Lebanon Hospital Research Articles

Unusual remission in a case of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura syndrome following fresh blood exchange transfusions.

Excerpt Ever since its original description by Moschcowitz in 19251as "an acute febrile pleiochromic anemia with hyaline thrombosis of the terminal arterioles and capillaries" associated with a ble...

Kirklin-Weber Memorial Lecture

HomeRadiologyVol. 73, No. 5 PreviousNext Announcements and Book ReviewsKirklin-Weber Memorial LecturePublished Online:Nov 1 1959https://doi.org/10.1148/73.5.789jMoreSectionsPDF ToolsImage ViewerAdd to favoritesCiteTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked In AbstractThe first Kirklin-Weber Memorial Lecture was given in Rochester, Minn., Nov. 20 by Dr. Leo G. Rigler, former Professor of Radiology of the University of Minnesota, now Executive Director of Cedars of Lebanon Hospital of Los Angeles. Dr. Rigler spoke on “The History of Roentgenology of the Gastro-Intestinal Tract.”The Kirklin-Weber Memorial Fund, which supports this lectureship, was contributed by former students and friends of the late Dr. B. R. Kirklin and Dr. H. M. Weber.Article HistoryPublished in print: Nov 1959 FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsRecommended Articles RSNA Education Exhibits RSNA Case Collection Vol. 73, No. 5 Metrics Altmetric Score PDF download

Effects of long-term estrogen therapy on serum cholesterol and phospholipids in men with myocardial infarction.

Article1 November 1959EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM ESTROGEN THERAPY ON SERUM CHOLESTEROL AND PHOSPHOLIPIDS IN MEN WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONJESSIE MARMORSTON, M.D., FREDERICK J. MOORE, M.D., OSCAR MAGIDSON, M.D., OLIVER KUZMA, M.D., JACK J. LEWIS, M.D.JESSIE MARMORSTON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FREDERICK J. MOORE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, OSCAR MAGIDSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, OLIVER KUZMA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JACK J. LEWIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-5-972 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt has been well established1-8 that administration of estrogen to men or women with myocardial infarction tends to raise the serum phospholipids and to lower the serum cholesterol and the cholesterol/phospholipid (C/P) ratio. In a recent communication9 we noted that prolonged administration of ethinyl estradiol to postmenopausal women with myocardial infarction resulted in changes in these serum lipids, chiefly in those in whom the levels were initially abnormal. Thus estrogen therapy in effect tended to bring these serum lipids to "normal" levels.We wish to report here the effects upon cholesterol and phospholipids of long-term estrogen therapy, using clinically well...Bibliography1. Eilert ML: Effects of estrogens upon partition of serum lipids in female patients, Am. Heart J. 38: 472, 1949. Google Scholar2. StamlerPickKatz JRLN: Experiences in assessing estrogen antiatherogenesis in chick, rabbit and man, Ann. New York Acad. Sc. 64: 596-619, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. RussEderBarr EMHADP: Influence of gonadal hormones on proteinlipid relationship in human plasma, Am. J. Med. 19: 4-24, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. SteinerPaysonKendall AHFH: Effects of estrogenic hormones on serum lipids in patients with coronary arteriosclerosis, Circulation 11: 784-788, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. OliverBoyd MFGS: Influence of sex hormones on circulating lipids and lipoproteins in coronary sclerosis, Circulation 13: 82-91, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. RobinsonHiganoCohenSniffenSherer RWNWDRCJW: Effects of estrogen therapy on hormonal functions and serum lipids in men with coronary atherosclerosis, Circulation 14: 365, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Eilert HL: Effect of estrogens on partition of serum lipids in female patients, Metabolism 2: 137-145, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. CohenHiganoRobinson WDNRW: Serum lipid and estrogenic effects of Manvene, a new estrogen analogue, Circulation 17: 1035-1040, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. MarmorstonMagidsonLewisMehlMooreBernstein JOJJJFJJ: Effect of small doses of estrogen on serum lipids in female patients with myocardial infarction, New England J. Med. 258: 583-586, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. PearsonSternMcGavack SSTH: Rapid, accurate method for determination of total cholesterol in serum, Anal. Chem. 25: 813, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. LowryRobertsLeinerWuFarr OHNRKYMAL: Quantitative histochemistry of brain; chemical methods, J. Biol. Chem. 207: 1-17, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, California*Received for publication February 25, 1959.Read at the Regional Meeting of The American College of Physicians, Palm Springs, California, February 7-8, 1959.From the Departments of Medicine and Public Health, University of Southern California School of Medicine, the Los Angeles County Hospital and the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital.†Aided by grants from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, and grants H-2198, H-2199 and H-2701 from the National Heart Institute.We are indebted to Dr. Kenneth Ericson, of Organon, Inc., for supplies of Lynoral (ethinyl estradiol), to Dr. Irwin C. Winter, of G. D. Searle and Co., for Manvene (SC 6924, 3 methoxy-16α-methyl-1,3,5(10)-estriene-16β,17β-diol), and to Dr. John J. Jewell, of the Ayerst Laboratories, for Premarin (mixed conjugated equine estrogens NNR), used in these studies.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Jessie Marmorston, M.D., 613 North Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRelationship of Estrogen Therapy for Carcinoma of the Prostate to Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Clinicopathologic StudyBiological Properties of Estrogen SulfatesARE GONADAL HORMONES (ESTROGENS AND ANDROGENS) OF SIGNIFICANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE?The interrelationship of blood lipids and estrogensEfficacy of Drugs in Lowering Blood CholesterolGonadal Hormones and Lipid MetabolismSteroids and Lipid MetabolismPractical significance of serum triglycerides and radioactive fat toleranceTREATMENT OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY WITH ESTROGENSORAL AND INTRAVENOUS ESTROGENS IN THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF BLEEDING ASSOCIATED WITH LONG-TERM ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY 1 November 1959Volume 51, Issue 5Page: 972-982KeywordsCholesterolElectrocardiographyEstradiolEstrogensHeartHospital medicineLipidsMyocardial infarctionPhospholipidsPrevention, policy, and public health ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...

Letters to the Editor

Journal Article Letters to the Editor Get access Harry Sobel Harry Sobel Institute for Medical Research, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Clinical Chemistry, Volume 5, Issue 5, 1 October 1959, Page 508, https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/5.5.508 Published: 01 October 1959

Effect of the cardiac arrhythmias on the coronary circulation.

Excerpt This study will consider the hemodynamic disturbances of the coronary flow which occur during cardiac arrhythmias. It has been shown that fast cardiac arrhythmias can precipitate severe dis...

Observations of the blood amylase level in the dog with experimentally produced simple and strangulated obstructions of the small intestine.

Los Angeles, California From the Department of Surgery, The Institute for Medical Research and the Division of Laboratories, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital

Primary hyperparathyroidism due to a parathyroid adenoma: antemortem diagnosis with termination in possible acute parathyroid hormone intoxication.

Case Reports1 July 1958PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM DUE TO A PARATHYROID ADENOMA: ANTEMORTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH TERMINATION IN POSSIBLE ACUTE PARATHYROID HORMONE INTOXICATIONWILLIAM HOROWITZ, M.D., F.A.C.P, ARTHUR A. BERENBAUM, M.D.WILLIAM HOROWITZ, M.D., F.A.C.PSearch for more papers by this author, ARTHUR A. BERENBAUM, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-1-181 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPrimary hyperparathyroidism was seldom diagnosed during life prior to 1925. Twenty-six of 27 recorded cases from 1903 to 1925 were diagnosed at autopsy.1The pioneer work of Mandl2in 1926, consisting in the removal of a parathyroid adenoma from a patient suffering from osteitis fibrosa cystica, with remarkable improvement, and the reported extraction of a parathyroid hormone by Collip,3caused an immediate upsurge in the seeking out of cases of hyperparathyroidism. The subsequent classic studies carried out by Albright and co-workers12a, b, c, daided greatly in establishing hyperparathyroidism as a well defined clinical entity. A higher index of suspicion...Bibliography1. BodanskyBodansky MO: Biochemistry of disease, 2nd Ed., 1952, The Macmillan Co., New York. Google Scholar2. Mandl F: Klinisches und Experimentelles zur Frage der lokalisierten und generalisierten Ostitis fibrosa, Arch. f. klin. Chir. 143: 245, 1926. Google Scholar3. Collip JB: The extraction of a parathyroid hormone which will prevent or control tetany and which regulates the level of blood calcium, J. Biol. Chem. 63: 395-438, 1925. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Snapper I: Medical clinics on bone diseases: a text and atlas, 2nd Ed., 1949, Interscience Publishers, New York. Google Scholar5. GutmanSwensonParsons ABPCWB: The differential diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism, J. A. M. A. 103: 87-94 (July 4) 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. AtlasGabermanEisenberg DHPHL: Syndrome of masked hyperparathyroidism, Ann. Int. Med. 44: 1195-1210, 1956. LinkGoogle Scholar7. Plimpton CH: Calcium metabolism in health and disease, M. Clin. North America 39: 881-898 (May) 1955. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. ReifensteinHoward ECRP: Glandular physiology and therapy, 5th Ed., 1954, Lippincott, Philadelphia, p. 351. Google Scholar9. Hanes FW: Hyperparathyroidism due to parathyroid adenoma with death from parathormone intoxication, Am. J. M. Sc. 197: 85-90, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. ThornForshamGoldfien GWPHA: Harrison's Principles of internal medicine, 2nd Ed., 1954, The Blakiston Company, New York, pp. 622-632. Google Scholar11. Wright S: Applied physiology, 1945, Oxford University Press, London. Google Scholar12. AlbrightReifenstein FEC (a) : Parathyroid glands and metabolic bone disease, 1948, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore. (b) Albright, F., Baird, P. C., Cope, O., and Bloomberg, E.: Studies on physiology of parathyroid glands; renal complications of hyperparathyroidism, Am. J. M. Sc. 187: 49-65, 1934. (c) Albright, F., Aub, J. C., and Bauer, W.: Hyperparathyroidism; common and polymorphic condition as illustrated by 17 proved cases from one clinic, J. A. M. A. 102: 1276-1287 (Apr. 21) 1934. (d) Albright, F., Sulkowitch, H. W., and Bloomberg, E.: Hyperparathyroidism due to idiopathic hypertrophy (hyperplasia?) of parathyroid tissue, Arch. Int. Med. 62: 199-215, 1938. Google Scholar13. Carnes WH: The demonstration of an effect of parathyroid extract on bone matrix, Am. J. Path. 26: 736, 1950. Google Scholar14. Selye H: Mechanism of parathyroid hormone action, Arch. Path. 34: 625-633 (Oct.) 1942. Google Scholar15. Grollman A: Role of the kidney in the parathyroid control of the blood calcium as determined by studies on the nephrectomized dog, Endocrinology 55: 166 (Aug.) 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16. Munson PL: Studies on the role of parathyroids in calcium and phosphorus metabolism, Ann. New York Acad. Sc. 60: 776-794, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17. Zondek H: The diseases of the endocrine glands, 4th Ed., 1944, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore. Google Scholar18. GreenwoodBestWinston JHEBJR: Dysfunction of the parathyroid glands, M. Clin. North America 39: 1153-1169 (July) 1955. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. Hueper W: Metastatic calcifications in the organs of the dog after injections of parathyroid extract, Arch. Path. 3: 14, 1927. Google Scholar20. CantarowStewartHousel AHLEL: Experimental acute hyperparathyroidism, Endocrinology 22: 13-27, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication December 15, 1956.From the Medical Service of Herman L. Frosch, M.D., F.A.C.P. Lebanon Hospital, Bronx, N. Y., and the Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Arthur A. Berenbaum, M.D., 1923 Spruce Street, Philadelphia 3, Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPrimary hyperparathyroidismRenal vein thrombosis complicating primary hyperparathyroidismChanges in Parathyroid Metabolism Following Ureterolithotomy in a Patient with HyperparathyroidismCase 21-1964Calcium Intoxication Due to Primary Hyperparathyroidism A Medical and Surgical EmergencyJACOB LEMANN JR., M.D., ANTHONY A. DONATELLI, M.D.Endocrine Emergencies (Nondiabetic)Acute Hyperparathyroidism and Acute PancreatitisPrimary Hyperparathyroidism With Acute Parathyroid Hormone IntoxicationDeath Due to Parathyroid CrisisRecurrent Acute Hyperparathyroidism with Severe Gastrointestinal Manifestations 1 July 1958Volume 49, Issue 1Page: 181-189KeywordsAdenomasCalciumComaHospital medicineHypercalcemiaHyperparathyroidismIntoxicationParathyroid hormoneParathyroid tumorsPhosphatases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...

CYSTS OF THE VAGINA IN THE NEWBORN INFANT

Congenital cysts of the vagina in the newborn infant are single cysts about ½ to ¾ in. in diameter located at the introitus of the vagina. They usually arise (Fig. 1) from the anterior wall and may extend on to the lateral wall. They are posterior to the urethra and anterior to the hymenal orifice and may give the appearance of a urethrocele. Vaginal cysts of the newborn infant are said to be uncommon.1The accuracy of this statement is questionable, since most pediatric textbooks make no mention of the condition and experienced pediatricians and obstetricians have not seen a single case. Recently five newborn infants with cysts of the vagina were observed; three at Lebanon Hospital, one at Harlem Hospital (Fig. 2), and one at Jewish Memorial Hospital. All of them occurred in otherwise full-term normal infants. The pregnancy of each of the mothers of these children

Incidence of thyrotoxicosis among refugees from Nazi prison camps.

Article1 April 1958INCIDENCE OF THYROTOXICOSIS AMONG REFUGEES FROM NAZI PRISON CAMPSSAMUEL A. WEISMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.SAMUEL A. WEISMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-4-747 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis report represents a three-year (1951 to 1954) study of the incidence of thyrotoxicosis among refugee as against nonrefugee patients referred to the Thyroid Clinic, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, with a comparison study of refugee and nonrefugee patients registered in the General Outpatient Clinic.The study was stimulated by the impression that there was a high incidence of thyrotoxicosis among patients who were refugees from Nazi prison camps. The histories of these patients were more or less similar in pattern. They had all spent up to four years in the prison camps. Their lives just prior to, during...Bibliography1. Cannon WB: Conditions affecting secretion of the thyroid gland, Boston M. and S. J. 75: 562 (Oct. 19) 1916. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Plummer HS: The function of the thyroid gland, Beaumont Foundation, 1925, C. V. Mosby, St. Louis. Google Scholar3. Bram I: Psychic trauma in pathogenesis of exophthalmic goiter, Endocrinology 11: 106, 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Moschcowitz E: The nature of Graves' disease, Arch. Int. Med. 46: 610, 1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. GoodallRogers JSL: The effects of emotions in the production of thyrotoxicosis, M. J. and Rec. 138: 411, 1944. Google Scholar6. Means JH: The function of the thyroid gland, Beaumont Lecture, 1948, Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois. Google Scholar7. HamAlexanderCarmichael GCFHT: A psychosomatic theory of thyrotoxicosis, Psychosom. Med. 13: 18, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. Lidz T: Emotional factors in the etiology of hyperthyroidism, Psychosom. Med. 11: 2, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. PaulingItanoSingerWells LHASJIC: Sickle cell anemia, a molecular disease, Science 110: 543, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Pauling L: The nature of molecular diseases, presented before the 37th Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, April 18, 1956, Los Angeles, California. Google Scholar11. Neel JV: Human hemoglobin types, their epidemiologic implications, New England J. Med. 256: 161 (Jan. 24) 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, California*Received for publication May 15, 1957.From the Thyroid Clinic, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, California.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Samuel A. Weisman, M.D., 6363 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 48, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byManagement of thyroid disorders during the COVID-19 outbreak: a position statement from the Thyroid Department of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (SBEM)HyperthyroidismStressful life events and Graves' diseaseHealth and environment—Psychosocial stimuli: A review 1 April 1958Volume 48, Issue 4Page: 747-752KeywordsAttentionCyclic adenosine monophosphateEmotionsOutpatient clinicsThyroid ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...

A rapid method for acridine orange fluorescence.

A Rapid Method for Acridine Orange Fluorescence Get access Maurice Le Cover, Maurice Le Cover Division of Laboratories, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, California Mr. Le Cover is Chief, Department of Medical Photography, and Dr. Warner is Assistant Pathologist, Division of Laboratories. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nancy E. Warner, M.D. Nancy E. Warner, M.D. * Division of Laboratories, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, California Mr. Le Cover is Chief, Department of Medical Photography, and Dr. Warner is Assistant Pathologist, Division of Laboratories. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Volume 29, Issue 2_ts, February 1958, Pages 186–187, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/29.2_ts.186 Published: 01 February 1958 Article history Received: 22 July 1957 Accepted: 16 September 1957 Published: 01 February 1958

Ventricular septal defect and pulmonary hypertension: Electrocardiographic, spatial vectorcardiographic and cardiac catheterization findings

W ITH EXPECTED advances in the technics of hypothermia and artificial heart-lung machines, surgical exposure and closure of interventricular septal defects has become a more feasible and common procedure. Thus it seems worthwhile to re-examine our knowledge and diagnostic ability of a condition which promises to become of increasing importance as definitive corrective therapy becomes available. With this in mind, the authors reviewed cases of interventricular septal defect which had been studied in the Cardio-Respiratory Laboratory of Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in the preceding twelve months. The six cases which form the basis of this report were reviewed and the cardiac catheterization, electrocardiographic, and vectorcardiographic findings were correlated.

The clinical aspects of cerebral vascular insufficiency.

Excerpt Transient cerebral vascular disturbances are of common occurrence and have been observed by most clinicians. When such episodes result from widespread cerebral ischemia, they are ordinarily...

Cysts of the vagina in the newborn infant.

Congenital cysts of the vagina in the newborn infant are single cysts about ½ to ¾ in. in diameter located at the introitus of the vagina. They usually arise (Fig. 1) from the anterior wall and may extend on to the lateral wall. They are posterior to the urethra and anterior to the hymenal orifice and may give the appearance of a urethrocele. Vaginal cysts of the newborn infant are said to be uncommon.1The accuracy of this statement is questionable, since most pediatric textbooks make no mention of the condition and experienced pediatricians and obstetricians have not seen a single case. Recently five newborn infants with cysts of the vagina were observed; three at Lebanon Hospital, one at Harlem Hospital (Fig. 2), and one at Jewish Memorial Hospital. All of them occurred in otherwise full-term normal infants. The pregnancy of each of the mothers of these children

The possible role of the gel-fiber ratio of connective tissue in the aging process.

Journal Article The Possible Rote of The Gel-fiber Ratio of Connective Tissue in the Aging Process Get access Harry Sobel, Ph.D., Harry Sobel, Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry,Division of Laboratories and the Institute for Medical Research,Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,and the University of Southern California School of MedicineLos Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Marmorston Jessie, M.D. Marmorston Jessie, M.D. Department of Biochemistry,Division of Laboratories and the Institute for Medical Research,Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,and the University of Southern California School of MedicineLos Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Gerontology, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 1956, Pages 2–7, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/11.1.2 Published: 01 January 1956 Article history Accepted: 03 June 1955 Published: 01 January 1956

Genetic Radiation Exposures in the Field of Medicine

The author, medical physicist at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, draws attention to the fact that the widespread utilization of X-rays for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes probably exposes the genetic material of America—and other Western countries—to amounts of radiation many times greater than those produced by all atomic and thermonuclear weapons tests today. The estimates, however, on which this conclusion is based, are of necessity uncertain. Strangely enough, it was the alarm caused among geneticists by the thermonuclear bomb tests that has drawn attention to the exposures which, have long occurred in medicine. Certainly, Dr. Clark's paper is likely to produce considerable discussion among doctors and geneticists which may lead to more restrained and greater precautions in future medical uses of radiation.

Radioiodine treatment of euthyroid cardiac disease; four years of experience with two hundred thirty-one patients.

Two hundred thirty-one euthyroid, seriously ill cardiac patients have been treated with radioactive iodine (I¹³¹) since February, 1950, in the department of radiation therapy and the cardiac outpatient department of the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles. Of particular interest is the analysis of the original 100 patients treated four years ago. Radioiodine treatment for euthyroid cardiac invalids was pioneered by Blumgart and his associates in March, 1947. They reported, in August, 1952, their results in the treatment of 39 patients followed for 40 months.¹In April, 1951, Wolferth and his group²gave account of 28 patients treated with radioiodine for intractable angina pectoris. Stuppy,³Jaffe,⁴Pobirs,⁵and Rosenfeld⁶reported upon 95 treated patients in November, 1951, and upon end-results in 100 patients in June, 1952.⁷In 1952, Chapman⁸described 23 treated cases. Serber and his group⁹reported 24

The use of superficial transverse perineal muscles in the treatment of post surgical anal incontinence.

Los Angeles, Calif. Department of Surgery, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, and the University of Southern California Medical School, Los Angeles.

Southey tubes in management of lymphedema of arm.

To the Editor:— In The Medical Management of Lymphedema (Foley, W. T.: Mod. Concepts Cardiovas. Dis. 24 :255 [Jan.] 1955) the use of Southey tubes is not mentioned, although Southey tubes had been used in lymphedema of the lower extremities many years ago and then were ignored and forgotten when the more spectacular diuretic agents appeared. Recently, this method for decompressing the lower limbs has regained some of its popularity, but, although clinicians are familiar with the use of Southey tubes in the lower extremity, their use for edema of the upper extremity has to my knowledge not been described. At the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital several patients have been so treated. Massive edema of the arm most commonly follows radical mastectomy, although there are many other causes, such as scarring of the axilla following surgical procedures, irradiation, infections, neoplastic invasion, and venous thrombosis, and it must be remembered that

Radioisotopes in the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck conditions.

The LaryngoscopeVolume 65, Issue 2 p. 53-72 Article Radioisotopes in the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck conditions†† Henry L. Jaffe M.D., Henry L. Jaffe M.D. Los Angeles, CalifSearch for more papers by this authorWarren J. Zager M.D., Warren J. Zager M.D. Los Angeles, CalifSearch for more papers by this author Henry L. Jaffe M.D., Henry L. Jaffe M.D. Los Angeles, CalifSearch for more papers by this authorWarren J. Zager M.D., Warren J. Zager M.D. Los Angeles, CalifSearch for more papers by this author First published: February 1955 https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-195502000-00003 † Read at the meeting of the Western Section, American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc., January 16, 1955. † † From the Department of Radiation Therapy, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, and Department of Radiology (Therapeutic), University of Southern California School of Medicine. Aided by research grants in memory of Roberta Flournoy Shaw, Helen W. Daniels, and Mary Arnold. 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 onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume65, Issue2February 1955Pages 53-72 RelatedInformation

Correlation of plasma heparin levels with serum lipoproteins.

Acta Medica ScandinavicaVolume 151, Issue 2 p. 161-166 Correlation of Plasma Heparin Levels with Serum Lipoproteins.1 HYMAN ENGELBERG, HYMAN ENGELBERG Division of Laboratories, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, California (U. S. A.).Search for more papers by this author HYMAN ENGELBERG, HYMAN ENGELBERG Division of Laboratories, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, California (U. S. A.).Search for more papers by this author First published: January/December 1955 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1955.tb10278.xCitations: 11 1 Presented at the Third International Gerontological Congress, London, July 1954, and at the Werner-Gren Institute, Stockholm, August 1954. 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 onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume151, Issue2January/December 1955Pages 161-166 RelatedInformation