Table of Contents

 

Number 1

 

PREFACE  iii

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS . ... iv

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Rheumatic Fever and Acute Arthritis as Causes for Evacuation from South Pacific Area—Howard B. Sprague and Sylvester McGinn 1

Acute Ascending Paralysis (Guillain-Barre Syndrome) —Patrick J. Fitzgerald and Harold Wood 4

Infectious Polyneuritis; A Report of Four Cases — A. Warren Stearns and Herbert I. Harris 13

Dermatologic Practice in the South Pacific; A Review of 1,500 Cases — Charles T. Bingham and Ronald L. Macke 17

Factors in Efficient Mass Blood Procurement — K. P. A. Taylor 25

The Safe Universal Donor —Edward A. Mullen 32

Airsickness — Russell G. Witwer 34

Ultraviolet Irradiation Relative to Anoxia and Bend Susceptibility; Preliminary Investigation —William M. Davidson . 37

Experiment in Psychotherapy During Selection Examining— James H. Closson and Harold M.Hildreth 39

Experiences in the Use of the Kent Battery — J. A. Wheeler, Jr., Stanley B. Williams, William A. Drummond, Jr., and John D. Harris 44

The Changing Picture of Postpneumonic Empyema Thoracis Complicating Sulfonamide-Treated Pneumonia — Clifford D. Benson and Charles W. McLaughlin, Jr 46

Precision Bombing in Chemotherapy —Alvin F. Coburn . . 52

Evaluation of Micraform Sulfathiazole in the Treatment of Paradentosis (Pyorrhea Alveolaris) —Joseph S. Restarski and James L. Bradley 59

Knee Injuries in Service Personnel—John It. Allan and Jesse T. A'icholson. 63

Surgical Casualties of Amphibious Warfare —L. Kraeer Ferguson 73

Reno-Ureteral Colic In the South Pacific Area— McCleery Glazier and Clarence Olson 80

Autoplastic Sutures in Repair of Inguinal Hernia — George G. Chiles and Harry F. Lenhardt 83

Temporary Stimulation of Emmetropic Visual Acuity — James E. Lebensohn and Raymond It. Sullivan 90

Cosmetic Ocular Rehabilitation — Marvin J. Blaess 96

Application of Caudal Anesthesia to General Surgery— William M. Russell and James E. Conley - 100

Anesthesia in Military Medicine; Administration by the Unskilled — Mortimer B. Genauer .. 105

Procaine Hydrochloride 4-Percent; Indications for Use —John C. Farquhar. Ill

Analysis of Low Incidence of Infectious Diseases at a Secondary Training Center— William V. Lulow and H. B. Benjamin 114

CLINICAL NOTES

Mediastinal Emphysema; Report of Two Cases —James T. Cowart 119

Coccidioidomycosis; Report of Unsuccessful Treatment With Penicillin — Paul Michael, Richard F. McLaughlin, and Phillip L. Cenac 122

Neurinoma of the Mental Nerve; Report of Case — Bruno E. Amyot.. .... 125

Normal Blood Elements and Leptospira —Louis Shattuck Baer and Ralph F. Allen 127

Progressive Muscular Dystrophy; Report of a Case — Tully T. Blalock 129

Inflammation of the Macula Lutea; Report of a Case —Albert J. Brinckerhoff 133

Impetigo Contagiosa Cured by Fever; Report of a Case — Oscar Greene... 136

Multiple Chancres; A Case Report —Lucian W. DiLeo and Francis T. Kelly 137

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Anticoncussion Ear Plugs; Prevention of Aural Complications from Gunnery Concussion—Laurence K. Cox and John W. Geller 139

A Simple Night Vision Test— Lawrence L. Bean 143

Protector Sleeve for Hypodermic Syringe— Truman O. Anderson 147

Methods of Obtaining Suction in the Field — Sidney L. Arje and Robert B. Venner 150

Emergency Poison Kit-— William D. Slubenbord 154

A Simple Method of Securing Patients to Army-Type Litter— Daniel J. Sullivan ._ 157

Processing X-Ray Film Under Tropical Conditions — A. Porter S. Sweet. . 160

EDITORIALS

Caudal Anesthesia 163

Surgeon or Injectionist 164

Dye Delineation of Sinus Tracts 166

BOOK NOTICES

Clinical Tropical Medicine, 87 authors: edited by Bercovilz —A Manual of Medical Parasitology, Huff— White Blood Cell Differential Tables, Waugh — The Wounded Get Back, Maisel — What is Hypnosis, Salter — Allergy, Anaphylaxis and Immunotherapy, Ratner —The Modern Management of Colitis, Bafgea — Medical Radiographic Technic, prepared by Technical Service Department of General Electric X-Ray Corporation — Lincoln-Douglas, the Weather and Destiny, Petersen —The Hospital in Modern Society, 98 contributors: edited by Bachmeyer .. 167

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Medical Department of a Labor Board —Newton T. Saxl 175

Experimental Prophylaxis and Treatment of Chancroidal Infection; Inefficacy of Penicillin Administered Intramuscularly — Armand J. Pereyra and Simeon Landy 189

Results of Penicillin Treatment of Sulfonamide-Resistant Gonorrhea— Matter H. Schwartz and Cary O. Edge 193

STATISTICS: Health of the Navy -- 197

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 199

 

Number 2

 

PREFACE III

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS IV

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Prevention of Flash Burns by a Protective Glove Film— Gordon B. Pauley and A. C. Ivy 209

Traumatic Rupture of the Spleen —Gordon M. Perisho and Morris Steiner. 216

Polycystic Disease of the Kidneys —Samuel S. Letter and Julius L. Waterman 223

An Ambulatory Program Following Operation for Unruptured Appendicitis — Calvin A. Lauer and Richard K. Kerr 232

Low Back Pain: Subluxations of Apophyseal Joints and Fractures of Articular Facets— Wendell G. Scott 234

Tendon Repair — Thomas C. Cole 241

Reception and Treatment of Casualties Aboard an Assault Transport — Barnes Gillespie and J. Cuthbert Owens 245

Working Rules in the Field; Supplementary Suggestions on Care of Wounded— Emile Holman 253

Genital Manifestations of Early Filariasis —R. Harwood Fogel and Robert W. Huntington, Jr - 263

Acute Infectious Hepatitis — Victor W. Logan 271

Posterior Gonococcal Urethritis — Donald H. Paltison and Robert A. Burhans 278

Treatment of Cerebrospinal Fever with Penicillin; A Preliminary Report — David H. Rosenberg and Philip A. Arling 281

A Spirometer Method for Determining Specific Gravity of Man — Frank J. Gouze and Robert Hayter. 288

Toothache in the Low-Pressure Chamber— J. W. Brickman 292

Processing Acrylic Dentures; Compression and Injection Method — Clyde Schuyler, Eduard Georg Friedrich, and Homer C. Vaughan, Jr 297

Fixed Anterior Acrylic Restorations— Alfred J. Keck and Thomas W. Davin 301

Endotracheal Anesthesia for Dental and Oral Surgery— William B. Johnson, Jr., and Edwin R. Ruzicka 304

"Trench Mouth" Aboard a United States Naval Auxiliary Vessel — Dion S. Janetos 308

Analysis of Psychiatric Patients Transferred to the United States From an Overseas Base —James N. Williams 311

A Psychometric Procedure for Screening Mental Defectives— Harold M. Hildreth, J. Arthur Wheeler, Jr., and Stanley B. Williams 316

Study of Albuminuria in Applicants for Naval Enlistment — Willis A. Murphy 321

Occupational Therapy in a Naval Hospital — Hardy V. Hughens and Leon O. Parker 325

CLINICAL NOTES

Blastomycosis of the Skin (Gilchrist Type) with Associated Blastomycetic Pulmonary Disease ; Report of a Case — Arthur Sayer 333

Closure of Persistent Bronchocutaneous Fistula by Pedicle Muscle Graft; A Case Report — Clifford D. Benson 343

Pes Cavus, Bilateral; A Case Report —Gustnve S. Brawn 346

Acute Idiopathic Porphyria; Report of a Case—Ferdinand Fetter, Arthur A. Humphrey, and Charles R. Longenecker 349

Penicillin in the Treatment of Empyema Following Lobar Pneumonia — Stephen E. Flynn 353

Case of Sulfonamide Reaction— Dual A. Macintyre, Charles T. Yarington, Frank S. White, and Byrne W. Mayer 355

Herpes Zoster with Motor Involvement; Report of a Case —G. Bruce Lemmon, Jr 357

Lingua Nigra; Report of a Case—Raymond D. Little . 360

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

An Aid to Foreign Body Localization — Marvin L. Gerber 363

A Flying Suit To Aid in the Control of Hemorrhage —Russell G. Wilwer and William F. Leach 366

Dual Diluter Demand Oxygen Regulator— William M. Davidson 368

Simple Treatment for Hemorrhage into the Nail Bed—-William J. Schwab and Frank A. Foley 371

Construction of Braces in the Field —John S. Thiemeyer, Jr 372

A Portable Dental Aspirator —Samslone Holmes and Donald F. McCoy 374

A Universal Two-Litter Lift —Robert C. Willson, George Milles, and Charles N. Muller. 376

EDITORIALS

Differentiation of Tissues by Means of Filtered Ultraviolet Light 379

Early Ambulation of the Surgical Patient 380

Flash-Burn Protection 381

BOOK NOTICES

Microscopic Technique in Biology and Medicine, Cowdry—A Textbook of Histology, Bremer: rewritten by Weatherford — Elements of Medical Mycology, Swartz —Fractures and Dislocations for Practitioners, Geckeler —The Arthropathies, A Handbook of Roentgen Diagnosis, de Lorimier—Manual of the Diseases of the Eye for Students and General Practitioners, May—An Atlas of Anatomy, Vols. I and II, Grant —Applied Dietetics, Stern —Fundamentals of Chemistry and Applications, Francis and Morse 383

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Failure of Penicillin to Prevent Syphilis- — Cedric C. Carpenter 389

Sulfonamide Ointment in Routine Prophylaxis of Chancroid Disease — Herman S. Zeve and Sol S. Schneierson 391

Prevention of Food Poisoning Epidemics —Gillon M. Cole and Louis Shattuck Baer 393

Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning 396

"Food Poisoning" Due to Cadmium  398

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 401

 

Number 3

 

PREFACE iii

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS iv

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Cultivation of the Gonococcus; Advantages of Chocolate Agar with Bacto-Supplement-A as Culture Medium —Harry E. Morton and Paul R. Leberman 409

Choline Hydrochloride in Experimental Yellow Fever in Rhesus Monkeys —A. W. Selhrds and William S. McCann 420

Penicillin in Sulfonamide-Resistant Gonorrhea; Preliminary Report of 124 Cases—John G. Menville and Clarence IV. Ross 423

Modified Intensive Method for Treatment of Primary and Secondary Syphilis—Herman S. Zeve 429

Evaluation of the Cold Agglutination Test in Primary Atypical Pneumonia —John H. L. Heintzelman and Arthur IV. Seligmann, Jr 433

Lobar, Broncho-, and Atypical Pneumonia; A Study of 500 Cases— Albert W. Hobby. 438

Gastric Diseases in Navy Personnel; A Study of 191 Gastroscopic Examinations —Ralph H. Loe and Edmund H. Berger 450

Effective Management of Gastro-Intestinal Department at Naval Hospitals —Henry A. Monat and William T. Carleton 459

Passage of Miller-Abbott Tube Through Pylorus with Aid of Electromagnet—Henry Mayer, Jr 463

Fractures of the Carpal Navicular —Herbert E. Hipps 467

Skeletal Traction in Fractures of Hand and Wrist — Walter W. Ebeling . . 477

Hidden Dementia Praecox —Joel M. Hill and Harold M. Hildreth 483

Invalidings From the Service for Causes Existing Prior to Enlistment: Women's Reserves —Herbert A. Raskin 490

Maxillofacial Kodachrome Photography —John W. Richtcr 495

Thermal Stimuli in Operative Dentistry; Control of Pain—Milton B. Engel 502

Pain Relief—Alfred M. Rochester 504

Dental Department on a Troop Evacuation Ship --- Albert B. Larson. . . . 507

Eighteen Months on an Attack Transport —Harry D. Vickers 513

Management of Fungus Infection of the Feet —Frank Glauser 525

CLINICAL NOTES

Amebiasis as Cause of Recurrent Abdominal Pain; Report of Cases— Leon J. Taulicnhaus 527

Gonorrheal Ophthalmia; Report of Two Cases of Unusual Origin— Stirling S. McNair 532

Early Ophthalmic Findings in a Case of Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage of Brain —Karl B. Benkivith 535

Air Embolism in a Diver; Report of Fatal Case—Frank J. Couze 538

Parafrenal Abscess; Complication of Gonorrheal Urethritis —Ben Klotz 543

Severe Iridocyclitis Treated with Penicillin—Clyde E. Harner and Joseph G. Smith 546

Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome; Report of a Case—Milton B. Filberbaum 549

Sodium Fluoride Poisoning —Oscar Greene 551

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Mobile Surgery Unit for Amphibious Operations —Frank S. Ashburn. . . 552

Debridement Unit —Charles E. Baldree, Jr 555

A Time-Saving Combination Sling —Francis C. Lutz and Harold Y. D. Bonsole 557

Exercising Device for Increasing Joint Action —Louis B. Newman 559

Emergency Surgical Spotlight —Markley C. Cameron 562

Quick-Filling Irrigating Syringe—Truman O. Anderson 563

Dental Chair as Auxiliary Operating Table—Henry H. Hall 565

Toothbrush Bracket —Merritte M. Maxwell 567

EDITORIALS

The Postcholecystectomy Syndrome 568

Gas Gangrene 559

BOOK NOTICES

Principles and Practice of Aviation Medicine, Armstrong—Backache and Sciatic Neuritis, Lewin—Minor Surgery, Christopher —Traumatic Injuries of Facial Bones, Erich and Austin—Gastroenterology, Rockus and colleagues—Office Treatment of the Nose, Throat and Ear,

Hollender—Essentials of Dermatology, Tobias —Pathology and Therapy of Rheumatic Fever, LichtuAts ; edited by Chester —Fighting Fitness, Crampton —Foote's State Board Questions and Answers for Nurses, compiled by 11 authorities on nursing education 572

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Investigation of a Jaundice Epidemic in Tunisia; Preliminary Report — Horace M. Gezon 579

Hazards of Carbon Tetrachloride in Present-Day Use—Samuel R. Sherman and Clifford F. Binder 590

A Campaign Against "Athlete's Foot"—Jack L. Derzavis and John R. Poppen 600

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 603

 

Number 4

 

Preface iii

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS iv

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Planned Convalescence —Edward IV. Lowman 611

Role of the Psychiatrist in the General Rehabilitation Program — Francis J. Braceland  621

A Program for the Rehabilitation of Psychiatric War Casualties; Role of the Convalescent Hospital —John B. Dynes, Francis J. Hamilton, and Robert A. Cohen 628

Physical Therapy in Aftercare of Amputations of Lower Extremity — Signe Brunnstrom 634

Scrub Typhus; Report of Epidemic in the Southwest Pacific —Joseph B. Logue 645

Meningococcic Infections —Walter M. Whitaker 650

Epidemic Diaphragmatic Pleurodynia; An Outbreak —Walter S. McDaniel 664

Collapse of Intervertebral Disc Following Spinal Puncture; Report of Two Cases —F. Harold Dozening 666

Fatigue-Stress Fractures; Diverse Anatomic Location and Similarity to Malignant Lesions—J. Gershon-Cohen and Robert E. Doran 674

Aerial Evacuation of Thoracic Wounded; Consideration of Effects of Altitude —Alfred Goldman 685

Anesthesia Aboard a Hospital Ship in Combat Areas —L. Kracer Ferguson 697

Pathogenic Enteric Bacilli; I. Paracolon, Proteus and Pseudomonas Croups —La Verne A. Barnes 707

Cold Hemagglutinins in Infectious Mononucleosis —Clifford L. Spingam, John P. Jones, and Bernard Ourutsky 717

Treatment of Marginal Paradentosis in Naval Personnel —James L. Bradley and Perry A. Ratcliff 720

A Modified Apicoectomy Technic; Indications and Application in the Field —Charles M. Moore 729

Low Incidence of Malingering Among Navy Draftees—Daniel H. Harris  737

Yaws Survey on Nanumea Atoll—Ira D. LeFevre, Jr., Kenneth F. McDermott, and Robert B. Vernier 739

CLINICAL NOTES

Spontaneous Rupture of the Malarial Spleen—James M. Marshall 743

Primary Axillary Vein Thrombosis; Report of a Case—Norman H. Bruce 748

Dermatitis from Blue Uniforms—Cedric C. Carpenter and John W. Banser, Jr 754

Systemic Blastomycosis; With a New Form of Therapy —Jack Fishman 758

Psoriasis Following Prickly Heat—Robert R. M. McLaughlin 762

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Cystoscopic Clinic at an Advance Naval Base Hospital —Harry M. Spence 763

Simplified Method for Indirect Blood Transfusions —Samuel J. Schneierson 766

Conserving Water in Shipboard Dental Offices—Mack Meradith 771

Mobile Surgical Unit Setup—Donald E. Dement 773

EDITORIALS

Rehabilitation 775

Medical vs. Surgical Management of Acute Appendicitis 776

Mass Chemoprophylaxis 777

BOOK NOTICES

Oral Histology and Embryology, edited by Orban —Oral Pathology, Thoma —Synopsis of Materia Medica, Toxicology, and Pharmacology, Davison —Strophanthine Kisch—Medicine and the War, Taliaferro— Synopsis of Obstetrics, Litzenberg —ATextbook of Anatomy and Physiology, Anthony —The Chemistry of Synthetic Substances, Dreher 780

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Toxic Effects of Arsenical Compounds As Administered in the United States Navy in 1943, with Special Reference to Arsenical Dermatitis — T.J. Carter, Wesley M. Chambers, and Laura T. Anderson 787

Tsutsugamushi Disease —Donald S. Farner and Chris P. Katsampes 800

Note on Taxonomy of Type Species of the Mite Genus Trombicula Berlese—H. E. Ewing 837

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 840

 

Number 5

 

PREFACE ii

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS w

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Liver Involvement in Malaria —Richard A. Kern and Robert F. Norris. . . 847

Relapsing Malaria; Analysis of Cases from the Solomons —Ralph J. Metcalf and John Ungar, Jr 859

Air Embolism in Immersion Blast—Frank J. Gouse and Robert Hayter. . 871

Adherent Scars of the Lower Extremity —George V. Webster 878

Complications Following Tattooing; Report of a Case; Sensitization and Desensitization to Mercury —Marion B. Sulzberger, Abram Kanof, and Rudolf L. Baer 889

The Dental Status of Midshipmen; Sixteenth Class, U.S.N.R. Midshipmen's School, New York City—James M. Dunning 895

Preliminary Bite-Wing Roentgenographic Examination of Naval Aviation Cadets —Don Parle White _ 901

Psychoses in Naval Inductees with Less than Fifteen Days' Active Duty; Need for Early Elimination of Potentially Psychotic —Otto Allen Will, Jr 909

Medical Problems in Amphibious Warfare; The LST in Evacuation of Casualties—Tracy D. Cuttle and John N. Marquis 922

Medical Experiences on an APD—William S. Gevurts and Albert J. Michel 930

Hospital Ship in Amphibious Action —Frank P. Wildebush and James E. Climer 937

Pathogenic Enteric Bacilli; II. The Salmonella Group —LaVerne A. Barnes 939

Filariasis; Clinical Findings in 189 Cases—Paul A. G. Johnson 950

Filarial Problem on Nanumea —Robert B. Venner 955

Eyeglasses for Combat—Arthur Alexander Knapp 964

Early Use of Sounds for Gonorrheal Urethritis —Francis A. Benevcnti. . 967

Medical Illustration —John T. Stringer, Jr 970

Penicillin in the Treatment of Primary Atypical Pneumonia; Report of Nine Cases—James J. Short 974

Penicillin Therapy in Phagedenic Ulcer (Tropical Sloughing Phagedena) ; Report of Eighteen Cases —William G. Hamm and G. Ouary 981

Chemotherapy, Pyrotherapy and Penicillin in the Treatment of Gonorrhea —Davis H. Psrdoll and Robert L. Dennis 988

Penicillin in Sulfonamide-Resistant Gonorrhea; Supplementary Report of 144 Cases—John G. Menville and Clarence W. Ross.. 997

Penicillin in Treatment of Rheumatic Fever and Gonococcal Infections—John R. Twist 1001

CLINICAL NOTES

Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Successfully Treated with Penicillin—Francis W. Pizsi and Frank W. McCarthy 1010

Agranulocytosis Treated with Penicillin; Report of Case— Howard B. Sprague and L. Kracer Ferguson 1014

Penicillin in Malignant Granulocytopenia; Report of Case— William C. Meredith, Albert H. R. Douglas, and Harold Fink 1017

Penicillin in Treatment of Human Bite Infections; Report of Two Cases—C. Joseph Dclaney 1020

Cerebrospinal Fever Treated with Cisternal Administration of Penicillin ; Report of Case—L. Tate Miller and Clarence W. Ross 1023

Yaws Treated with Penicillin; Report of Case—Robert C. Lofgren 1025

Penicillin Therapy in Gonorrhea with Associated Undiagnosed Early Syphilis —Joseph F. Ricchiuti 1031

Effects of Subtherapeutic Dose of Penicillin on Development of Primary Syphilitic Lesion; Report of Case—Greydon G. Boyd, Joseph A. Wagner, and George F. Hewson 1034

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Improvised Metal Pins for Skeletal Transfixion—Moore Moore, Jr 1036

Method for Individual Transportation of Plasma in the Field —George Linn Watkins 1038

Refrigeration of Wounded Extremities —John P. Ottaway and John J. Foote 1041

Wardroom Operating Table for Destroyers—Charles Mrasek 1044

Safety Lock for Folding Field Operating Table—Justus M. Fleming. . . . 1047

EDITORIALS

Penicillin 1048

Streptococcus MG and Primary Atypical Pneumonia 1049

Food and Wound Healing 1051

BOOK NOTICES

Human Constitution in Clinical Medicine, Draper, Dupcrtuis, and Caughey —Medical Physics, editor-in-chief, Glasser —Clinical Lectures on the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts, lVeiss —Guiding the Normal Child, Rowley—Fundamentals of Occlusion, Hemley —A Text-Book of Pathology, edited by Bell—Rehabilitation, Re-education and Remedial Exercises, Smith —Pharmacology, Oxford Medical Outline Series, Mulinos —Scabies, Oxford War Manuals, Mellanby —Health for the Having, Emerson 1053

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Sulfa-Mercury Compound for Venereal Prophylaxis —James F. Rlute, Jr 1063

Epidemic of Food Infection Caused by Salmonella Montevideo — William A. Myers and Lucius E. Eckles 1067

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 1074

 

Number 6

 

PREFACE iii

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS iv

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Eye Replacement by Acrylic Maxillofacial Prosthesis—Phelps J. Murphey and Leon Schlossberg 1085

Tantalum in the Immediate Repair of Traumatic Skull Defects ; Method of Immobilizing the Wounded Brain—W. James Gardner 1100

Traumatic Hemothorax —Joseph D. Cuono 1 107

Achalasia in Military Service; Treatment and Disposition —Richard R. Hoffman 1111

Pterygium Transplantation by Simplified Method —Lycurgus M. Gurley, Jr 1114

Cold Hemagglutination Test in Diagnosis of Primary Atypical Pneumonia —Arthur A. Humphrey 1117

The Cold Agglutination Test: I. Studies on Naval Hospital Patients; II. Studies on Natives in Yaws-Endemic Area—George H. Fetterman, Thomas J. Moran, and William R. Hess 1128

Mental Mechanisms and Morale Factors of Naval Recruits in Training— Crawford N. Bagans, Robert J. Mearin, and Walter A. Woods 1137

Dental Survey in the Marshall Islands —Frits A. S. Winblad 1141

The Dental Corps Comes of Age—Francis G. Ulen 1 145

Cerebral Symptoms in Malaria —Sylvester McGinn and John T. B. Carmody 1157

Hippuric Acid Liver Function Test in Relation to Malaria and Atabrin — James K. McCorkle 1163

Acute Infective Jaundice and Acute Hepatitis —Maynard I. Cohen 1166

Observations on Malaria —Dana A. Weeks 1171

Pathogenic Enteric Bacilli: III. The Shigella Group— La Verne A. Barnes 1178

Dermatologic Conditions Prevalent in Tropical Areas; Treatment with Heavy Dosage of Ultraviolet Ray—Kenneth Phillips and Victor B. Buhlcr 1193

Chemotherapy and X-ray Radiation in Treatment of Cellulitis of the Head and Neck—Samuel S. Wold 1200

Treatment of Skin Diseases on an Attack Transport; Use of Undecylenic Acid—Walter J. McCann - 1205

Biostatistics in Medical Research: I. Significant Differences —H. M. C. Luykx 1208

CLINICAL NOTES

Congenital Choanal Atresia—Gilbert J. Roberts 1216

Periarteritis Nodosa ; Report of a Case—Charles M. Thompson 1220

Daily Use of Benzedrine Sulfate Over a Period of Nine Years; Report of a Case—Henry J. Bakst 1228

Hemoglobinuria Following Plasmochin Therapy —Richard L. Thirlby. . . 1232

Avulsion of Forearm; Report of a Case—Robert F. Leyye 1236

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Construction of a Contact Lens for Localization of Intraocular Foreign Bodies—William P. McGuire and Edward C. Raffetto 1239

Combination Shipboard Operating Table for General, Orthopedic and Urologic Surgery—Alton R. Hiyyins 1243

Improvised Donor Set for Giving Indirect Transfusions —Paul Peterson and Richard H. Ames 1251

Suggested Changes in Instrument for Adult Circumcision —John D. Hubbard and Forrest H. Brunson 1253

Canvas Bag for Life Raft First— Aid Kit—Burdick G. Clarke 1256

EDITORIALS

Acrylic Ocular Prosthesis 1258

Skin Diseases in the Tropics 1258

Cryptorchidism 1260

BOOK NOTICES

The Art and Science of Nutrition, Hawley—Elimination Diets and the Patient's Allergies, Rowe —Allergy in Practice, Feinberg, with the collaboration of Durham —Vascular Responses in the Extremities of Man in Health and Disease, Abramson —Fractures and Joint Injuries, Watson-Jones —Hypertension, Page —The Principles and Practice of Medicine, Osier, rewritten by Christian!—Clinical Urology, Lowsley and Kirwin—Intravenous Anesthesia, Adams —Rorschach's Test, Beck — Virus Diseases in Man, Animal and Plant, Seiffert—Tropical Nursing, Gregg —Notes on Nursing by a Nurse, Carry—Laboratory Methods of the United States Army, 25 contributors, edited by Simmons and Gentskow 1262

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Cadmium Poisoning; Report of Outbreak —Nathaniel H. Litfkin and Francis T. Hodges 1273

Food Infection; Septic Sore Throat Epidemic —Raymond H. Goodale and James G. Lambrakis 1277

Respiratory Diseases and Food Poisoning 1282

STATISTICS: Health of the Navy. 1283

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 1284

INDEX, Volume 43, Nos. 1 through 6 (July, August, September, October, November, and December 1944) 1291

 

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