Navy Medical Newsletter Vol. 55 No. 3 March 1970
TO THE OFFICERS OF THE MEDICAL CORPS ...................... .. ....2
FROM THE CHIEF ... ....... . .... .. . .. .4
PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
A Method for Construction of a Low Budget Vacuum Curette .. . . . .......15
The Present Status of Laser in Medicine .... .20
Acute Barbiturate Intoxication ........... . .22
Japanese Encephalitis Virus in Taiwan . .... .29
The Gastroenterologist Corner-Modern Gastric Analysis ........................32
Dental Charting Inaccuracies ............. .41
FEATURE ARTICLES
Navy Medical Corps-Its Growth and Development (Part II) ... ..... .... ...... .6
Report of a Case, 1878 ... ..... . ......... . 8
From the Annals of Naval Support Activity, Danang, Republic of Vietnam .... . ...11
Major Reviews of Marine Corps Medical Support Underway ................40
Specialized Orthopedic Nursing Care of the Patient with War Wounds ... ..42
Medical Support to the Trust Territory ..... .45
One Horse Hospitals .................... .48
ABSTRACT PAPERS
Actinomycosis: Is It Really Rare? ......... .31
Autogenous Bone Marrow in the Reconstruction of Deficient Alveolar Ridges in Dogs ....32
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ..... . ...... .50
NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
DoD Memorandum ................ .. . ... .51
The Physician's Recognition Award ........ .51
Current Vacancies in Residency Training Updated .. .... .. .. . ..... .. ......51
Naval Dental Corps Graduate Training Programs ............. . ....... ... ...52
American Board of Pediatrics Reports .. .... . .52
Dental Officer Elected to Council on Dental Therapeutics .......... .. .........52
Twenty-Second Anniversary Dental Technician Rating ................. ... ......52
Study Under way to Determine the Effect of Earplugs on Communications in Rotary-Wing Aircraft . .......... . .. ...... . . .. ..... 53
Helicopter Rescue Net . .. ................ .53
Aerospace Medicine Meeting ...... .... .... .53
American Academy of Gold Foil Operators Meeting .................. .... ......54
Index Medicus Abbreviated ...... .... ... .. .54
Accident Pathology Course .. .. ...... .. .... .54
Navy Occupational Therapists at Dallas Conference . . ...... .. ... ...... .... .54
Command Changes ...................... .55
Meritorious Unit Commendation .... ... .... .55
Naval Reserve Medical Company 12-6 Wins Award ..........................56
Farewell HAVEN ........ .. .... . . ....... .56