Vol 40, No 4 (1959)

Over the past decade, a significant number of works have been devoted to the study of the clinic of neurorheumatism and, in particular, cerebral rheumatism. Most of the authors in their conclusions are based on histopathological studies of the central nervous system, the degree and nature of damage to the vessels of the brain and spinal cord, damage to the meninges.

As you know, in acute rheumatism in the body, there are deep immune-biological and biochemical shifts: the titer of the complement decreases (3.I. Malkin and D.G. Tumasheva), the cellular reaction of the cantharidin bladder changes (K.E. Myasnikov, 3.A. Myasnikov); globulin fractions predominate in the composition of blood proteins (ND Morozova).

The greatest danger of embolism in patients with myocardial infarction, according to V.E. Nezlin, exists in the first days and weeks of the disease. Therefore, attempts to prevent embolism associated with parietal thromboendocarditis will be effective when anticoagulant therapy is started from the first days.

In modern hematology, it is recognized that eosinophilia occurs with allergic reactions and a state of sensitization. Eosinophilic granulocytes are credited with a detoxification function, participation in the adsorption of histamine. According to P. Heilmeyer, in patients with malignant neoplasms, a state of sensitization by the products of tumor decay is possible and with a secondary infection that complicates the course of the underlying disease.

In recent years, total gastrectomy has become quite widespread both in our country and abroad, being the operation of choice for advanced gastric cancer, especially its cardiac section. In this regard, the operability of gastric cancer, according to some authors who have a large statistical material, reaches 65% (Walter), and according to Dziadek (I. Dziadek) - even 82%.

The use of sulfa drugs and antibiotics in patients with lobar and focal pneumonia has undoubtedly sharply reduced mortality and the number of complications.

With significant advances in the prevention and diagnosis of uterine ruptures, this severe complication is not so rare, although it has decreased in frequency by 3-4 times, reaching 0.03-0.04% in all deliveries.

Most pediatricians (MS Maslov, TS Sokolova, etc.) believe that intestinal disorders in young children are most often caused by dysentery infection, salmonella, viruses, staphylococci, pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli, protozoa; the fungal origin of such diseases is also possible.

In practice, it is often necessary to meet with people whose complaints boil down to pain in the heels. Their intensity is sometimes so pronounced that the patient cannot walk and remains in bed for a long time.

B-noi S., 61 years old, was admitted to the hospital in January 1957 with complaints of general weakness, palpitations, shortness of breath at rest, significant edema, weakness in the lower extremities. He considered himself to be a patient since January 1956, when shortness of breath, palpitations, discomfort in the region of the heart, and cough first appeared.

The increasing use of ionizing radiation in medical practice leads to contact with a large number of people. In this regard, protection against the harmful effects of radioactive radiation and safety issues become important.

For four years, he noted pain in the epigastric region that occurs an hour and a half after eating. Over the past months, he began to lose weight and weaken. Two years ago there was a tarry stool, which was also observed on 9 /Ѵ 1956.

It is known that as a result of somatic diseases exhausting the body, acute psychotic states can develop, often with suicidal attempts. Doctors need to monitor changes and fluctuations in the psyche of patients.

The occurrence of cancer at the site of long-term healing fistulas, ulcers and scars is not so rare.

In emergency surgery, it is often necessary to meet with acute abdominal pathology, when differential diagnosis without additional studies is difficult. Especially often there is a need to distinguish between inflammatory processes of the lower abdomen from an ectopic pregnancy.

The work of advanced medical institutions shows that diphtheria can be eradicated as a mass disease in the next three to four years. This is confirmed by the experience of Leningrad, where the incidence of diphtheria in 1957

Our era is justly called the era of the atom, implying the comprehensive use of its energy arising from decay, various transformations and compounds of atoms.

The methods used now for staining microscopic preparations were introduced into practice several decades ago and have not undergone any significant changes. Meanwhile, these methods have a number of disadvantages that significantly reduce their value.

The most widely used for measuring the pressure of cerebrospinal fluid are water manometers in the form of a glass tube.

At the conference of phthisiatricians, held on March 25-27, 1959, the issues of organizing the fight against tuberculosis, epidemiology, clinical picture and treatment of tuberculosis of various localizations were discussed.

Monograph by prof. E. D. Dubovoy is devoted to a topical issue. The material for the book was the author's extensive personal experience in the therapeutic use of radioactive phosphorus, as well as literature data of Soviet and foreign authors. Thus, the monograph illuminates the experience of using radioactive phosphorus for therapeutic purposes. The book is intended for a wide range of practitioners and scientists involved in radiology.

The decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR signed by V. I. Lenin on the nationalization of pharmacies was issued in 1918, but it was implemented in 1919.