Vol 32, No 8 (1936)

X-rays, creating favorable conditions for optimal determination of air in the pleural cavity, greatly facilitated the diagnosis of spontaneous pneumothorax and enriched our experience in this matter. "Over the past few years, there has been a rich literature on spontaneous pneumothorax. Numerous cases of spontaneous pneumothorax with the most unexpected etiology and the most diverse clinical picture have been published, which gave an impetus to revise our previous attitudes on the issue of spontaneous pneumothorax and, first of all, its pathogenesis.

The treatment of acute attacks of bronchial asthma is currently not controversial.

According to the descriptions available in the most common textbooks (Chistovich, Mehring, Konchalovsky, Mattes, Ewald), alveolar echinococcus of the liver has a malignant course and is extremely reminiscent of cancer or hypertrophic cirrhosis of the liver: progressive loss of strength of the patient, persistent and progressive jaundice, large hard and uneven liver, etc.

The variety of lesions of internal organs in malaria has long attracted the attention of clinicians.

Wishing to find out the effect of mud therapy on the nervous system, in July and August 1933, we made a series of observations on patients who used mud therapy in the Soltsy resort, where mud from the Mshagi Lakes is used, stored at the resort in concrete pools with mineral water from local sources.

The normal skin color of a frog is easily changed by the environment. A frog, which is dark green in color in a humid dark environment, turns pale within 15-20 minutes. when transferring it to a dry, bright room.

The skin is an organ closely related by its activity to the function of the whole organism.

Prof. L., 62 years old, fell ill in early July 1935

Спинномозговая анестезия имеет своих авторитетных сторонников и, пожалуй, не меньшее количество убежденных противников

Malaria, joining a particular disease, leaves a kind of imprint on it.

Syphilitic lesions of the orbit are quite rare, reaching barely 1-1 %% (Alexander) of all luetic diseases of the organ of vision, accounting for barely 1% of all eye patients (Ochanovsky, Batrachenko, etc.).

The formation of stones in the salivary glands and their ducts, known as salivary stones, is a rare phenomenon in the pathology of these organs.

In the course of his many years of research on the problem of the causative agent of tuberculosis, Dr. Mazur obtained atuberculin antivirus.

A. describe the following technique for diagnosing spinal injuries: with one hand, lightly press on the patient's chest bone, and with the other, bend the head anteriorly; due to this, the lignuchae is stretched, and this traction extends to all the spinous processes of the vertebrae and at the same time their bodies are slightly squeezed.

A. reports that in the Budapest Gynecological Clinic, all, both heavy and light gynecological interventions, are performed exclusively under local anesthesia; with this, special attention is paid to the appropriate drug preparation to exclude mental trauma in patients.

In severe cases of tetanus as well. recommends, along with serotherapy, intravenous drip of curarin at the rate of 0.25 mg per kilo of body weight per hour.

The author drew attention to a curious phenomenon that appears after the intravenous administration of a sufficient dose of sodium benzoate.

Proceeding from the fact that the ability of the egg to fertilize is limited to only a few hours, and the spermatozoa is limited to 2-3 days, that ovulation occurs between 12-16 days of the menstrual cycle, and that the activity of the corpus luteum continuing for about 14 days causes a delay in further maturation of eggs at this time, and. indicates that during the menstrual cycle a woman has a change of favorable and unfavorable days for conception.

Treatment of premature separation of the placenta cannot be fundamentally conservative or operative; it must be carefully individualized.

The author cites 18 cases of this kind of complications described in Russian and foreign literature, and adds his two cases to them.

Comrade Kaminsky awarded 12 participants of the third all-Union military chemical competitions with personalized watches for outstanding successes in air and chemical defense. Among the awardees were Crimean doctors A. Pislegin, F. Monchak, nurses O. Pavlenko, N. Martynova, nurse M. Kutsenko and others.