

Mumps Meningo- Encephalitis —Charles L. Steinberg 567

Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in Mumps and Its Complications — Samuel Candel, Mark C. Wheelock, John P. Turk, Jr., and John L. Smoot. - 571

A Method and Study of Surface Decompression as a Routine Procedure- — Frank J. Gouze 578

Establishment of a Dental Section in the Medical Battalion of Marine Divisions of the Fleet Marine Force— Francis G. Ulen 581

Evaluation of Bismuth and Arsenicals in the Treatment of Vincent's Gingivitis —William E. Ludwick 584

X-ray Therapy at a Foreign Shore Station — .4. Vaughn Winchell 587

Recent Developments in Intravenous Anesthesia —Richard B. Phillips 592

The Use of Sodium Pentothal with Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen-Ether Anesthesia —Angus M. Brooks 598

Postoperative Pulmonary Atelectasis—James M. Marshall 601

Treatment of Compound Fractures Aboard a Hospital Ship—J. T. Nicholson, L. Kraeer Ferguson, Robert B. Brown, and Ellwood W. Godfrey.. 607

Simple Fractures of the Metacarpal Diaphysis —George V. Webster 623

Fracture of the Condyle of the Mandible — Joseph A. Doherly 641

Extra-oral Facial Prosthesis; The Elastic Vinyl Plastic Method — Michael M. Gurdin, Robert G. Bau, and John E. Kevan, Jr 644

Factors Influencing the Choice of Skin Grafts—Paul W. Greeley 659

The Fitting of Shoes for Naval Personnel— Charles F. Ferciot... 664

CLINICAL NOTES

Lipoid Proteinosis (Urbach- Wiethe) ; Report of a Case —Alex D. Campbell 669

Actinic Macular Retinal Pigment Degeneration—Homer E. Smith 675

Skin Sensitization Produced by Local Application of Sulfonamides— Charles T. Bingham 680

Regional Enteritis in the Naval Service; With Report of Cases — John A Duncan 6S3

Mechanical External Fixation of the Hip Joint—Sidney Sideman and Harry Harnett 687

Multiple Fractures of Arm and Forearm; Report of a Case — Mcrvyn Shoor. 693

Primary Skin Graft for Repair of Traumatic Skin Loss; Report of a Case— Aaron Z. Oberdorfer 695

Partial Denture Prosthesis at Advance Bases —Edmund H. Frizzell _. 697

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Adaptation of Standard Quonset Huts for Dispensary Use —Edward W. Lowman 699

Improvised Canvas Stretcher Supplementing the Stokes Stretcher on Carriers —Everett M. Bessie 706

An Improved Filing Cabinet for 35-mm. Film— Arthur B. Robins 708

Prosthetic Appliance for War Injury— Frank E. Jeffreys 711

EDITORIALS

Atypical Malaria . 715

Venopressor Mechanism in Production of Shock 716

BOOK NOTICES

The Modern Treatment of Syphilis, Moore —A Synopsis of Clinical Syphilis, Howies —Methods of Treatment, Clendening and Hashinger — Skin Grafting of Burns, Brown and McDowell —Diseases of the Breast, Geschickler — Pictorial Handbook of Fracture Treatment, Compere and Banks —A Manual of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and an Atlas of Thoracic Roentgenology, Lindberg —Human Gastric Function, Wolf and Wolff— Nutrition and Physical Fitness, Bogerl —Essentials of Industrial Health, Sappington —Rehabilitation of the War Injured, edited by Doherty and Runes — Clinical Parasitology, Craig and Faust — Roentgenographic Technique, Rhinehart — The Genealogy of Gynaecology, Ricci — Medical

Malpractice, Regan — Managing Your Mind, Kraines and Thetford — Lectures on War Medicine and Surgery for Dentists, Ryan and Davis — Memoir of Walter Reed, Truby—The United States Navy: A History, Alden and Westcott 719

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Poisoning — Thomas E. Cone, Jr 731

Construction Ventilation of Ships— Marion T. Yates 735

Gases in Sunken and Damaged Ships— Charles M. Parker 743

Ambulatory Treatment of Some Common Types of Industrial Injuries and Fractures —Earl C. Carr and Adrian L. Lee 748

The Stingarees, Much Feared Demons of the Seas—Leonard P. Schultz 750

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 755

 

Number 4

 

PREFACE iii

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS iv

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Intervertebral Disc Problem in the Navy—F. Keith Bradford 763

Hemilaminectomy Technic for Herniated Lumbar Discs—Delbert H. Werden 776

Fractures of Transverse Processes of Lumbar Vertebrae — Jesse T. Nicholson and John H. Allan 780

Treatment of Acute Knee Injuries; With Special Attention to the "Weak Knee" Syndrome — Chalmers R. Carr and G. Edmund Haggart 787

Injuries of the Semilunar Cartilages of the Knee— Thomas H. Peterson and John J.Lille 798

Eye Casualties Treated on a Hospital Ship—Harry P. Schenck, Louis E. Silent, and Ellwood W. Godfrey 802

Experience with Brain Injuries in the Pacific —Hannibal Hamlin 822

Experience in the Treatment of Burns; From the South Pacific Area— Hays R. Yandell . 829

Burn Treatment at Sea—Peter F. Czwalinski 838

A Tablet Emergency Ration for Lifeboats and Rafts —A. C. Ivy, Palmer H. Futcher, William V. Consolazio, Nello Pace, and Elizabeth J. Gerrard. 841

Comparison of Four Routine Procedures in the Treatment of Acute Catarrhal Fever —James J. Short, Lawrence O. Toomey, Edward W. Schoenheit, Frank R. Smith, Jr., and George W. Slagle 848

Safe Universal Blood — Morton D. Willcults and Robert A. Hicks 852

Epidemic Dengue; Its Abortion in a Combat Area— Meyer A. Zeligs, Omar Legant, and Earle H. Webster 856

Mumps Meningitis —Samuel Candel, Mark C. Wheelock, John P. Turk, Jr., and John L. Smoot 861

Pooled Plasma Treatment of Mumps Orchitis —Alwin C. Rambar .. . 871

Sporadic Meningococcus Meningitis — Deane H. Vance, Thornton Scott and Herman C. Mason 874

The Prevention of Chronic Empyema —Joseph D. Cuono 879

Generalized Vaccinia and Vaccinial Reaction — William Director 884

Headaches: Tension Type —Jules Victor, Jr 890

"Blind Staggers"— Joseph I). Teicher 892

Apicoectomy in War Dentistry —Frank I. Gonzalez, Jr. and Charles H.Lazarus 894

Evaluation of Ammoniacal Silver Nitrate — Robert E. Goodall 897

Lesions of the Mouth and Face of Special Interest to the Dental Officer — Phelps J. Murphey 902

Low-Grade Scurvy —Nicholas C. Nelson 909

CLINICAL NOTES

Traumatic Arterial Spasm ; Resulting in Gangrene of the Upper Extremity — Frederic W. Taylor and Roderick L. Tondreau 911

Management of Jaw Fractures Complicated by Intracranial Injuries — Bernard C. Kingsbury 915

Diffuse Scleroderma; A Case Report —Robert R. M. McLaughlin 921

Skin Pigmentation Following Sulfonamide Therapy; Report of a Case — Frank E. Fox and Alfred A. Schiller 923

Gunshot Wound of the Abdomen; Report of a Case —Herman P. Harms and Rudolf W. Hack 928

Pilonidal Cyst; Treatment and Cure Afloat — Philip S. Barber and Hubert McN. Potent, Jr 930

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Design for an X-ray Department at an Advance Base Hospital —John W. Olds 935

Adaptation of the Westergren Method of Sedimentation Test— Julian Love, Robert N. Ganz, and Henry D. Fearon 947

Postoperative Anesthesia in Dental Surgery—Samuel E. Misner 949

An Instrument for Adult Circumcision — Charles H. Field 950

EDITORIALS

Wound Infection and Local Sulfonamide .. 957

Wound Healing 959

BOOK NOTICES

A Textbook of Medicine, edited by Cecil —Clinical Laboratory Methods and Diagnosis, Gradwohl —Handbook of Tropical Medicine, Reed and Geiger—Textbook of the Ear, Nose, and Throat, Lederer and Hollender — Reconstructive Surgery of the Eyelids, Hughes —Biology of Acarus Scabiei, Friedman—Nutrition in Health and Disease, Cooper, Barber, and Mitchell —Diseases of the Newborn, Tow —Pharmacology, Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Solomon —An Introduction to Sociology and Social Problems, Jensen —Oral Diagnosis with Suggestions

for Treatment, Thoma —Applied Anatomy of the Head and Neck, Shapiro—Kinetic Bandaging, Meyer — The Microscope and Its Use, Munoz in collaboration wiih Charipper—The Medical and Surgical Secretary, Hazelton 961

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Fever Therapy in Chemoresistant Gonococcus Infections; An Analysis of 150 Consecutive Cases—Gordon M. Perisho 971

Arthropod-Borne Diseases in Micronesia —Donald S. Famer 977

Essential Factors in Proper Dishwashing 990

STATISTICS: Health of the Navy 993

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 1001

 

Number 5

 

PREFACE .iii

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS iv

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Combat Injuries in the South Pacific —Lionel S. Auster 1009

Early Care of Facial Wounds—Stanley A. Myers 1019

Perforating Wounds of the Chest— Marvin C. Overton, Jr. and Ralph J. Criss.Jr 1021

Postoperative Urinary Retention: A Clinical Study of 1,964 Naval Recruits Subjected to General Surgical Procedures—Charles W. McLaughlin, Jr. and John R. Brown   1025

Reno-Ureteral Colic With Hematuria at an Advance Base Hospital — Frank A. Ellis 1033

Organic Upper Gastro-Intestinal Disease at an Advance Base —John H. L. Heintzelman and Harold W. Jacox 1035

Observations on Bacteriology and Epidemiology of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in the Tropics —Robert F. Norris, Richard A. Kern, and Arthur J. Musgrave 1039

Present Status of Penicillin —George F. Schmitt 1047

Filariasis Among Navy and Marine Personnel; Report on Laboratory Investigations —Paul Michael 1059

Filariasis Suspects; Review of Cases Admitted —Philip D. Flynn 1075

Observations on Dengue— Donald A. Carson 1081

Acute Infectious Jaundice —John H. Willard... .. 1085

Psychiatric Casualties—Edson H. Steele 1089

A Rapid Determination of Intellectual Adequacy for the Naval Service — Joseph O. Colmen 1093

Schizophrenia in Three Brothers —Roger C. Hendricks 1097

Syncopal Reactions of Anoxic Subjects Observed in the Low Pressure Chamber; Relationship to the Incidence of Epilepsy — Neal E. Baxter, Clayton S. White, Daniel T. Watts, and Walter D. Abbott 1103

Protruded Intervertebral Disc; Advantage of the Upright Position in Surgical Removal —C. Hunter Shelden 1 107

Dermatitis Venenata Caused by Semecarpus Atra —Joseph M. Hitch 1111

Observation of Skin Diseases in the Tropics —James R. Delaney 1117

Dermatologic Therapy in the Tropics — Theodore M. Cohen 1119

Value of Sulfonated Oils in the Treatment of Burns and Other Denuded Surfaces — William L. Rogers, Theodore M. Cohen, and Raymond R. Goldberg 1123

Burns and Their Treatment —Cyril L. Vance 1129

Radiography of the Neck of the Condyle— A. Porter S. Sweet 1135

Sulfathiazole Prophylaxis in Pre-extraction Treatment of Pericoronitis — Frank M. Wentz 1141

Soft Tissue Protection in Fracture Treatment —James W. Tourney 1143

Some Practical Aspects of Circumcision — Marvin L. Gerber 1147

CLINICAL NOTES

Restoration of the Rectum —John B. Hartzell 1151

Treatment of Meningococci Meningitis —James J. Short, Lawrence O. Tqomey, and George W. Slagle 1 156

Procaine Tolerance; A Possible Cause of Anesthesia Failure — Clifford P. McCullough and John S. Llewellyn 1159

Severe Burn: Case Report; Notes on Abnormal Nitrogen Metabolism — J. Montgomery Deaver, Eugene P. Cronkite, and Richard B, Phillips 1162

Secondary Scalenus Anticus Syndrome— M. Hunter Brown 1164

Ununited Fracture of the Clavicle; Report of Case— Edward A. LeCocq and Philip K. Gilman, Jr 1166

Yaws; Report of a Case Appearing in a White Man — Harold A. Lyons 1168

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

I. Dried Plasma Sheets in Treatment of Burns: II. In Treatment of War Wounds; Preliminary Report —Benjamin Pollock 1171

Use of Fractional Spinal Anesthesia at a Mobile Hospital — Angus M. Brooks 1174

Venipuncture; A Technic and a Needle Holder for its Facilitation — Harry B. Neel 1178

Device for Use in Transverse Fractures of the Patella — William F. Hand. 1182

Simple Method of Converting Stokes Stretcher- Type Jeep Ambulance into a Field Litter-Type Ambulance— Stanley P. Wallin 1184

Multiple-Purpose Emergency Splint —George A. Moosey and John C. Myer 1187

EDITORIALS

Shall Bassini Die? 1190

Malarial Immunization 1191

Physics in Medicine 1192

Psychosomatic Diagnosis, Dunbar—A Handbook of Psychiatry, Lichtenstein and Small— Physiology of the Nervous System, Fulton— Internal Medicine in General Practice, McCombs — The Dysenteric Disorders, Manson-Bahr —Proctology, Manheim—Peripheral Vascular Diseases, Samuels — The Ear, Nose and Throat in the Services, Stevenson— Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Examinations, Kolmer—Introduction to Physiological and Pathological Chemistry, Arnow —An Introduction to Medical Mycology, Lewis and Hopper —An Introduction to Clinical Perimetry, Traquair —English- Spanish, Spanish-English Dental Vocabulary, Marie —Body Poise, Truslow 1194

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Food Poisoning at a Naval Training Station—Burtis B. Breese, John B. Stanbury, and Harvey C. Upham 1205

The Effects of Breathing Welding Fumes— Howard K. Sessions 1216

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 1224

 

Number 6

 

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS IV

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Dengue; Analysis of the Clinical Syndrome at a South Pacific Advance Base —Franz H. Stewart 1233

Eosinophilia in the South Pacific —Henry C. Allen 1241

Dental Planning Afloat and Ashore —Francis G. Ulen and Clifford E. Allen... 1245

Function of the Medical Officer in Battle Zones— L. Kraeer Ferguson 1269

Concentrations of Sulfonamides in Wound Exudates Following Oral Administration; An Experimental Study— W. Warren Sager and Robert II. Pudenz 1275

Advantages and Limitations of Intravenous Sodium Sulfathiazole — George Milles 1283

Laboratory and Field Studies of Glycols and Floor-Oiling in the Control of Air-Borne Bacteria —Personnel of Navy Medical Research Unit No. 1 1288

Sprained Ankles —John M. Wright, Leon 0. Parker, and Thomas R. Lehan.. 1309

Arthrotomy of the Knee; A Review of 50 Cases—Earl M. Anderson 1314

Myotomy in the Repair of Divided Flexor Tendons —Lester Blum 1317

Reconstruction of the External Ear; Conservation of Avulsed Portion — Paul W. Greeley 1323

Marsupialization of Pilonidal Cysts— Robert J. Coffey  1326

Pilonidal Cyst; Removal by Transverse Incision; Preliminary Report— Ferrell H. Johnson and Samuel J. Gorham 1330

Acute Appendicitis Afloat; A Clinical Study— Clark N. Cooper 1334

Nonspecific Infective Granuloma of the Appendix; Review of Literature with Case Report—Joseph I. Anton and Morris Weinlrob 1337

Lesions of the Male Breast — Herbert Eichert 1350

Postconcussion Syndrome; Pathogenesis and Prophylaxis —Joseph H. Siris 1357

Corneal Graft or Tattooing with Iridectomy? With a Brief Report on Corneal Studies after Electrocution — Arthur Alexander Knapp 1366

Stereoroentgenography -George M. Hutto and James C. Fletcher 1371

CLINICAL NOTES

Acute Suppurative Ethmoiditis with Orbital Abscess and Septicemia Treated with Penicillin — Otto W. Wickstrom and Howard M. Hebble.. 1379

Postvaccinal (Yellow Fever) Jaundice; Report of a Fatal Case —James Arnold deVeer and Milton J. Matzner 1381

Surgical Treatment of Severe Mumps Orchitis — Herbert G. Finn and Karl J. Palmberg 1388

Tantalum in Repair of Extensive Injury of the Forearm —Judson D. Wilson and Abraham Kaplan . 1391

Surgical Cure of Voluminous Ventral Hernia; Case Report — Merlyn G. Henry 1395

Treatment of Varicocele by Ligation and Injection —Peter S. Rudie 1399

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

A Clinical Laboratory in South Pacific Area—Louis H. Dyke 1401

Preparation and Uses of a 6 Percent Sulfanilamide Ointment — Eugene P Cronkite, J. Montgomery Dearer, and William W. Dunn 1407

Culturing the Gonococcus — Arthur M. Kaplan 1410

Cotton Suture Material — Roy J. Stokes and Alberto Mejia ... 1412

A Dispenser for Liquid Soap — Roy E. Mabrey 1417

Improvised Wangensteen Suction Apparatus — Richard L. Thirlby 1419

Antiseptic Applicator for Use with Morphine Syrette— Truman O. Anderson. 1421

First-Aid Jacket—John T. Sorensen 1423

EDITORIALS

Infectivity of Hospital Dust . 1425

Adenoidectomy and Frohlich's Syndrome 1427

BOOK NOTICES

Nervousness, Indigestion, and Pain, Alvarez — Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation, Vol. 34, edited by Hewitt, Xevling, Miner, Eckman, and Smith — The Nature and Treatment of Mental Disorders, Moore — Notable Contributors to the Knowledge of Syphilis, Goodman —Biomicroscopy of the Eye; Slit Lamp Microscopy of the Living Eye, Vol. 1, Berliner— Clinical Audiometry, Bunch — A Textbook of Exodontia, Winter—Personal and Community Health, Turner— Orthopedic Nursing, Funslen and Caldcrwood —The Education of Nurses. Stewart —Textbook of Physiology, Zoethout and Ttiltle — A Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology, Williams 142

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Influenza and Pneumonia; 1943 Compared with 1918 — Dean F. Smiley and Herbert A. Raskin . 1437

Administration of a Navy Dependents' Unit; a Plea for Coordination — John B. Pollard, Albert T. Walker, Paul Peterson, and Charles L. Buxton. - 1441

Recent Outbreak of Salmonella Food Infection 1448

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 1453

INDEX, Volume 42, Nos. 1 through 6 (January, February, March, April, May, and June 1944) 1461

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