York Post-Graduate Medical School Research Articles

Diarrhœal, inflammatory, obstructive, and parasitic diseases of the gastro-intestinal tract. By Samuel Goodwin Gant, M.D. professor of diseases of the rectum, New York post-graduate medical school. Large 8vo. Pp. 604, with 181 illustrations. 1915. London and Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co. 25s. net

Diarrhœal, inflammatory, obstructive, and parasitic diseases of the gastro-intestinal tract. By Samuel Goodwin Gant, M.D. professor of diseases of the rectum, New York post-graduate medical school. Large 8vo. Pp. 604, with 181 illustrations. 1915. London and Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co. 25s. net

Gynecologic urology. By Lynn Lyle Fulkerson, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.S., Assistant Professor of Gynæcology, New York Post-Graduate Medical School, etc. Royal 8vo. Pp. 247 + xiv, with 166 illustrations, including 86 original and 14 colour plates. 1925. London: William Heinemann (Medical Books) Ltd. 27s. 6d. net

Gynecologic urology. By Lynn Lyle Fulkerson, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.S., Assistant Professor of Gynæcology, New York Post-Graduate Medical School, etc. Royal 8vo. Pp. 247 + xiv, with 166 illustrations, including 86 original and 14 colour plates. 1925. London: William Heinemann (Medical Books) Ltd. 27s. 6d. net

Traumatic surgery. By John J. Moorhead, B.S., M.D., F.A.C.S., late Lt.-Col. Medical Corps, American Expeditionary Force; Professor of Surgery, New York Post-graduate Medical School and Hospital. Second edition. Pp. 864, with 619 illustrations. 1921. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Co. 45s

Traumatic surgery. By John J. Moorhead, B.S., M.D., F.A.C.S., late Lt.-Col. Medical Corps, American Expeditionary Force; Professor of Surgery, New York Post-graduate Medical School and Hospital. Second edition. Pp. 864, with 619 illustrations. 1921. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Co. 45s

Industrial surgery: Principles, problems, and practice. By Willis W. Lasher, M.D., F.A.C.S., Assistant Professor of Traumatic Surgery, New York Post-Graduate Medical School; etc. 9 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. Pp. 452 + xxv, with 193 illustrations. 1938. New York: Paul B. Hoeber Inc. $6.00

Journal Article Industrial surgery: Principles, problems, and practice. By Willis W. Lasher, M.D., F.A.C.S., Assistant Professor of Traumatic Surgery, New York Post-Graduate Medical School; etc. 9 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. Pp. 452 + xxv, with 193 illustrations. 1938. New York: Paul B. Hoeber Inc. $6.00 Get access Industrial surgery: Principles, problems, and practice. By Willis WLasher, M.D., F.A.C.S., Assistant Professor of Traumatic Surgery, New York Post-Graduate Medical School; etc. 9 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. Pp. 452 + xxv, with 193 illustrations. 1938. New York: Paul B. Hoeber Inc. $6.00 British Journal of Surgery, Volume 26, Issue 103, January 1939, Page 654, https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.18002610326 Published: 06 December 2005

Plastic surgery of the orbit. By J. Eastman Sheehan, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Plastic Surgery, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, etc.; with a Preface by Pierre Sebileau, Professeur de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris. Imperial 8vo. pp. 348 + xxi, illustrated. 1928. New York: The Macmillan Co. 50s. net

Plastic surgery of the orbit. By J. Eastman Sheehan, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Plastic Surgery, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, etc.; with a Preface by Pierre Sebileau, Professeur de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris. Imperial 8vo. pp. 348 + xxi, illustrated. 1928. New York: The Macmillan Co. 50s. net Get access Plastic Surgery of the Orbit. By J Eastman Sheehan, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Plastic Surgery, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, etc.; with a Preface by Pierre Sebileau, Professeur de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris. Imperial 8vo. pp. 348 + xxi, illustrated. 1928. New York: The Macmillan Co. 50s. net. British Journal of Surgery, Volume 16, Issue 63, January 1929, Pages 525–527, https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800166336 Published: 06 December 2005

Short-wave diathermy. By Tibor De Cholnoky, Associate in Surgery, New York Postgraduate Medical School, Columbia University. 9¼ × 6¼ in. Pp. 310 + xvi, with 38 illustrations. 1937. New York : Columbia University Press. (London : Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press.) 2os. net

Short-wave diathermy. By Tibor De Cholnoky, Associate in Surgery, New York Postgraduate Medical School, Columbia University. 9¼ × 6¼ in. Pp. 310 + xvi, with 38 illustrations. 1937. New York : Columbia University Press. (London : Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press.) 2os. net

Diagnosis and management of diseases of the biliary tract. By R. Franklin Carter, B.S., M.D., F.A.C.S.; Carl H. Greene, A.B., Ph.D., M.D., F.A.C.P.; and John Russell Twiss, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.P., New York Post-Graduate Medical School, Columbia University. 9 1¼ × 6 in. Pp. 432, with 84 illustrations and 6 plates. 1939. London: Bailliere, Tindall & Cox. 32s. 6d. net

Diagnosis and management of diseases of the biliary tract. By R. Franklin Carter, B.S., M.D., F.A.C.S.; Carl H. Greene, A.B., Ph.D., M.D., F.A.C.P.; and John Russell Twiss, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.P., New York Post-Graduate Medical School, Columbia University. 9 1¼ × 6 in. Pp. 432, with 84 illustrations and 6 plates. 1939. London: Bailliere, Tindall & Cox. 32s. 6d. net

Neurosurgery : Principles, practice, and treatment. By William Sharpe, M.D., Professor of Neurosurgery, New York Polyclinic Hospital and Post-graduate Medical School, etc.; and Norman Sharpe, M.D., Attending Neurosurgeon, St. Mark's Hospital and Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled. Medium 8vo. Pp. 762 + xxxvii, with 208 illustrations in black-and-white, and 5 in colours. 1928. London : J. B. Lippincott Co.

Neurosurgery : Principles, practice, and treatment. By William Sharpe, M.D., Professor of Neurosurgery, New York Polyclinic Hospital and Post-graduate Medical School, etc.; and Norman Sharpe, M.D., Attending Neurosurgeon, St. Mark's Hospital and Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled. Medium 8vo. Pp. 762 + xxxvii, with 208 illustrations in black-and-white, and 5 in colours. 1928. London : J. B. Lippincott Co.

Spinal Anæsthesia (Subarachnoid Radicular Conduction Block): Principles and technique. By Charles H. Evans, M.D., Clinical Assistant, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, etc. With an Introduction by W. Wayne Babcock, M.D., F.A.C.S., and a Foreword by Charles Gordon Heyd, M.D., F.A.C.S. Medium 8vo. Pp. 203 + xxii, with 41 illustrations, 3 in colour, and 1 folding coloured plate. 1929.

Spinal Anæsthesia (Subarachnoid Radicular Conduction Block): Principles and technique. By Charles H. Evans, M.D., Clinical Assistant, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, etc. With an Introduction by W. Wayne Babcock, M.D., F.A.C.S., and a Foreword by Charles Gordon Heyd, M.D., F.A.C.S. Medium 8vo. Pp. 203 + xxii, with 41 illustrations, 3 in colour, and 1 folding coloured plate. 1929. New York: Paul B. Hoeber, Inc. $5.50 Spinal Anæsthesia (Subarachnoid Radicular Conduction Block): Principles and Technique. By Evans Charles H, M.D., Clinical Assistant, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, etc. With an Introduction by Babcock W Wayne, M.D., F.A.C.S., and a Foreword by Heyd Charles Gordon, M.D., F.A.C.S. Medium 8vo. Pp. 203 + xxii, with 41 illustrations, 3 in colour, and 1 folding coloured plate. 1929. New York: Paul B. Hoeber, Inc. $5.50. British Journal of Surgery, Volume 17, Issue 66, October 1929, Pages 354–355, https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800176635 Published: 05 December 2005

Erdmann's clinics. Excerpts selected from the Clinics of John F. Erdmann, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery in Colombia University. Edited by J. William Hinton, M.D., F.A.C.S., Associate Professor of Surgery, New York Postgraduate Medical School. Large 8vo. Pp. 315 + vi, with 39 illustrations. 1932. Philadelphia and London: W.B. Saunders Company. 22s. 6d. net

Erdmann's clinics. Excerpts selected from the Clinics of John F. Erdmann, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery in Colombia University. Edited by J. William Hinton, M.D., F.A.C.S., Associate Professor of Surgery, New York Postgraduate Medical School. Large 8vo. Pp. 315 + vi, with 39 illustrations. 1932. Philadelphia and London: W.B. Saunders Company. 22s. 6d. net

The influence of lavage on peritonitis

Lavage was adopted by surgeons around the turn of the century for managing patients with peritonitis. In 1906, Franz Torek from the New York PostGraduate Medical School described how “the salt water is poured into all recesses” and “the hand, by some gentle to-and-fro motions, assists it in washing all parts” and pus was “dipped out, rather than wiped out, as the latter procedure would be more likely to injure the peritoneum.” Over the years, support for its use has fluctuated, depending largely on opinions rather than evidence. Lavage is currently widely used in the treatment of patients with peritonitis either from bowel perforation or from acute pancreatitis. Early opponents of the use of lavage claimed that it served to spread infection. In the first half of this century, Rodney Maingot commented that, “Irrigation of the peritoneal cavity for cleansing purposes is, in my opinion, never justified, even in the presence of gross fecal contamination.” Burnett and coworkers in 1957 reintroduced peritoneal lavage as a treatment option in patients with peritonitis in association with high concentrations of antibiotics. He commented that “lavage removes large quantities of toxins from a great absorptive area and many bacteria which would have otherwise have to be dealt with by the body’s defenses.” The primary role of the surgeon in managing patients with peritonitis is to control the source of contamination. Failure to do so results in septicemia and a universally poor prognosis. Secondary treatment aims include reducing the bacterial load in the peritoneal cavity by lavage, antibiotics, or both. Lavage is claimed to remove not only bacteria but also material that may promote bacterial proliferation (eg, blood) and proinflammatory cytokines that may enhance local inflammation. The objective of this article is, first, to give an overview of peritoneal defense mechanisms and how lavage may influence the resolution of peritonitis; and second, to review the relevant surgical literature and to perform a combined analysis of available randomized prospective clinical trials, to evaluate whether lavage influences mortality and morbidity in patients with bacterial peritonitis.

The Man Who Declined the Presidency: Owen D. Young

Medical History1 October 1966The Man Who Declined the Presidency: Owen D. YoungIRVING S. WRIGHT, M.D., F.A.C.P.IRVING S. WRIGHT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-65-4-843 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt was early in July 1931 when, as a young physician, I found myself in the midst of a drama which may have had a profound effect on the course of American and even international history. It came about in this way. I was serving as an assistant physician to Dr. Arthur Chace, then at the peak of his professional career. He was Professor of Medicine at the New York Postgraduate Medical School (now associated with New York University). He had been president of numerous medical societies and was to be President of the New York Academy of Medicine. As... This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *This bit of history is now published for the first time after consultation and approval by members of the family of Owen D. Young. We feel that it should be recorded as a significant detail of American history.From the Department of Medicine, the Cornell University Medical College, New York, N. Y.Dr. Wright is the President of the American College of Physicians.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Irving S. Wright, M.D., 450 E. 69 St., New York, N. Y. 10021. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 October 1966Volume 65, Issue 4Page: 843-848 ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1966 PDF downloadLoading ...

In Memoriam

Abstract The death of Dr. Arthur Fernandez Coca will be mourned by all who knew him, but there is a special reason to memorialize it here, since he was the founder of this Journal. Dr. Coca was born in Philadelphia on March 20, 1875. The Spanish flavor of his middle and last names derives from the fact that his father was a native of Cuba. He studied at Haverford College, received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania (1900), studied at Heidelberg (1905–1909) and was assistant under von Dungern at the Cancer Institute of Heidelberg, in charge of the chemical laboratory (1907–1909). He was Bacteriologist at the Bureau of Science in Manila (1909–1910), Instructor in Pathology and Bacteriology at Cornell University Medical College (1910–1919), Assistant Professor of Immunology (1919–1924), Professor (1924–1932), Professor of Medicine, New York Postgraduate Medical School, Columbia University (1931–1935) and Medical Director, Lederle Laboratories (1931–1949).

The George Miller MacKee chair of dermatology and syphilology.

We are met this evening to dedicate a named chair of dermatology and syphilology which will perpetuate the fame and the memory of one of our medical greats, Dr. George Miller MacKee, a former professor of dermatology and syphilology at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School. I will not dwell on his contributions to the advancement of the art and science of medicine as these will be covered later in this program. As a result of a provision in Dr. MacKee's will, and with the enthusiastic concurrence of Mrs. MacKee, Dean Donal Sheehan and I recommended to the Board of Trustees of the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center that there be established at the earliest possible moment the George Miller MacKee Chair of Dermatology and Syphilology in the Post-Graduate Medical School and that Dr. Marion B. Sulzberger be designated as the first

NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, SECTION OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Recession of the Inferior Oblique Muscle. Dr. James Watson White. In an operation on the inferior oblique muscle alone, an incision is made through the conjunctiva 1 cm. to the outer side of the insertion of the external rectus muscle and just below this muscle. It is carried diagonally down and out at an angle of 15 degrees. Tenon's capsule is incised carefully, chiefly by blunt dissection, so that the inferior oblique muscle will not be cut by accident. When Tenon's capsule is engaged on a hook, a second hook is used and the dissection completed to the insertion. Sutures are taken in the muscle, and after the tenotomy the muscle is sutured to the sclera. The conjunctiva is closed by a running suture or interrupted sutures. The tenotomy is best done 2 to 3 mm. from the insertion. When com¬ plete paralysis is desired, no scierai sutures are taken. In cases of paralysis of the inferior oblique muscle, a tuck is taken at this site. When one is combining recession of the inferior oblique with resection or recession of the external rectus muscle, the incision is that used in operations on the external rectus muscle. At the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital it is only rarely that any other method is used, and this method has been found to be more capable of modifications as to the effects than the others. Operation on the inferior oblique muscle is indicated for the following purposes : 1. To correct a secondary deviation of the muscle due to paresis of the superior rectus muscle of the fellow eye. 2. To correct the secondary contraction due to paralysis of the superior oblique muscle of the same eye. 3. To shorten the inferior oblique muscle by tucking or other procedure in cases of paralysis of this muscle alone or in conjunction with paralysis of the superior rectus muscle of the same eye. This may be done by the method here described or at the origin, in the manner described by Wheeler in 1934. 4. To bring about complete paralysis of the inferior oblique muscle when this is desired in cases of either secondary deviation or secondary contracture. In such cases it makes little difference whether the tenotomy or myectomy is done at the origin or at the insertion. However, when resection is being performed on

E. William Abramowitz, M.D. 1885-1949.

Dr. E. William Abramowitz died June 13, 1949, at his home after a lingering illness. He was 63 years old. At the time of his death he was clinical professor at the New York PostGraduate Medical School and Hospital of the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center. He had been connected with the former and its affiliate, the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital, since 1927. He was also attending dermatologist and syphilologist of the Israel-Zion Division of the Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn and director of dermatology and syphilology at Gouverneur Hospital and the Jewish Memorial Hospital, New York city. Born in Jassy, Rumania, he was brought to New York as an infant. After studying engineering at Cooper Union he entered the New York University and Bellevue Medical College, from which he received his M.D. degree in 1907. He was an extern at Mount Sinai Hospital in 1908 and served as assistant house surgeon at the New York Lying-in Hospital that year and as house physician and surgeon at Har Moriah Hospital in 1909. In 1910 he began general practice in New York, and the following year he started to study diseases of the skin at Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was an assistant in the skin clinic for several years. In 1914 he joined the staff of the skin department of Vanderbilt Clinic, Columbia University, rising to the position of attending dermatologist. He was a member of the American Dermatological Association, a founder, past president and an honary member of the Brooklyn Dermatological Society, a former vice president of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, a former chairman of the skin section of the New York State Medical Society and a member of the New York County Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Dr. Abramowitz was a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and a former chairman of its section on dermatology and syphilology. He was also a former chairman of the Manhattan Dermatological Society ; a member of the American Academy of Dermatology and Syphilology and a former corresponding member of the French Society of Dermatology. He was certified as a specialist by the American Board of Dermatology and Syphilology in 1933. He belonged to the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity. He was the author of more than 50 papers on skin diseases and related subjects. He was an ardent teacher and investigator. He lectured on pharmacol¬ ogy and drug eruptions at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School, and his work on dermatitis medicamentosa survives as an outstanding contribution. Dr. Abramowitz was a very modest and quiet man, loyal and very likable. He made friends easily and retained them. Early in his medical career he cultivated music as a hobby, became an excellent violinist and for many years entertained his friends with performance of the classic works for this instrument. Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Anne Perlman Abramowitz, and a daughter. Miss Florence Abramow-itz. Isadore Rosen

FAMILY EPIDEMIC OF TINEA CAPITIS DUE TO TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS (VARIETY SULFUREUM)

Infection of the scalp with Trichophyton sulfureum is evidently uncommon in the United States. Of 2,857 cases of tinea capitis seen at the Skin and Cancer Unit of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital from 1940 to 1947, there were only four infections with T. sulfureum. 1 Another group in the same city observed five instances of this infection in 312 cases of tinea capitis. 2 Slaughter 3 reported a case of glabrous skin infection with T. sulfureum, and recently Moore and Wooldridge 4 cited an instance of kerion caused by this organism. Georg, at the Communicable Disease Center, U. S. Public Health Service, in Atlanta, Georgia, states that infections with this organism are on the increase. 5 Tinea capitis in the United States is caused largely by species of the genus Microsporum. The characteristic fluorescence exhibited by Microsporum-infected hairs under the Wood light is practically diagnostic of

Amyloidosis cutis, lichenoid type, treated successfully with resin of podophyllum.

The following case of amyloidosis cutis is herewith reported because of the rapid regression of the lesions, with almost complete relief from itching in two weeks, following applications of resin of podophyllum ointment. REPORT OF A CASE History.—U. S. E.,1a man aged 79, registered at the Skin and Cancer Unit of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital on Dec. 7, 1944, presenting lesions of about fifteen years' duration. There was no history of a similar disease in the family. He had worked as a post office clerk for forty-five years. He had contracted pneumonia in 1929 but had been in good health since. The eruption had begun on the back of the right ankle in 1929 and then spread to the outer surface on the right foot. It extended gradually and continuously, enlarging in five years to about 10 cm. Similar lesions appeared in 1938

TUBERCULOSIS CUTIS COLLIQUATIVA (TUBERCULOUS GUMMAS)

THE FOLLOWING report is of a patient with tuberculous ulcerations of the skin which failed to respond to 6 filtered units of roentgen rays in six months but completely healed in seven weeks with topical applications of promin® jelly. 1 REPORT OF A CASE History.— K. B., 2 a Negress aged 37, registered at the Skin and Cancer Unit of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital on April 10, 1945, presenting lesions of seven months' duration. She gave a history of having had rheumatism of the at 16 years. The first three pregnancies resulted successively in a stillbirth at nine, a miscarriage at six and a premature baby at seven months, which lived for seven months. She was treated for one year for syphilis at the New York Department of Health with injections of bismuth preparations and arsenicals from 1938 to 1939. She received twelve more hip

TRICHONODOSIS

A CASE of trichonodosis (knotted hair) was reported in 1947 by Pratt.1To the present time that is the only report on this condition in the American literature. He quoted McCarthy2as stating that there are two types of trichonodosis: (1) a rare variety, occurring as solitary knots associated with abnormal hair growth, and (2) a commoner variety, occurring as single or multiple knots, resulting from forces. Pratt's case was an example of the first variety. The following report deals with the mechanical type of trichonodosis, of which no account exists in the American literature. REPORT OF A CASE M. S., a 46 year old white man, was seen at the New York Skin and Cancer Unit of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital on March 10, 1948. He complained of generalized itching and parasites on the skin of two years' duration. Past treatment elsewhere