United States Navy Medical News Letter Vol. 26, No. 9, 4 November 1955
Graduate Training in Navy Hospitals . ...... . .. ..... 2
SPECIAL NOTICE .. . 3
Construction of Cardioscope and Cardiac Stimulator by Captain Victor G. Colvin, MC USN, and Lieutenant George Sutton, MC USNR.... ... . . .. 5
Pyogenic Infections . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. 7
Complications and Postoperative Care after Tracheotomy ... . . . ... . .. 10
Subdiaphragmatic Fundusectomy in Gastric Surgery .. . . ...... . ...... 13
Primary Reticulum -Cell Sarcoma of Bone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hypothermia in Surgery .. . .... . ... . ..... . 16
Trigeminal Neuralgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Primary Carcinoma of the Ureter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Krukenberg Tumors : Diagnostic Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Deferment of Professional Examinations . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 24
New Postgraduate Course Offered to Navy Medical Officers . . .. . . 24
From the Note Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
"Good Leadership" by Major General William H. Powell, USAF (MC).... 27
Information about MD Personnel and Activities (BuMed Inst. 5720.2A)... 28
Physical Disability or Military Unfitness (BuMed Inst. 1910. 2A)...... 28
MEDICAL RESERVE SECTION
Naval Reserve Officer Schools... . .... . . . . . ....... . .. ... .... ... ... 29
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE SECTION
Influenza Vaccination- 1955 . . . ................ . ...... . .. . .. ... ... 31
Influenza Vaccine Variation ....32
Effectiveness of Polio Vaccine by Dr. Leonard A. Scheele. . .. ........... 33
JP-4 Jet Fuel in Eyes .... .. . . . . . . . . . 35
Potable Water in Ships' Tanks. . . . . . . 36
Ice Sanitation . ... 37
Comparative Vascular Pathology of Occupation Chest Diseases . . . . . 38
Value of Lung Biopsy in Diagnosing Occupational Pulmonary Diseases.. . 39
Safety Goggles Prove Worth . . . . . . . . . 40