United States Navy Medical News Letter Vol. 20, No. 9, 14 November 1952
Temporary Mechanical Substitute for Left Ventricle in Man . . . . . . . . 2
A New Antifertility Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SPECIAL NOTICE .... . .. . . . . .. . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Isoniazid in Miliary and Meningeal Tuberculosis . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Newer Treatments of Intrinsic Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Shock in Botulism Treated With Dextran and Blood. . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Acute and Chronic Viral Hepatitis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Wood Alcohol Poisoning . . . . . . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Pericardia! Cysts .. . . . .. .. .. . .. . . . .. . . . . .......... ... . 13
Massively Bleeding Peptic Ulcer......... . .... .. . . .. . . 14
Serious Recurrent Injuries of Athletes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Triethylene Melamine in Clinical Cancer Chemotherapy. . . . . . . . . . . 17
"Untreated" B:ronchogenic Carcinoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Stigmonene Bromide . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Resilient Plastic Interdental Splint . . . . . .. . .... . . . . . . . . . 22
Dental Amalgam . .... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Fluid Exchange at the Margins of Dental Restorations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Kutapressin in Cystic Acne by CAPT. J. M. Knox, USAF (MC) . . . . . 24
Aero Medical Association by COL. R. J. Benford, USAF (MC) . . .. . . 25
Thromboplastin Ampuls Withdrawn . . .. . . . . . . . . . 26
Unnecessary Retreatment of Syphilis . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 27
From the Note Book . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Clinical records and x-rays (BuMed Inst. 6150 .1) .... .... . .. . .. ... 30
Processing time of clinical boards (BuMed Notice 6130) . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Books for Hospital Corps personnel (BuMed Inst. 6820.3).. .... . . . . 30
Patients' personal effects (BuMed Inst. 6020.1) . ... . .. . .... .. .... . 31
Forms NAVMED-G and, NAVMED-4i6 (BuMed Notice 6020) . . . . . . . . 31
Preembarkation Certificat e (BuMed Inst. 4600. 1 ). . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Preventive Medicine Reports (BuMed Notice 6200) . . . ... . . .... . ... 32
Medical and Health Records (BuMed Inst. 6150 . 2) .... . .. ......... . 32
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE SECTION. .. .. ... . . . . . ... ... .. ... . . . . 33
Control of Leptospirosis in the Kodiak and Aleutian Islands by LTJG E. L . Walter (MSC) USNR and W. G. Cunningham, HMC, USN ....34