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View article: Fats and atheroma: an inquest.
Fats and atheroma: an inquest. Open
All well-controlled trials of cholesterol-reducing diets and drugs have failed to reduce coronary (CHD) mortality and morbidity. Nevertheless, commercial, professional, and even government-sponsored propaganda continues. Experimentally som…
View article: The Postgraduate Medical School: the present situation
The Postgraduate Medical School: the present situation Open
Journal Article The Postgraduate Medical School: the present situation Get access J McMichael, MD, FRCP, FACP, DSc, LLD, FRS J McMichael, MD, FRCP, FACP, DSc, LLD, FRS Director British Postgraduate Medical Federation Search for other works…
View article: International Symposium on Leonardo da Vinci
International Symposium on Leonardo da Vinci Open
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View article: The Heart and Digitalis
The Heart and Digitalis Open
In the early part of the scientific period of human history, which is now only in its fourth century, progress of ideas in medicine was made by discrete steps, each marked by the significant contribution of a single individual.Thus we have…
View article: Adult Education: For the Academic Clinical Teacher
Adult Education: For the Academic Clinical Teacher Open
A schoolteacher once said to me: " I don't know how you doctors keep it up, I've forgotten all I learnt at the university."The answer is simple: continuing experience in the clinical field and responsibi'ity for vital decisions compel the …
View article: Dynamics of Heart Failure
Dynamics of Heart Failure Open
A method of locating and demarcating brain tumours, using P32 and a Geiger-Muller probe counter, is described.It is a valuable additional aid to the surgeon at operation in selected cases, particularly in the taking of a small biopsy speci…
View article: A COMPLICATION FOLLOWING CORONARY SINUS AND CARDIAC VEIN CATHETERIZATION IN MAN
A COMPLICATION FOLLOWING CORONARY SINUS AND CARDIAC VEIN CATHETERIZATION IN MAN Open
Right auricular catheterization in man is a safe and simple procedure, but the introduction of the catheter into the right ventricle and pulmonary artery is often technically more difficult and introduces new risks.Most of these can be avo…
View article: PULMONARY HEART DISEASE ACUTE AND CHRONIC
PULMONARY HEART DISEASE ACUTE AND CHRONIC Open
Pulmonary embolism.Subacute.Miliary carcinoma.Chronic.(1) Primary pulmonary hypertension.(2) Secondary to lung disease.Emphysema (Bronchitis, Bron- chiectasis, Cystic disease).Pneumoconiosis (Silicosis, An- thraco-silicosis).Pulmonary fibr…
View article: CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION IN CASES OF PATENT INTERAURICULAR SEPTUM, PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION, FALLOT'S TETRALOGY, AND PULMONARY STENOSIS
CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION IN CASES OF PATENT INTERAURICULAR SEPTUM, PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION, FALLOT'S TETRALOGY, AND PULMONARY STENOSIS Open
The clinical and radiological findings in auricular and ventricular septal defects are well known.In many cases, however, the diagnosis may remain uncertain without pathological examination.The development of the technique ofcardiac cathet…
View article: CARDIAC OUTPUT IN MAN BY A DIRECT FICK METHOD: Effects of Posture, Venous Pressure Change, Atropine, And Adrenaline
CARDIAC OUTPUT IN MAN BY A DIRECT FICK METHOD: Effects of Posture, Venous Pressure Change, Atropine, And Adrenaline Open
In the Fick method of estimating cardiac output (C.O.), where C.O. (litres/min.)=oxygenconsumption (c.c./min.)divided by arterio-venous oxygen difference (c.c./litre), the measure- ment of the numerator can easily be made by spirometric me…
View article: Practical Management of Wound Shock
Practical Management of Wound Shock Open
Attempts to define " shock " are baulked in various ways.Newspapers and laymen use the word to describe any state of fright, with or without collapse, associated with injury or emotion.The older textbooks of surgery regarded it as a condit…
View article: Determination of lung volume: a simple constant volume modification of Christie’s method
Determination of lung volume: a simple constant volume modification of Christie’s method Open
The total lung volume consists of the vital capacity plus the residual air. Since the vital capacity may be measured directly, determination of the total lung volume depends on the measurement of the residual air. Alternatively, the functi…
View article: POSTURAL CHANGES IN CARDIAC OUTPUT AND RESPIRATION IN MAN
POSTURAL CHANGES IN CARDIAC OUTPUT AND RESPIRATION IN MAN Open
1. The acetylene method for the determination of cardiac output is considered in its practical details: ( a ) Modifications are recommended in the technique of sampling which reduce the possibility of vitiation of the results by the recirc…