York University-Bellevue Medical Center Research Articles

Studies on a craniopharyngioma in tissue culture. I. Growth characteristics and alterations produced following exposure to two radiomimetic agents.

Journal Article Studies on a Craniopharyngioma in Tissue Culture: I. Growth Characteristics and Alterations Produced Following Exposure to Two Radiomimetic Agents Get access Jewel Plummer Cobb, Ph.D., Jewel Plummer Cobb, Ph.D. New York, N. Y. †New York University Post-Graduate Medical School. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Jane C. Wright, M.D. Jane C. Wright, M.D. New York, N. Y. ‡Fourth Surgical Division, Bellevue Hospital, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, Volume 18, Issue 4, October 1959, Pages 563–568, https://doi.org/10.1097/00005072-195910000-00007 Published: 01 October 1959

Bilateral central scotomas of hysterical origin.

Since publication by Lincoff and Ennis, 1 in 1956, of a case of bilateral central scotomas in a hysterical child, two similar cases have been treated by the eye service at New York University-Bellevue Medical Center. A study of these cases has led to the conclusion that the syndrome of bilateral central scotoma of acute onset in the absence of visible ocular pathology, toxic symptoms, or a family history of hereditary blindness is probably hysterical in origin. The diagnosis of bilateral retrobulbar neuritis has always seemed unsound, for it is most unlikely that the discrete lesions of demyelinating disease will select simultaneously the axial portions of the separate optic nerves. While a single lesion in the chiasm can do this, a lesion so placed is distinguished by temporal hemianopic features. It is sometimes argued that the defect is only bilateral and simultaneous in its recognition, that the lesion in one

Repair of severe burn ectropion of the eyelids.

From the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Bellevue Medical Center and the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, N. Y.

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE AURICLE???PART II

*From the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center and the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York

Reconstruction of the auricle. I.

New York, N. Y. * From the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center and the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York.

A clinical evaluation of monaural and binaural hearing aids.

Introduction At the Hearing and Speech Center of New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, a clinical evaluation of monaural and hearing aids has been conducted. Although much has been reported in the area of vs. monaural hearing, the majority of previous investigators were concerned with either summation of loudness or summation at threshold. The development of miniature amplifiers which can easily be worn on the head, particularly the more recently developed binaural hearing aid glasses, has stimulated a new interest in the advantages of hearing. Subjects and Procedure Because of the many variables found in the nature of perceptive deafness (e. g., discrimination, recruitment, and tolerance), this investigation has been restricted to subjects with clinical otosclerosis; the hearing of 10 subjects has been investigated. These subjects produce audiograms which are consistent with the medical diagnosis and demonstrate no evidence of a discrimination problem. In effect, these

The immune response to multiple-set skin homografts: an experimental study in man.

Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Bellevue Medical Center and the Department of Surgery, New York University College of Medicine

The identification of sympathetic segments.

From the Department of Anatomy, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, College of Medicine, New York, N. Y.

TRAINING OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTEE. By Donald Kerr, B.B.A., Director, National Institute for Amputee Rehabilitation, Lodi, New Jersey; and Signe Brunnstrom, M.A., Consultant in Amputee Training, Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York. Introduction by T. Campbell THOMPSON, M.D. 9½x6½ in. Pp. xx+272, with 153 figures. Index. 1956. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas,

TRAINING OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTEE. By Donald Kerr, B.B.A., Director, National Institute for Amputee Rehabilitation, Lodi, New Jersey; and Signe Brunnstrom, M.A., Consultant in Amputee Training, Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York. Introduction by T. Campbell THOMPSON, M.D. 9½x6½ in. Pp. xx+272, with 153 figures. Index. 1956. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas,

The Dynamic Approach to Arthritis

OF all chronic diseases, arthritis is second only to nervous and mental diseases as a cause of illness in the United States (1). It causes more years of disability than do all types of accidents and disables seven times as many persons as does cancer (2). More than 10 million persons in this country suffer from some type of rheumatic complaint, and 2?/2 nmillion of these have had to change or stop their work because of their disease (3). It is reliably estimated that 147,000 persons in the IUnited States are invalided each year from rheumatic diseases (4). While rheumatic diseases exact a high toll in morbidity, their mortality is extremely low; the reservoir of persons so afflicted is thus ever growing. In the face of the rising incidence of chronic and degenerative diseases, the socioeconomic gravity of this situation is readily apparent. Rheumatic diseases lead all others in crippling and in economic loss. They account for a loss of 97 million man-days and a quarter of a billion dollars in wages annually in the United States (1). Finally, it should be remembered that arthritis is not a disease of the aged only, but that it may affect infants and adolescents as well. The two most common and most crippling forms, rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid spondylitis, preponderantly affect persons in their third and fourth decades. Arthritis as a diagnosis is nonspecific; by definition it means inflammation of a joint. The types of arthritis are legion, probably numbering more than 100, and the treatment and the prognosis vary greatly among these many types. In considering rehabilitation it is important, therefore, that an etiological as well as a pathological diagnosis be established before medical, physical, or vocational measures of treament are undertaken. The majority of cases fall within 7 major categories, and 2 types, rheumatoid and degenerative joint disease, account for 70 percent of the cases (6). Ten years ago, arthritis was a disease of unknown etiologies and of dismally poor treatment prognoses. The introduction of steroid therapy in 1948 catalyzed a renaissance of interest and research that in a decade has developed more basic knowledge, better diagnostic aids, and more effective treatment measures than were developed in the preceding century. While much remains to be learned, great strides have been made. Amidst this optimism of progress has come a change in attitude toward the crippled arthritic, an attitude crystallized by favorable results attained in both physical and vocational rehabilitation studies. Because of these studies, crippled arthritics can no longer be considered negatively as candidates for rehabilitation, for with proper selection and careful treatment many can be salvaged for productive lives (5). As with all chronic diseases, the effects of arthritis ramify far beyond the physical sphere. Though the pathological affliction is primarily one of damage to intra-articular structures, the consequent disability imposes restrictions and demands adjustments in all areas of living: physical, social, economic, psychological, vocational, and recreational. In considering such a patient for rehabilitation, therefore, evaluation and treatment must be directed toward all the many facets of his condition. Proper diagDr. Lowman is clinical director of the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York City.

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

The dermatologic service of the New York Skin and Cancer Unit.

Wednesday, April 11, 1956, shall henceforth be remembered by us and by those who are curious about medical history, as the day when a Chair of Dermatology and Syphilology was dedicated at the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center in the name of George Miller MacKee. It is fitting that Marion B. Sulzberger should be the first to occupy this chair, thus insuring the perpetuation of the accomplishments and the advancement of the goals of the Skin and Cancer Unit. It is my pleasant task this evening to relate the story of this Unit. It begins in 1882, the year of the founding of the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital at 243 East 34th Street. This institution was thus one of the very first of all hospitals expressly devoted to the early diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The main floor was opened as a dispensary for

Cellular changes associated with inflammation.

Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesVolume 63, Issue 6 p. 1270-1279 CELLULAR CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH INFLAMMATION Elliott D. Blumenthal, Elliott D. Blumenthal The Cytology Laboratory, University Hospital, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N. Y.Search for more papers by this authorE. L. Hecht, E. L. Hecht The Cytology Laboratory, University Hospital, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N. Y.Search for more papers by this author Elliott D. Blumenthal, Elliott D. Blumenthal The Cytology Laboratory, University Hospital, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N. Y.Search for more papers by this authorE. L. Hecht, E. L. Hecht The Cytology Laboratory, University Hospital, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N. Y.Search for more papers by this author First published: March 1956 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1956.tb32136.xCitations: 2AboutPDF 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 Volume63, Issue6Cancer Cytology and CytochemistryMarch 1956Pages 1270-1279 RelatedInformation

Experimental laboratory methods for studying analgesics.

Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyVolume 4, Issue 2 p. 193-201 Article EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY METHODS FOR STUDYING ANALGESICS† Herbert S. Kupperman Ph.D., M.D., Herbert S. Kupperman Ph.D., M.D. Department of Therapeutics, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N. Y.Search for more papers by this author Herbert S. Kupperman Ph.D., M.D., Herbert S. Kupperman Ph.D., M.D. Department of Therapeutics, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N. Y.Search for more papers by this author First published: February 1956 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1956.tb00153.x †Read before the Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Therapeutic Society, Atlantic City, N. J., June 2–5, 1955. Read the full textAboutPDF 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 Volume4, Issue2February 1956Pages 193-201 RelatedInformation

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<b>Symposium on Tuberculosis and Other Pulmonary Diseases in Childhood.</b>—Three sessions of "Symposium on Tuberculosis and Other Pulmonary Diseases in Childhood" will be offered during the remainder of the 1955-1956 academic year by the Post-Graduate Medical School of New York University-Bellevue Medical Center. The Symposium is a full-time course of five days' duration given under the direction of Dr. Edith M. Lincoln and Dr. Margaret M. H. Smith. It includes seminars and lectures on tuberculosis, pneumonia, and chronic chest diseases in childhood. The values of bronchoscopy, roentgenography, and various surgical techniques will be discussed and demonstrated. The January session of the course is filled. However, applications are still being received for the sessions from March 12 through 16 and June 4 through 8. Also, Post-Graduate Medical School is offering a part-time course on "Recent Advances in Tuberculosis in Children." This will be given Thursday afternoons from Jan. 12 through March

Chemopallidectomy: a neurosurgical technique useful in geriatric parkinsonians.

Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyVolume 3, Issue 11 p. 839-859 Articles CHEMOPALLIDECTOMY: A NEUROSURGICAL TECHNIQUE USEFUL IN GERIATRIC PARKINSONIANS† Irving S. Cooper M.D., Ph.D., Irving S. Cooper M.D., Ph.D. The Neurosurgical Departments of St. Barnabas Hospital, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N. Y.Director, Department of Neurologic Surgery, St. Barnabas Hospital, New York 57 N. Y.Search for more papers by this authorNicolas Poloukhine M.D., Nicolas Poloukhine M.D. The Neurosurgical Departments of St. Barnabas Hospital, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N. Y.Fellow in Neurologic Surgery, St. Barnabas Hospital.Search for more papers by this author Irving S. Cooper M.D., Ph.D., Irving S. Cooper M.D., Ph.D. The Neurosurgical Departments of St. Barnabas Hospital, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N. Y.Director, Department of Neurologic Surgery, St. Barnabas Hospital, New York 57 N. Y.Search for more papers by this authorNicolas Poloukhine M.D., Nicolas Poloukhine M.D. The Neurosurgical Departments of St. Barnabas Hospital, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N. Y.Fellow in Neurologic Surgery, St. Barnabas Hospital.Search for more papers by this author First published: November 1955 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1955.tb00936.xCitations: 30 †Aided by grants from the Allen P. and Josephine Green Foundation and from the William Hale Harkness Foundation. Read the full textAboutPDF 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, Issue11November 1955Pages 839-859 RelatedInformation

Making the Cardiac Patientʼs Work Easier

Some years ago Lillian M. Gilbreth headed a voluntary subcommittee of the New York Heart Association's Committee on Cardiovascular Diseases in Industry. This subcommittee, which included authorities in industrial and management engineering, home economics, family relations, psychiatry, physical therapy, physiology, rehabilitation and architecture, studied methods by which industrial work-simplification techniques could be applied to household tasks. Upon this committee's recommendations the "Heart Kitchen" was established by the New York Heart Association to show heart-impaired homemakers and nurses how people can save their physical energy while they are carrying out household tasks. It has now been turned over to the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center. In the various cardiac clinics the authorities on work-classification help the health workers and patients by determining the patient's workpattern. They also help patients select jobs where the demands of their work are matched to their physical capacities. Tests conducted at the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center showed that, except for extremely heavy labor, almost all physical activities required in performing a job appear to be within the capacity of most people with heart disease. Most of these people can and do work. Generally, they are better off-finan-

Making the Cardiac Patient's Work Easier

Some years ago Lillian M. Gilbreth headed a voluntary subcommittee of the New York Association's Committee on Cardiovascular Diseases in Industry. This subcommittee, which included authorities in industrial and management engineering, home economics, family relations, psychiatry, physical therapy, physiology, rehabilitation and architecture, studied methods by which industrial work-simplification techniques could be applied to household tasks. Upon this committee's recommendations the Heart Kitchen was established by the New York Association to show heart-impaired homemakers and nurses how people can save their physical energy while they are carrying out household tasks. It has now been turned over to the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center. In the various cardiac clinics the authorities on work-classification help the health workers and patients by determining the patient's workpattern. They also help patients select jobs where the demands of their work are matched to their physical capacities. Tests conducted at the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center showed that, except for extremely heavy labor, almost all physical activities required in performing a job appear to be within the capacity of most people with heart disease. Most of these people can and do work. Generally, they are better off-finan-

The medical alumni publication.

Mr. Sheffield is supervisor of the publications section. New York University-Bellevue Medical Center

The relation of physical activity and occupation to coronary artery heart disease.

Article1 November 1954THE RELATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OCCUPATION TO CORONARY ARTERY HEART DISEASEJOSEPH G. BENTON, Ph.D., M.D., HOWARD A. RUSK, M.D., F.A.C.P.JOSEPH G. BENTON, Ph.D., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HOWARD A. RUSK, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-5-910 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONIt has been suggested that there has been an increased incidence of coronary artery heart disease in recent years. This disease of modern civilization has assumed prominence during a period in which heavy labor is less common and length of work hours has decreased; while other pressures have increased. Constitutional factors are important in coronary artery heart disease, but there is also evidence of variation of its incidence with environment. 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Y.*Presented as a Morning Lecture at the Thirty-fifth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, April 7, 1954.From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N. Y. 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