East Anglian Region Research Articles

Endo- and ecto-parasites of dogs and cats: a survey from practices in the East Anglian Region, BSAVA.

ABSTRACTMembers of the East Anglian Region of the BSAYA carried out a survey of commonly‐encountered endo‐ and ecto‐parasites of dogs and cats examined during a 4‐month‐period in an attempt to measure the incidence of such parasites in the area.

Complications of mediastinal neural tumours.

Thirty-two mediastinal neural tumours were seen in the East Anglian Regional Thoracic Surgical Unit at Cambridge between October 1952 and July 1970. The descending order of frequency was neurofibroma, ganglioneuroma, neurilemmoma, neurofibrosarcoma, and neuroblastoma. The literature relating to these tumours is reviewed and the pathological and clinical complications encountered in this series and in the literature are described.

Response to a questionnaire on chronic bronchitic symptoms in East Anglia.

The prevalence of has been shown to be greater in urban than in rural areas (Higgins, Cochrane, Gilson, and Wood, 1959; College of General Practitioners, 1961), but chest physicians in East Anglia were of the opinion that was more prevalent in their rural areas than had hitherto been believed. In 1961 the Chest Diseases Advisory Committee recom mended to the Research Committee of the East Anglian Regional Hospital Board that a survey be carried out to determine and compare the prevalence of symptoms of in different areas of the region. The symptom complex of has been variously defined. In 1960 the Medical Research Council Committee on the aetiology of issued a Questionnaire on Respiratory Symptoms in which it was inferred that persistence of cough, productive of sputum, on most days for 3 months each year was, in the absence of other known cause, indicative of bronchitis. The East Anglian Survey reported here used this criterion to estimate the prevalence of bronchitis. The results are compared with other surveys. The survey obtained information on the following points: (1) The degree of co-operation from householders in returning letters of inquiry. (2) The accuracy of a written self-applied question naire on respiratory symptoms compared with a similar questionnaire applied later by a doctor at a clinical interview. (3) The comparison of a clinical diagnosis of chronic bronchitis with a diagnosis based on symptoms alone. (4) The prevalence of in East Anglia.

East Anglian Regional Weekend Conference

East Anglian Regional Weekend Conference

The influence of blood collecting techniques on platelet numbers during blood storage.

British Journal of HaematologyVolume 3, Issue 1 p. 50-54 The Influence of Blood Collecting Techniques on Platelet Numbers during Blood Storage J. F. Mustard, J. F. Mustard Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge Elmore Research Student. Prescnt address: Medical Service, Snnnybrook Hospital, Toronto, 12, Ontario, Canada.Search for more papers by this authorC. B. V. Walker, C. B. V. Walker Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge Elmore Research Student. Prescnt address: Medical Service, Snnnybrook Hospital, Toronto, 12, Ontario, Canada.Search for more papers by this author J. F. Mustard, J. F. Mustard Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge Elmore Research Student. Prescnt address: Medical Service, Snnnybrook Hospital, Toronto, 12, Ontario, Canada.Search for more papers by this authorC. B. V. Walker, C. B. V. Walker Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge Elmore Research Student. Prescnt address: Medical Service, Snnnybrook Hospital, Toronto, 12, Ontario, Canada.Search for more papers by this author First published: January 1957 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2141.1957.tb05770.xCitations: 9 Director, East Anglian Region National Blood Transfusion Service. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume3, Issue1January 1957Pages 50-54 RelatedInformation

Wilfrid Paton Philip, M.C., M.A. (Cantab.),Hon. Causa., M.B., Ch.B., D.M.R.E., D.P.H.

Dr. Wilfrid Paton Philip, Consultant Chest Physician to the East Anglian Regional Hospital Board and the United Cambridge Hospitals, died in Cambridge on May 24 in his 69th year. Dr. Paton Philip began his medical education at Aberdeen University and he graduated M.B., Ch.B. in 1912.

Fertility and blood groups of some East Anglian blood donors.

SummaryA fertility survey, carried out on several thousand East Anglian blood donors, gives no indication of real differences in human fertility associated with differences in the ABO blood‐group constitution. However, the reproductive differences between individuals are much greater than those which can be attributed to chance and the data lend no support to the view, recently propounded, that the lowering of childhood mortality in modern times has resulted in a uniform fertility and the elimination of a selective differential in reproduction.The data indicate (i) that childlessness is more frequent, though not quite significantly so, amongst married women of groups A and B than amongst those of groups O and AB, and (ii) that children of group O Rh‐positive fathers are significantly more likely to die under ten years of age than other children.Our thanks are due to the East Anglian Regional Hospital Board for tabulating and sorting the data on Hollerith machines.

Dr. Brian Donnelly, M.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.M.R.

The untimely death of Brian Donnelly at the early age of 42 occurred in Cambridge on October 8 after a very brief illness. He was consultant radiologist to the United Cambridge Hospitals and the East Anglian Regional Hospital Board.