Table of Contents

 Number 1

PREFACE v

NOTICE TO SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS . vi

SPECIAL ARTICES :

Navy Dental School.

By the faculty 1

Foreign bodies of dental origin in the air and food passages.

By Dr. Louis H. Clerf, Philadelphia, Pa 14

Surgical treatment of chronic suppurative pericementitis.

By Lieut. Commander W. L. Darnell, Dental Corps, U. S. Navy— 16

Manipulation of amalgam.

By Lieut. Commander H. E. Harvey, Dental Corps, U. S. Navy__ 21

Relation of modern dentistry to group diagnosis as conducted at the Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif.

By Lieut. L C. Montgomery, Dental Corps, U. S. Navy 27

Tropical duty as predisposing to gingivitis.

By Lieut P. S. Tichey, Dental Corps, U. S. Navy 31

Manipulation of modeling compound and sectional modeling compound impression technic.

By Lieut J. J. Hass, Dental Corps, U. S. Navy      34

The wiring method of treatment for fractures of the mandible.

By Lieut. Commander E. H. Tennent, Dental Corps, U. S. Navy__ 38

Modified Baker anchorage in the Naval Dental Service.

By Lieut. Commander W. L Darnall, Dental Corps, U. S. Navy__ 42

Cementation.

By Lieut. Commander H. E. Harvey, Dental Corps, U. S. Navy__ 45

Clean cotton pellets.

By Lieut. Commander H. E. Harvey, Dental Corps, U. S. Navy__ 49

Field service instruction for dental officers of the Navy.

By Lieut. Commander J. V. McAlpin, Dental Corps, U. S. Navy__ 51

Case report.

By Lieut. L C. Frost, Dental Corps, U. S. Navy 55

EDITORIAL:

The Dental Division of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. —More dental officers needed in the Navy 55

NOTES AND COMMENTS :

The causes of dental disease.—Nutrition as a factor In dental disease. —The treatment of the root canal. —Wall attachment for electrical connections. —Pierre Fauchard. —The Interdependence of dentistry and medicine. —Partial denture service 61

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE STATISTICS, LETTERS, ORDERS, COMMENTS 73

 

Number 2

 

PREFACE  v

NOTICE TO SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS vi

SPECIAL ARTICLES :

Compression fractures of the lower end of the radius.

By Dr. J. H. Stevens 115

JUXTAPYLORIC ULCER.

By Lieut. Commander G. F. Cottle, Medical Corps, United States Navy 128

Samoan medicines and practices.

By Lieut. Commander D. Hunt, Medical Corps, United States Navy 146

Deformities or the nose.

By Lieut F. E. Locy, Medical Corps, United States Navy 162

CLINICAL NOTES:

Notes on Dakin's solution.

By Chief Pharmacist J. Holden, United States Navy 156

Surgical cases of especial interest.

By Lieut Commander A. H. Robnett, Medical Corps, United States Navy 168

Medical cases of especial interest.

By Lieut. Commander J. Buckley, Medical Corps, United States Navy 162

Lipoma of the ischio-rectal fossa.

By Lieut L Humphreys, Medical Corps, United States Navy 164

Method of boiling drinking water for use in camp.

By Lieut Commander C. I. Wood, Medical Corps, United States Navy 166

Fatal case of caisson disease.

By Lieut C. P. Archambeault Medical Corps, United States Navy 167

Foreign body in the nares.

By Lieut Commander C. B. Camerer, Medical Corps, United

States Navy 168

An unusual nasal polyp.

By Lieut P. M. Albright, Medical Corps, United States Navy 169

REPORTS :

Report on the sanitary conditions of the Second Brigade, United States Marines, Santo Domingo, for the year of 1922.

By Commander J. J. Snyder, Medical Corps, United States Navy 170

NOTES AND COMMENTS:

The rat problem in Java— On bismuth in the treatment of syphilis—" Methanol "—Maj. Gen. Sir William Boog Leishman —Royal naval hospital at Haslar —" The Anatomical Delineations of Vesalius "—The selection of hospital corpsmen —Pyrene gas Intoxication — Silver-impregnation method of differentiating spirochaetes —Bayer " 205 "—Use of defecation reflex —Care in the use of the X ray for diagnosis —The character of the intestinal flora influenced by diet — Summary of treatment of syphilis  182

BOOK NOTICES   205

DIGEST OF DECISIONS    219

PREVENTIVE-MEDICINE STATISTICS, LETTERS, ORDERS, COMMENTS 220

 

Number 3

 

PEEPACE   v

NOTICE TO SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS vi

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

Fear and worry.

By Lieut. Commander H. Butts, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy 267

Psychoanalytic literature.

By Commander J. C. Thompson, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy 281

Chronic colitis.

By Lieut. Commander J. B. Pollard, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy_ 286

Cholecystitis of chemical origin in man following inhalations of poison gas.

By Lieut. Commander H. M. Stenhouse, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy 291

Cancer of the stomach.

By Lieut L H. Williams, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy 296

Present status of treatment of gonorrhea.

By Lieut E. A Daus, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy 300

Diagnosis and treatment of bronchial asthma.

By Lieut. J. E. Miller, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy 311

Diagnosis and treatment of fractures of the leg.

By Lieut C. L Andrus, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy 321

Urology and its place in group medicine.

By Lieut Commander W. H. ' Connor, Medical Corps, United States Navy 329

Roentgenologist in a modern hospital.

By Lieut J. B. Farrior, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy 334

CLINICAL NOTES :

Actinomycosis of over and lungs.

By Lieut. Commander G. F. Cottle and Lieut R. C. Satterlee, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy 341

Neurosyphilis in treated cases on the island of Saint Croix, Virgin Islands.

By Lieut F. L McDanlel, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy 343

Myiasis of the ear. ,

By Lieut. L. L. Davis, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy 345

NOTES AND COMMENTS :

Fumigation of ships by hydrocyanic acid.— Spirit and scope of modern medicine. —Treatment of epidermophytosis by potassium per manganate. —High temperature and muscular exertion. —Two curious accidents. —Death in line of duty. — Safety records at navy yards. —Controlling malaria at low costs. —Creosote oil a mosquito repellent. — Promotion of international hygiene. —Hookworm as an educator. —An outbreak of cheese-poisoning studied. —Caution to be used in the sterilization of root canals 349

BOOK NOTICES 361

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE STATISTICS, LETTERS, ORDERS 371

 

Number 4

 

PREFACE V

NOTICE TO SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS VI

SPECIAL ARTICLES :

Roentgenological study of infectious arthritis.

By Lieut P. W. Muller, Medical Corps, United States Navy 393

Antimalarial campaign conducted by the medical officers of the First Brigade, United States Marines, in Haiti.

By Lieut. Commander A. H. Allen, Medical Corps, United States Navy 402

Malaria parasite in Haiti.

By Lieut. R. B. Storch, Medical Corps, United States Navy 407

SOMOAN CONJUNCTIVITIS. A STUDY OF THE CAUSATIVE ORGANISM.

By Lieut Commander D. Hunt, Medical Corps, United States Navy 410

Blackwater fever.

By Lieut Commander G. E. Robertson, and Lieut. W. Moore,

Medical Corps, United States Navy 413

Personal experiences with malaria among natives of the Republic of Haiti.

By Lieut. R. B. Storch, Medical Corps, United States Navy 415

Amoebic and bacillary dysentery.

By Lieut. J. G. Smith, Medical Corps, United States Navy 423

NOTES AND COMMENTS :

Commendatory letters —Dryer's diaplytes —Destruction of ants—Increasing virulence of smallpox —Clinical diagnosis of smallpox and chickenpox — Smallpox control on shipboard —Freeing vessels from

poisonous gas after fumigation —Ambulance tanks —Treatment of helminthiasis— -Annual meeting of the Royal Society of Medicine and Hygiene —Treatment of Vincent's angina —Local anesthesia — Physical tests of fatigue 431

DIGESTS OF DECISIONS 447

BOOK NOTICES 449

INSTRUCTIONS TO MEDICAL OFFICERS 459

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, STATISTICS 621

 

Number 5

 

Preface    v

NOTICE TO SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS vi

SPECIAL ARTICLES :

AN ANALYSIS OF 360 CASES OF VALVULAR HEART DISEASE DISCHARGED FBOM THE NAVAL SERVICE.

By Lieut Commander W. A. Bloedorn and Lieut. L. J. Roberts, Medical Corps, United States Navy 651

The complement fixation test and other findings in malaria.

By Lieut. J. H. Chambers, Medical Corps, United States Navy 661

Illumination of dental offices ashore and afloat.

By Lieut. Commander H. E. Harvey, Dental Corps, United States Navy 667

The open operation for the extraction of teeth.

By Lieut. Commander G. H. Reed, Dental Corps, United States Navy 671

Deep X-ray therapy.

By Lieut G. U. Pillmore, Medical Corps, United States Navy__ 675

CLINICAL NOTES :

A cabe of subphrenic abscess.

By Lieut Commander G. F. Cottle, Medical Corps, United States Navy 683

NOTES AND COMMENTS :

Old-time uses of flowering plants. —Treatment of poisoning by illuminating gas. —The doctrine of signatures. —Leonardo , Bianchi. — A new method of killing rats. —Dental infection. — Sterile cotton for

dental use. —Scholarships offered by the American Child Health Association. —The Interpretation of protein anaphylactic skin tests.— Venereal disease information. —Surgeon Rear Admiral Joseph Chambers, R. N 687

INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY THE BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY 699

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, STATISTICS 707

 

Number 6

 

PREFACE V

NOTICE TO SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS — v»

SPECIAL ARTICLES :

FUNCTIONS OF THE NAVAL MEDICAL PERSONNEL SERVING IN THE FIELD, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO FIELD SANITARY MEASURES.

By Lieut. Commander W. L. Mann, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy 735

NOTES AND COMMENTS :

Clinical application of Insulin. — Vaccines and the X ray In the treatment of whooping cough.—Causes of headache. —Determination of carbon monoxide in the blood.—Fungi of frozen meat.—Rat extermination. —Use of the ophthalmoscope. —Venereal disease in Denmark. —Pathological changes in epilepsy. —Chemical warfare.— French venereal prophylactic tube 815

BOOK NOTICES 851

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, STATISTICS 857

INDEX l

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