Table of Contents 

 Number 1

PREFACE III

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS IV

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Some Future Policies of the Medical Department of the Navy— C. A. Swanson  1

The Plastic Ocular Prosthesis—John V. Niiranen 5

Notes on Spinal Anesthesia for Internes Using Procaine or Novocaine — Angus M. Brooks 23

Psychometric Examinations Aboard a Destroyer— Alfred M. Bongiovanni. 27

The Laboratory Diagnosis of Diphtheria—Donald D. Albers 33

Diabetes Mellitus in a Naval Hospital; Review of Fifty Consecutive Cases —Joseph J. Furlong 42

Research in the Naval Hospital— Harold M. Hildreth 52

A Description of Disqualifications of Enlisted Applicants for Submarine Training —Charles W. Shilling and Neil R. Barllelt 59

Epidemic of Prickly Heat on Aircraft Carrier —George B. Kibble, Waldo S. Luedemann and Sherman M. Peabody 77

Sclerosing Osteomyelitis of Garre With Report of a Case — Harold A. Lyons 83

A Technique of Local Use of Penicillin in the Operative Treatment of Chronically Infected Ingrown Toenails—Charles P. Lape 90

The Wartime Log of a United States Navy Hospital Ship to 30 June 1943; Part III— Richard A. Kern and Melville J. Aston 94

EDITORIALS

New Publication Dates of The United States Naval Medical Bulletin 109

Graduate Training in the Navy Medical Corps 110

Ascorbic Acid in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease 110

Physical Defects Found in Drafted Men in the United States in World Wars I and II 112

 

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND THE MEDICAL SCIENCES DURING 1946

Medicine —Tropical Medicine —Naval Medicine —Aviation Medicine — Neuropsychiatry —Surgery —Neurosurgery—Obstetrics and Gynecology—Dentistry—Cancer —Ophthalmology —Laryngology —Otology —Anesthesia —Preventive Medicine — Dermatology and Syphilology —Radiology—Anatomy —Physiology—Pathology —The Nobel Prize in Medicine, Chemistry and Physics, and Some Other Medical Prize Awards in 1946. 114

CLINICAL NOTES

Fatal Bullous Dermatitis With Multiple Lesions of the Mucous Membranes; Therapeutic Failure of Sulfadiazine and Penicillin —Patrick J. Fitzgerald 134

Pericarditis During Penicillin Treatment for Syphilis—Hugh G. Whitehead- 141

Treatment of Erysipeloid of Rosenbach With Penicillin —Lewis K. Ferguson, Eugene A. Hand, and James H. Strauch 150

Intensive Autohemotherapy in the Treatment of Acne; a Preliminary Report — Bernard Ross and Paul J. Richeson .. . . 154

A Case of Granuloma Pyogenicum Treated Successfully With Penicillin— Lloyd O. Rupe and Howard J. Lockward.. . .. . . 156

Lymphogranuloma Venereum; Report of a Case Treated With Penicillin and Sulfadiazine— Moses J. Enlin and Robert D. Boles . . 157

Tinea Capitis — William D. Stubenbord 159

Fulminating Hemolytic Staphylococcus Aureus Infections; Recovery Following Penicillin Therapy—Frank V. Theis and Shervert H. Frazier.. 163

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

An Improved Separating Medium for Acrylic Resin—Frank E. Jeffreys and La Mar W. Harris 171

BOOK NOTICES

White House Physician, Mclntire —The Human Ear in Anatomical Transparencies, Polyak—Ophthalmology in the War Years, edited by Wiener —The Normal Encephalogram, Dandoff and Dyke—Hippocratic Wisdom, Petersen—Diabetes, John —Physical Diagnosis, Major —Treatment of Bronchial Asthma, Derbes and Engdhardt — Not by Bread Alone, Stefansson 173

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Toxic Effects of Arsenical Compounds as Employed in the Treatment or Syphilis in the United States Navy, 1945 —Otto L. Burton, George W. Justyn, and Laura T. Anderson . 180

Influenza Vaccination: Comparison of Intracutaneous and Subcutaneous Methods —David W. Van Gelder, Frances S. Greenspan, and Napoleon E. Dufresne - 197

Incidence of Venereal Disease in Separatees Examined at the U. S. Naval Personnel Separation Center, Jacksonville, Florida — Lester D. Bibler and William H. Goley 207

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 208

 

Number 2

 

PREFACE in

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS IV

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Medicine at the Crossroads —R. Harold Draeger and Shields Warren 219

Acute Coronary Insufficiency; a New Concept of Acute Coronary Diseases — Arthur M. Master and Oscar Auerbach 226

Penicillin Therapy in Relapsing Fever; Report of Four Cases —John F. Shaul and T. Harry Saferstein  238

Multiple Pulmonary Calcifications—Alvin C. Wyman 244

A Technique for Root Canal Therapy and Root Resection as an Aid to the Problems of a Dental Officer Afloat— William M. Lancaster 249

Emotional Disturbances Encountered in Carrier Pilots— William H. Requarth 253

Repair of Soft Tissue Defects of the Foot — William G. Hamm and S. Baron Hardy 263

Vitamin-Deficiency Diseases in Allied Prisoners of the Japanese—John E. Sordini 272

Subnormal Intelligence in the Maladjusted Naval Trainee; Problems in Recognizing Low Intelligence — Minter M. Jackson 279

Symptoms and Management of Arterial Hypertension Among Naval Personnel —Raymond E. Smalley 287

The Treatment of Renal Colic With Special Emphasis on Crystalluria — Paul R. Stalnaker 297

Chronic Asthma; Results "of Treatment in 100 Cases —Donald S. Smith   302

The Wartime Log of a United States Navy Hospital Ship to June 1943; Part IV— Richard A. Kern and Melville J. Aston 307

EDITORIALS

Fortieth Anniversary of the Establishment of the "United States Naval Medical Bulletin," April 1907-April 1947 323

Editors and Assistant Editors of the "United States Naval Medical Bulletin," 1907-1947 325

A New Antimalarial Drug— Paludrine 326

The Power of Punctuation 326

CLINICAL NOTES

Primary Adenocarcinoma of the Appendix With Development of Mucus Fistula—George Crile, Jr., and Clarence G. Glenn . 328

Hemorrhagic Ulcerative Gastrojejunitis Thirty Years After Gastro-Enterostomy for Congenital Pyloric Stenosis— Thomas G. Hays and Wallman Walters 330

Rat-Bite Fever With Report of a Case — Frederick L. Renter 333

Hyperergy to Nicotine— Harry H. Pole 337

Duodenal Ulcer and Hookworm Infestation: Diagnostic and Military Medico-Legal Problem—Henry A. Monat and Irving S. Cooper 339

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Use of Wangensteen Suction Aboard Ship —Carruth J. Wagner and Duwane D. Dandurant 343

BOOK NOTICES

Harvey Cushing, Fulton —Their Mother's Sons, Strecker—Medical Research, edited by Smith —The Differential Diagnosis of Jaundice, Schiff— Contact Lens Technique, Beacher—Lectures on Preventive

Medicine, Sutton —The Chest, Rigler —Ulcer of the Stomach, Duodenum and Jejunum, Brown; edited by Christian 347

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Long-Term Observation of Plasmodium Vivax Malaria in the Returned Serviceman; Part I—Anthony A. Bianco, George M. Saunders, Arnold S. Levine, and Robert Cohn 352

Observations on the Dispersal of DDT From Aircraft for the Control of Mosquitoes—Herbert S. Hurlbut, John D. Maple, Charles S. Wilson, Stanley R. Fallander, and Chester N. Husman 368

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 380

 

Number 3

 

PREFACE iii

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS iv

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Burns— H. Lamont Pugh 391

The Distribution and Use of Human Whole Blood in the Pacific War— Herbert R. Brown, Jr 396

Emotion, the Etiologic Relation to Illness —Elmer L. Careny 421

Naval Medical Specialists Units; a Proposed Plan for Their Reorganization and Continuation—Richard A. Kern 429

Medical Specialists in Naval Service— Paul Titus . 438

Treatment of Acute Acromioclavicular Dislocations— Walter A.Gunther and William E. .Snell 444

Single Injection Therapy for Gonorrhea — Turner Camp. 451

Nummular Eczema and Prostatitis: Its Treatment With Penicillin –Cedric C. Carpenter, Cheater R. Nuckolls, and Joseph S. Dyke _. 453

Psychiatric Evaluation of the Naval Delinquent — Louis D. Boshes . 458

An Evaluation of a Physical Training Program at a Naval Air Station — John G. Stubenbord, 3d 473

Observations on the Production of Hydrogen Sulfide by Shigella Alkalescens —La Verne A. Barnes and Joan E. Casterline 478

Army-Navy Medical Materiel Coordination — Vernon W. H. Campbell 481

A Critical Analysis Obtained From 873 Electroencephalographic Examinations— Ralph Rossen 494

EDITORIALS

Fundamental Differences in the Field of Medicine in World War II and Previous Wars 504

Smallpox and Blindness 505

Tetanus and Military Medicine 505

Genetics and Intelligence . 506

A Plea for Pathologists 507

CLINICAL NOTES

Idiopathic Thrombosis of the Axillary Vein— Walter R. Miller and George Page F. Woelfel 508

Tuberculosis Pericarditis in a Case of Acute Hematogenous Tuberculosis—C. Louis Gilbert and Richard D. Haines 514

Accidents Resulting From Loose Dental Objects in the Mouth — Hal C. Hutchins 517

Salivary Calculus in the Submaxillary Duct and Its Removal — William F. Cahill. 519

A Case of Gas Gangrene of Neck Following Extractions —Cyrus E. Warden. 521

Cerebrospinal Fever Complicated by Extensive Thrombotic Gangrene of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues, With Recovery —Morris Steiner.. 523

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Malaria Control; Description of a Compressed Air Sprayer —Russell E. Morgan, Raymond R. Sheppard, and Garold S. Barnett 529

BOOK NOTICES

An Atlas of the Commoner Skin Diseases, Semon—A Textbook of Clinical Neurology, Nielsen —Clinical Hematology, Wintrobe — A Primer for Diabetic Patients, Wilder —Nutrition and Diet Therapy, Proudfil —Electrocardiography in Practice, Graybiel and White, with assistance of Wheeler and Williams —Textbook of Psychiatric Nursing, Noyes and Haydon —Acrylics, Tylman and Peyton — The Eye Manifestations of Internal Diseases, Tassman —Early Ambulation and Related Procedures in Surgical Management, Leithauser —Disorders of the Blood, Whitby and Britton —Root Canal Therapy, Grossman —Hygiene, Meredith 536

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Report of Investigation of Health Hazards in Connection With the Industrial Handling of Thallium — Howard K. Sessions and Sidney Goren 545

Long-Term Observation of Plasmodium Vivax Malaria in the Returned Serviceman; Part II—Anthony A. Bianco, George M. Saunders, Arnold S. Levine, and Robert Cohn 550

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 569

 

Number 4

 

PREFACE III

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS IV

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Report on Primary Bone Grafts—Herbert C. Fett and Jarns M. Smith 579

Japanese "B" Encephalitis; Epidemiological Report of the 1945 Outbreak on Okinawa— William E. Mosher, Jr 586

A Medical Survey of Allied Repatriates After Liberation From Japanese Prisons —John E. Moss 598

The Determination and Treatment of Penicillin-Resistant Gonorrheal Urethritis; Report of Twenty-four Cases — Werner W. Duemling and Samuel H. Horton, Jr 605

The Relationship Between Measles and Tuberculosis — Marcel P. Thomas and Donald L. Knutson 617

A Consideration of the Significance of Hallucinations —Otto Allen Will, Jr. 622

Appendicitis in a United States Naval Hospital; a Report of 2,404 Consecutive Cases With Emphasis on Fatal Cases — Frederick R. Robbins- . 634

The Local Treatment of Furunculosis With Penicillin — John H. Liles, Jr.. 645

The Eve Method of Resuscitation —Leo D. Carson and Joseph C. Pinto 650

Urologic and Ophthalmologic Observations in Two Cases of Reiter's Syndrome—Everett J. Olenick and James W. Sargent 657

The Rh Factor— William Hunt 663

The Bankart Operation for Recurrent Dislocation of the Shoulder—John W. Metcalfe . 672

Psychiatric Screening Tests at a Precommissioning Center —Roland C. Moore 676

Osteoplastic Repair of Defects of the Tibia Following Osteomyelitis Due to Trauma—Sidney Sideman and Walter A. Gunlher 683

EDITORIALS

New Discoveries in the Physiology of the Kidney; Neurovascular Studies of the Kidney and Their Implications 690

A Census of Specialists in the Medical Corps of the Navy 691

The Shortest and Most Dangerous Journey in the World 692

The United States Pharmacopoeia XIII 693

The National Formulary VIII 694

The Universal Disease 694

Preparation and Palatability of Food in Relation to Nutrition 695

CLINICAL NOTES

Dentigerous Cyst; a Case Report —Ralph W. Taylor and Raymond F. Huebsch 696

Nonpenetrating Wounds of the Small Intestines—Roy E. Mabrey 698

Chorionepithelioma—Ardenne A. Stott, Lawrence J. Cohen, and Edward C. Kley 702

Hemorrhagic Smallpox; Report of a Case With Recovery; Treatment With Massive Doses of Penicillin —Kenneth D. Weeks and Warren S. McClelland 707

Skin Graft of the Penis—Lawrence L. Bean .. 715

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

A Simple Method of Converting the Standard Stern-McCarthy Prostatic Electrotome to a Pistol-Grip- Trigger Model — William W. Miller, Jr... 717

Adjustable Appliance for Intra-Oral Immobilization of Fractures of the Mandibular Angle — Roger G. Gerry 719

BOOK NOTICES

An Integrated Practice of Medicine, Hyman—Victory Over Pain, Robinson— The Centennial of Surgical Anesthesia, compiled by Fulton and Stanton —Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cushny; revised by Grollman and Slaughter —Three Unpublished Drawings of the Anatomy of the Human Ear, Brodel, assisted by Malone, Guild, and Crowe—Peripheral Vascular Diseases, Allen, Barker, and Hines, with associates in the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation —Clinical Electrocardiography, Scherf and

Boyd —Principles of Hematology, Haden —Renal Hypertension, Bruan- Menendez, Fasciolo, Leloir, Munoz, and Taquini; translated by Dexter — Operative Gynecology, Te Linde—Textbook of Gynecology, Curtis 725

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Routine Photofluorographic Examinations of Naval and Marine Corps Personnel: End Results —Sidney A. Britten and Wilbur V. Charter 733

A Critique of Tuberculosis Control —Harold A. Lyons 739

A Review of 283,225 Chest Photofluorograms at the United States Naval Personnel Separation Center, Lido Beach, Long Island, N. Y.—David

F. Bew, Robert W. Tilney, Jr., and Walter E. J. Maker 749

Long-Term Observation of Plasmodium Vivax Malaria in the Returned Serviceman; Part III— Anthony A. Bianco, George M. Saunders, Arnold S. Levine, and Robert Cohn 753

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 766

 

Number 5

 

PREFACE III

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS IV

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Care of Dependents in the Navy —Morton D. Willcutts 777

Vagotomy in the Treatment of Peptic Ulcers— Edward S. Lowe 785

Penicillin in the Treatment of Gonococcus Infection Urethra; Report of Three Hundred Cases —Arthur L. Lawler 796

Local Penicillin Therapy for Tropical Ulcer—Charley F. Gutch 801

Rheumatic Fever in the Negro —John M. Vesey 805

Benadryl as a Therapeutic Agent in the Treatment of the Common Cold — John M. Brewster 810

Clinical Report of the Use of Benadryl in 100 Cases —Edwin E. Barksdale and William K. Hall 812

Acrylic Resin Denture Material — Henry A. Collett, Jr 817

Incidence of Palpable Lymph Nodes— Warren W. Moorman 821

Intradermal Tests With Dirofilaria Immitis Extract in Human Filariasis — Mendel Zeligs 824

A Statistical Review of 1,000 Orthopedic Consultations at a Naval Dispensary —Robert F. Legge 827

Psychiatric Data Compiled at a United States Naval Personnel Separation Center— Robert S. Schwab 830

Laboratory Examinations for Tuberculosis — Wylma F. Funk 835

The Diagnosis of Combat Fatigue—Philip Solomon 850

Tests on the Prevention of Fracture of Glass Containers Due to Freezing of Their Liquid Contents—Carl A. Schlack and S. Robert Howell 857

The Story of Elisha Kent Kane, Surgeon, U. S.Navy — Moses C. Shelesnyak- 861

EDITORIALS

Book Review Number of the United States Naval Medical Bulletin. 872

A New Approach to the Venereal Disease Problem 873

Fallacies and Facts in Regard to Swimming 874

The Frequency of Syphilis and Gonorrhea as Concurrent Diseases 875

Alcoholism 875

CLINICAL NOTES

Acute Hemolytic Anemia Following the Intraperitoneal Administration of  Sulfanilamide; Report of a Case — Howard A. Johnson 877

Reconstruction of the Thumb —Otto W. Wickstrom and John B. Patterson. . 880

Intestinal Perforation Resulting From Atmospheric Blast— Harold Fink 884

Infectious Mononucleosis; Report of Case in a Negro— Daniel N. Stewart, Jr 889

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Improved Guillotine Operation and Retractor—Charles Mrazek 892

BOOK NOTICES

Musical Sons of Aesculapius, Marmelszadt —Textbook of Medicine, edited by Conybeare—Office Endocrinology, Greenblalt —Human Biochemistry, Kleiner —The Diagnosis and Treatment of Bronchial Asthma, Gay— Surgical Treatment of Soft Tissues, edited by Bancroft and Humphreys — The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus, Joslin, Root, White, Marble, and Bailey— Penicillin in Neurology, Walker and Johnson —Manual for Dental Technicians, Salzmann —Intracranial Complications of Ear, Nose and Throat Infections, Brunner— Diseases of Metabolism, edited by Duncan; with contributions by 21 authors— Principles and Practice of Obstetrics, DeLee and Greenhill — Military Neuropsychiatry, edited by Ebaugh, Solomon, and Bamford, Jr.—Buchanan's Manual of Anatomy, edited by Jones; with the assistance of Patterson, Barlow, Mottershead, Wilde, and Dobson—Penicillin : Its Application, under general editorship of Fleming—The Principles and Practice of Medicine, Osier, Christian — Radiology for Medical Students, Hodges, Lampe, and Holt—Topley and Wilson's Principles of Bacteriology and Immunity, revised by Wilson and Miles—Physician's Handbook, Warkentin and Lange — Modern Der

matology and Syphilology, Becker and Obermayer—Penicillin in Syphilis, Moore — Mental Mischief and Emotional Conflicts, Sadler — Diseases of the Heart, Lewis — Bone and Bones, Weinmannand Sicher —Peripheral Vascular Diseases, Allen, Barker, and Hines, Jr.—Outline of the Spinal Nerves, Favill —Clinical Pediatrics, Kugelmass —Synopsis of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bourne — The Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Stone and Dufaull — Women in Industry: Their Health and Efficiency, Baetjer —An Introduction to Human Anatomy, Marshall; revised by Lazier—Synopsis of Physiology, Main—P-Q-R-S-T, Riseman —The 1946 Year Book of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neurosurgery, Reese, Masten, Lewis, and Bailey — Muscle Testing ; Techniques of Manual Examination, Daniels, Williams, and Worthingham —Bacteriology, com piled by Novak and Meyer —The Art and Science of Nutrition, Hawley and Garden—Nutritional and Vitamin Therapy in General Practice, Gordon — Peripheral Vascular Diseases, Samuels 895

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Poliomyelitis: Study of an Epidemic of Forty Cases, Key West, Fla. (May-August 1946); Part I— William D. Davis and Charles M. Silverstein 910

A Schick Survey on Guam —Harold Jacobziner 923

The Incidence of Intestinal Parasites Among Civilians Employed at Certain Naval Air Bases — Donald MacCreary and Arnold G. Bricker 926

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 930

 

Number 6

 

PREFACE.. iii

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS iv

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Dual Perforated Peptic Ulcer—Luther G. Bell, J. Cuthbert Owens, and William J. MacMurtrie, Jr 937

Bladder Management Following Spinal Injury — Leslie L. Vescen, William W. Miller, Jr., and Oilman C. Paynter 945

Removal of Ureteral Calculi by Catheter Traction With Report of Three Cases — Jacob J. Robbins 954

Renal Decapsulation in the Treatment of Oliguria and Anuria— Edward S. Lowe 959

Yaws Treated With Single Massive Doses of Penicillin —Sidney L. Arje. _ 965

Extragenital Primary Syphilis— L. Keith MacClatchie 970

Arachnidism, With Report of a Case — Dallas E. Billman 975

A Review of Neurosyphilis— Robert E. Rock and Edward F. Mee 983

Management of Wounds and Wound Healing— Thomas C. Ryan 991

Experiences of a Medical Officer in the Air Transport of Patients by the Naval Air Transport Service— Joseph P. Pollard 1000

Sarcoma of the Soft Tissues; Discussion and Report of Eight Cases —Arthur I. Holleb 1005

Mucous Membrane Grafts From the Inferior Turbinate in Reconstruction of the Orbit— Harry P. Hchenck 1014

Instrument Sterilization in Desert Country — Clarence E. Dawson 1019

Dental Inactivation in the Reserve Fleet— Robert F. Erdman 1022

Obstetrics on Guam — Monrad E. Aaberg 1027

A Review of the Physiology of Blood Coagulation and Its Relationship to Some of the Common Hemorrhagic Disorders; With Report of a Case of Unexplained Purpura— Bruce L. Canaga, Jr 1037

EDITORIALS

50th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hospital Corps 1045

Certain Statistical and Social Aspects of Diabetes 1045

The Physiological Clock 1047

One and One-Half Million Births in the United States in First Five Months 1047

Compulsory Exercise in Relation to Health 1048

Questionnaire on the Naval Medical Bulletin 1049

QUESTIONNAIRE 1051

CLINICAL NOTES

Recurrent Inguinal Hernia; Report of Two Unusual Cases —Robert B. Brown and Lewis L. Haynes 1053

Eosinophilic Granuloma of Bone, With Report of Two Cases — Donald B. Hull and William M. Silliphant 105S

Eosinophilic Granuloma of Bone —Edgar N. Weaver and John R. Carter 1066

Extragenital Choriocarcinoma of the Male With Bilateral Gynecomastia; Report of a Case — Henry J. Caes and Richard W. Cragg 1072

Methyl Salicylate Poisoning; a Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature—Jesse J. Cancelmo, Jr 1077

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Preservation of Museum Specimens in Plexiglas—Russell H. Walker 1086

BOOK NOTICES

Occupational Diseases of the Skin, Schwartz, Tulipan, and Peck —Insect Microbiology, Steinhaus —The Compleat Pediatrician, Darison — Methods of Diagnosis, Clendening and Hashinger —Textbook of Biochemistry, Harrow—Practical Pedodontia or Juvenile Operative Dentistry and Public Health Dentistry, Hogeboom; special chapters by Anderson, Hawkins, Hyatt, and Straub 1089

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Toxic Reactions in the Treatment of Syphilis in the U. S. Navy in 1916 1095

Poliomyelitis: Study of an Epidemic of Forty Cases, Key West, Florida (May August 1946); Part II— William D. Dans and Charles M. Silverstein  1102

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 1111

INDEX 1119

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