The choice of these two methods of use will depend on the frequency of the attacks. Seventy-five years ago, the above appeared in the opening paragraph of the first editorial.
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THE MANAGEMENT OF MASS CASUALTIES
Central Nervous System
In World War II the following statement was made: "Contrary to previous observations, the age of the wound at the time of operation, up to 48-70 hours, in the recent war made little difference in the incidence of infection or the mortality .Therefore, criteria other than the time lapse from wound are more properly used to determine priority for surgery during this period, provided the patient receives adequate supportive treatment and chemotherapy.
Thoracic Wounds
- Abdominal Injuries
It was in these words that the founders of the House of Parke-Davis expressed their policy for the future more than 90 years ago. To meet these self-imposed and demanding demands, research has been a constant feature of the Company's activities.
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- Orthopaedic Injuries
- Vascular Injuries
- Facio-Maxillary Injuries
- Burns
Ziffren, speaking of the treatment of burns in civilian practice, says: "In no case in this group of cases did a patient survive who had 45 percent. Add to this the phenomenon of 'Cross Stress'—the synergy that results when a victim suffers as from both burns and radiation.
MEDICAL AGENTS
Speculum is very pleased to welcome the Makere Medical Students' Society and their magazine "Medmak" to the ever-growing pool of student exchange magazines. The Makere Medical School is located in Kampala, Uganda, and had eighty-three medical students at the time of publishing their first issue of "Medmak".
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The early increase in mortality with treatment delay will be mainly due to delays in the correction of blood volume deficiencies and mechanical defects; The increased morbidity will mainly be due to an increase in infections, increased tissue destruction and delays in secondary wound closure. Due to the burden of financial problems, which accompany the aspirations of every sorority, "Medmak" does not contain any photos or illustrations for now, but the editors are confident that these inclusions will be achieved in their next issue.
AUSTRALIAN JOURNEY
Although many hospitals are being built in Australia today, very few have been built in England in the last 20 years. Paradoxically, despite greater social stratification in England, English patients are much more willing to enter a public ward than Australian patients.
ANGUS & ROBERTSON
The final feature of the Clinical Research Unit is the Friday morning postgraduate teaching "round". A pioneer in the development of penicillin drugs in Australia - Sigma is now one of the largest manufacturers of these products in the Commonwealth.
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There was even specificity - the various saints were protectors of parts of the body where they had suffered. Torture of insanity spread across Europe and psychological medicine was at its lowest ebb.
STUDENT
It is interesting to note that, while failure to heal (i.e., lack of faith) in the past was followed by punishment from the patient, in the case of Mesmer and his followers, it fell on the doctor. His successors, the psychoanalysts, studied this in detail, and it cannot be denied that there are religious elements in the psychoanalytic relationship.
RESEARCH WORKER
By suggestion the patient is converted to the same way of thinking, and faith plays a large part in the cure, although the language used is in terms of the suppression of infantile sexual instincts, etc. These concepts were revived at the medical center of Salerno in the 11th century, and words such as melancholia, phlegmatic, etc. are still in use today.
LYXANTHINE
Its effect on the appetite is well known; this is just one of the interesting observations that can be made about the effects of smoking on a personal quit attempt (albeit with generous allowance for the fallacies of such a rudimentary experimental design). Uncertainty of this kind exists regarding several aspects of the smoking problem.
The Wisest Choice
In the interests of the doctor-patient relationship, justice must be tempered with mercy; we must accept. The medical staff, made up of smokers and non-smokers with less radical views, unanimously opposed the use of the notices.
NIALL & COGHLAN ,
I NTRADEX
Smoking, the patient may be told, narrows the vessels further and accelerates the progression of the disease. Other patients with asthma should be told about the tendency of smoking to cause or worsen bronchitis; the effect of quitting smoking in these cases is sometimes striking, often disappointing and always unpredictable.
AUSTRALIAN PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULARY, 1955
ENLARGED AND COMPLETELY REVISED EDITION
One might prefer that patients who have had myocardial infarctions, congestive heart failure, pulmonary congestion, etc., did not smoke, but in all honesty one cannot promise these patients much in return for their sacrifice.* Smoking is probably of small to be of prognostic significance in the presence of these serious conditions, usually with structural and established causes. I wholeheartedly agree with King James, but in the presence of established smoking habits and established diseases, the problem is largely unsolvable.
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Later, with the development of cultivation techniques, it became possible to classify staphylococci according to the color of their colonies (Rosenbach, 1884). Undoubtedly, the Melbourne School's brilliant research (no need to underline the possessive adjective) answers most of the questions.
ATTRACTIVE POLICIES
Moving now to the logarithmic phase of our answer, we are faced with the problem of arousing the researcher's interest in our research without raising suspicions about our superficiality. Much has been written on the subject of staphylococcal infections in recent years and a full review is beyond the scope of this article (meaning I have a vague feeling that the Prof gave us a bibliography, but I didn't bother to use it).
ABRITISH MEDICAL INSURANCE Co. OF VICTORIA LIMITED
We conclude this section by stating that there is no evidence to suggest that staphylococci currently causing disease are more virulent than those of the past (McDermott, 1956). The latter facilitate the colonization of antibiotic-resistant strains by eliminating the normal flora.
NATIONAL BANK
A possible source of microorganisms in postoperative pneumonia is the lumen of unsterilized anesthetic breathing tubes. We understand (Butler, personal communication) was most successful in preventing the accumulation of nosocomial staphylococcus.
First, the high mutation frequency of an organism to a single drug can be modified by exposing it to two different drugs simultaneously. In wards, infection by contact, airborne and ingestion are all possible, the first two being the most common.
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The doctor is not paid for any additional service he provides to the patient; therefore, no doctor in the system can operate an X-ray machine or equip himself with surgical instruments or many of the usual tools for diagnosis. Due to the overcrowding of hospitals, which is a result of the above, there are enormous delays in O.P.
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One reader writes: “I wonder if you could tell us about your excellent magazine on medicine as practiced in the Soviet Union. One of Moscow's general hospitals has been the most modern in the world since its construction in 1929.
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SPECULUM 61 typical rash of measles appeared on the
After drainage of the empyema and the addition of chlormycetin therapy, the baby made a full recovery. She was treated with thyroid, grew six inches over the next ten months and became a happy, normal child.
THE OTHER FELLOW'S MIND
The murmur in the Beer-Loud Pub.t. I will never forget the fright I got when I saw Professor Wright;. 34;Can't fail to ensure that this subject goes forward to take its place at the forefront of the medical sciences."
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S.S. CHRONICAL 1958
77th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Secretary's Report
JULY
ANNUAL DINNER
All too soon the president raised himself from the slaughter and declared the dinner adjourned, and so it was with reluctance that we removed ourselves from the.
GRADUATE DINNER
CORLAN
PELLETS
VONDENBERG
MEDLEY'S '58
And port is a wine I can do very well without. It really is a case of chaud a son gout, so have some Madeira, m'dear. The bad gin is difficult to estimate. Plus, it tends to affect my ability. So take some Madeira, m'dear.
NaClex
SPECULUM 79
PRE-MEDICINE
FIRST YEAR
The girls of the year seem very happy about their annual soccer game with the Physios—cats and dogs were not in it. A certain distinguished red-haired professor (let him remain anonymous) told us about the time John Hunter discovered some vessels in the testes.
SECOND YEAR
Not a bad year overall, so with a bit of work and missing Mary Patterson on the streets, we'll see Div I.
ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL
THIRD YEAR
FOURTH YEAR
10 weeks of glorious warm beach weather at R.C.H., afternoons of soloing, nights of grog and women at Frankston Ortho. etc., and 10 forgotten weeks at R.W.H. Some people worked at R.W.H. - well done Den R., Noel S., Geoff P. and all you other pikers (especially Faraday street mob), some people played - well done MM, and.
FIFTH YEAR
Meanwhile, backed (with) the pants - or should we say, in Carlton - a select amount of 50 percent. No one knows whether or not they ended up in a hysterical heap on the floor.
ALFRED THIRD YEAR
HOSPITAL
The appeal is well under way for Alfred Redevelopment, but most of the boys are working too hard to be of much use. We hope this is farewell for most of us to this column, and take this opportunity to wish all our colleagues on the other beats.
ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL THIRD YEAR
Shannon and Davies both drive over to the hospital, but whoever arrives first is always a big effort - Davies even writes a book about the result. Well, it is the end of the year and probably us after we have been served with libel.
MSS COMMITTEE, 1959
Joe - responsible for more monster acts than most of us combined - claimed at the start of the year that he had "reformed". This fact, we are given to understand, will in time be circulated in the Nursing Home.
PRINCE HENRY'S HOSPITAL THIRD YEAR
Wattle Park was set as the ground to get When Prince Henry's played the Alfred. Why choose this year?—it'; the year of the children, no exams, and, THE WOMEN.
HEAR YE, HEAR YE Graduates and Students
Hap Webster is still the main source of income for drivers, but Tom Springer thinks it's a waste of time and you can stay home. Bryce is still seen lurking around the tunnel, and Dave probably has the big one.
SPECULUM
Tony Bothroyd is still playing (golf) and we hear that Ian Rossiter and Brucey had some very mellow sherry parties after midnight around Faraday Street. Then there was the patient who, on getting an enema, called the nurse a pigeon.
S. Rubber Controls Go
However, it has been pointed out that other possible translations include: "No harm is just once." Charlie F.: "We have to think of hemolytic Streptococcus A with respect to Semmelweiss who died of puerperal fever."
CYLLIN
Doctor: "At this time, it is not within the capacity of the therapy recipient, whose condition is now improving, to tolerate the supine position." A Frenchman talking to an Englishman issued the following: "I can't even understand - ze pronunciation, look, you say melanoma m-e-l-a-n-o-m-a, but zen I heard the doctor say it's fatal."
PoteTg r ICE CREAM
Watch the eyes light up when you have a Peters Ice Cream Family Brick for dessert. There is also a great help for every member of the family; better take home a Peters Family Brick today.
Larcher's Safe Milk
LARCHER & SON
SPECULUM 95
Did you hear about the woman with spoonerism who walked into a grocery store and asked for Tarzan's pipe, the stick that fills everything. Recently it was reported in the press that the tram drivers were not satisfied and would demand shorter periods, longer routes and be allowed to install the pole themselves.
COMPLAN
McD-n-ld: "This woman was delusional; she thought all the doctors were delusional; she thought all the doctors were mysterious." You can't make a man out of a pink pill. When you're over the hill, brother, you're over.
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