Vol 34, No 11-12 (1938)

The International Week for the Fight Against Cancer, in which the Soviet Union is particularly involved, is timed to coincide with the anniversary of the great discovery of X-rays and radium rays. This discovery, which immortalized the names of Roentgen and Curie, created a new era in the treatment of malignant tumors

To clarify diagnostic errors in tumor and non-tumor diseases of the lower and upper lips, we studied the material of 426 cases; moreover, cancer of the upper lip was found in 19 cases and of the lower lip in 326 cases, and 81 cases of benign tumors and other precancerous diseases

Cancer skin lesions, according to the availability of their treatment, can be divided into three groups

Among malignant neoplasms of the lungs, chorionepithelioma occupies a somewhat peculiar position both in its pathogenesis and in its clinical course. For the first time, chorionepithelioma was described by the Swede Netzel in 1872 as a tumor of the placenta. Further research by Nikiforov, Pokrovsky, Zenger, Marshan, Pfeifer, and others, finally clarified the origin of this tumor from the epithelium of the villi and its direct connection with pregnancy

Benign tumors of the stomach (d. O. G.) Until recently were rarely recognized and for the most part turned out to be an accidental finding of a surgeon during an operation or were established by a pathologist at an autopsy

Pseudomyxoma of the abdominal cavity (pseudo myxomaperitonei), also called gelatinous ascites (ascites gelatinosus), is a relatively rare disease that develops as a result of mucous masses entering the abdominal cavity.

Solitary renal cysts are very rare in the clinic. ”Until 1931, 145 cases were described in the literature. In recent years, in the literature available to us, we have found two more cases described by Burlakov, Dykhno and Adamov. According to the summary statistics of surgical operations on the kidneys of Fedorov, Israel, Shede, Cronlein, solitary cysts were encountered only 2 times in 1154 operations

Bladder papillomas are a relatively common disease. According to Marion, 2% of all inpatients with diseases of the urinary organs suffer from papilloma. Patho-anatomically, papilloma is a benign tumor of epithelial origin, but it gives metastases and relapses and, thus, shows all signs of malignancy.

In the formation of a cancerous tumor, not only the hyperplastic growth of epithelial cells (for some reason) is of great importance, but also the degree of resistance of the reticuloendothelium. Ulezko-Stroganova points out that in experiments on mice, when stimulated with coal tar, not only the epithelium, but also the connective tissue reacts.

For cervical cancer, radiation therapy plays a very important role. However, until recently in the literature, the complications, sometimes quite serious, accompanying this method, especially radiotherapy, have not been sufficiently highlighted

The question of the successful treatment of wounds continues to attract unremitting interest from surgeons.

General purulent infection, according to the available literature data, does not occupy a generally recognized place among the absolute and relative indications for blood transfusion. A number of authors (Spasokukotsky, Korkhov) have received encouraging results from the application of this method. Statistics gathered from the latest literature give a 50% recovery rate when using the blood transfusion method.

Applying the novocaine block according to Vishnevsky widely enough for acute surgical diseases in the hospital and observing good results in a number of cases, we tried to transfer this method to outpatient practice.

A significant number of patients complaining of persistent pain in the lumbosacral region, quite naturally, attracts the attention of doctors of many clinical specialties: surgeons, orthopedists, neuropathologists, gynecologists, as well as radiologists. In a strange way, only internists, judging by the literature, are rather indifferent to lesions in this area, which are often encountered in clinical and especially outpatient practice of physicians-therapists.

For the treatment of dysentery, there is still no generally accepted scheme, since with all the methods used, both good and bad results are obtained. Specific serum therapy still does not always give a well-established effect; the same should be said about bacteriophage therapy.

Spleen sarcoma is very rare. Below we present a case of primary spleen sarcoma that passed through our clinic. Literature data on primary sarcomas of the spleen are extremely scarce. Dukhinova by 1928 collected 54 cases of primary sarcoma of the spleen in the literature and gives one of her own cases.

In the etiology of intestinal obstruction, Meckel's diverticulum occupies a significant place. According to some authors, intestinal obstruction is caused by this type of anomaly in 3.75-24% of cases (Bakulev, Aeykhtenstern, Lopatnikova, etc.).

There is a significant gap between the author, editorial board and reader in their common task. We consider it necessary to dwell on the absence of the production and educational role of medical journals in relation to author-doctors.

From June 1 to June 5, 1938, the 1st Ukrainian Congress of Otorhinolaryngologists took place in Kharkov. The programmatic work of the Congress included the following issues: 1) noise and its effect on the organ of hearing; 2) physiology and pathology of the secretory function of the nose and the physiology of the upper respiratory tract; 3) infectious otitis media; 4) development of an otorhinolaryngological network in Ukraine over the past 20 years; 5) allergic diseases of the upper respiratory tract; 6) scleroma of the upper respiratory tract.

The clinical application of helium is based on the physical properties of this gas inertness, low specific gravity, and rapid diffusion. The mixture — 79% helium and 21% oxygen, by specific gravity, is three times lighter than air.

When the vagus nerve is irritated, acetylcholine is found in the venous blood flowing from the stomach. The action of acetylcholine on the stomach is manifested in vasoconstriction and a decrease in blood circulation, which made it possible to formulate a new theory of the formation of peptic ulcers. Experiments on dogs have shown that the administration of acetylcholine reduces blood circulation in the stomach by 60-96%.

The authors believe that histamine is indicated for obliterating endoarteritis due to its analgesic properties and vasomotor action. They used it in two cases of endoarteritis and got good results. The drug used was histaminum bihydrochloricum in a solution of 0.5 mg in 1 cm³

The author recommends using sulfur in the form of a soap for scabies.

To a group of 20 psoriatics, the author administered 0.05-0.125 g of sodium fluoride per day. 7-10 days after such treatment, a pustular rash invariably appeared. A group of 20 eczematics treated with the same treatment did not show this complication. The author suggests that psoriatic skin contains some substance, the solubility of which is influenced by a fluorine ion. The skin of psoriatics and ia iodides reacts in a similar way, partly to bromides.

The author gives a summary of the case histories of 5 patients with gonorrhea (one bilateral orchiepididymitis), in whom a brilliant therapeutic effect was obtained from the use of sulfamide 1162 (orally at 4.0 per day).

The authors cite two cases of gonorrheal arthritis that they treated with sulfanilamide.

Demonstration of patients.
1. Prof. Ya.D. Pechnikov. A case of joint development of eczema and sciatica of malarial origin.