Vol 39, No 5 (1958)
Erysipelas in the light of the doctrine of allergy
Abstract
The infectious nature of erysipelas has been known since 1882. The assumption about the specificity of the streptococcus detected by Feleisen was not subsequently confirmed, and the nonspecificity of the purulent infection causing the erysipelas was proved.



Differential diagnosis of nephritis and nephrosclerosis
Abstract
For a comparative assessment of the criteria for the differential diagnosis of chronic nephritis and nephrosclerosis, we studied the case histories of 111 patients, including 60 patients with hypertensive chronic nephritis, 40 with benign nephrosclerosis and 11 with malignant arteriolosclerosis of the kidneys.






Evaluation of the effectiveness of the therapeutic use of radioactive phosphorus in the clinic of chronic leukemia
Abstract
From a therapeutic clinic (head - prof. L.M. Rakhlin) Kazan Institute for Advanced Medical Studies named after V.I. V. I. Lenin The most common treatment for chronic leukemia is still radiation therapy. Along with X-ray therapy, in recent years, experience has been accumulated in the use of the radioactive isotope of phosphorus - P32 in leukemia. The use of radioactive phosphorus does not require complex equipment and is available from this side.






Blood transfusion as a therapeutic factor in botkin's disease
Abstract
The question of the possibility of blood transfusion in acute hepatitis remains controversial, not completely resolved. Many authors, and, in particular, PM Alperin, believe that blood transfusions in this disease are undesirable, as they can cause increased hemolysis and exacerbation of the inflammatory-allergic process. But the observations of some authors suggest otherwise. A. L. Myasnikov notes that transfusion of small portions of blood in acute hepatitis was well tolerated by patients.



Botkin's disease and pregnancy
Abstract
According to the literature, since the time of S.P. Botkin, pregnant women have a more severe course of infectious hepatitis. E. M. Tareev believes that the most severe and fatal cases of hepatitis during epidemic outbreaks occurred mainly among pregnant women.






Listerllosis diseases in TASSR
Abstract
In the medical literature in recent years, much attention has been paid to diseases that previously rarely or were not described at all within the central zone of the Soviet Union. These include listerllosis, Q fever and others. These diseases are rarely diagnosed, since practitioners are not sufficiently familiar with the clinic of these infections and the methods of their diagnosis.






Reflex influences from the gallbladder on blood circulation and respiration
Abstract
The literature contains numerous data on interoceptive influences from some internal organs to others and on the significance of these reflexes in the development of pathological processes (Uden, 1817; Teregulov, 1940; Bykov, 1944; Poltyrev, 1955; and many others). In the clinical literature, it is described that in diseases of the gallbladder (cholecystitis, gallstone disease), disorders of the cardiovascular system are observed (Botkin, 1887; Krinsky, 1952; Ganelina, 1955, etc.). A number of data on this issue is also available in the materials of the XIV All-Union Congress of Physicians.






Long-term results of treatment of rickets in a hospital setting
Abstract
Rickets is still common in young children; individual cases of its manifestation can be observed in the subsequent years of a child's life. It is known that rickets suffered in early childhood under unfavorable conditions (inappropriate nutrition, lack of walking, a number of infectious diseases) often recurs. According to the observations of E. S. Moshkevich, even in preschool children, residual rickets and individual cases of an unfinished rickets process can occur in the phase of convalescence and peak.



Oxygen use in acute pulmonary edema in patients with mitral stenosis
Abstract
One of the formidable complications of mitral stenosis is acute pulmonary edema. It should be noted that until now there is no consensus on the pathogenesis of this edema and methods of dealing with it. Controversial and insufficiently resolved should be considered the question of the use of oxygen inhalations with it.



Passive movements in the treatment of hypertension
Abstract
Muscular activity and the circulatory system are closely interconnected. This is determined not only by the peculiarities of the blood supply to the muscles, but also by the reflex connection between the skeletal muscles and the nerve centers that regulate blood circulation (V.I. Medvedev, M.R.Mogendovich, V.I.Beltyukov, T.P. Romanova, G.E. Skachedub, V.D. Glebovsky, and others).






Long-term results of treatment of severe multiple trauma
Abstract
Patient A.N., born in 1926, was admitted to the traumatology department of the Kazan Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics on May 12, 1956 about a closed comminuted fracture of the right femur on the border of the upper and middle third, with a displaced fragment, a closed fracture of the left femur in middle third, with displacement of fragments, a closed intra-articular comminuted fracture of the proximal epimetaphysis of the left tibia and the upper third of the left fibula, also with displacement of the fragment.



Infringement of the cecum in a left-sided inguinal-scrotal hernia in a child
Abstract
Слепая кишка с червеобразным отростком у детей встречается в левосторонней паховой грыже очень редко. Брока приводит 10 случаев подобных грыж. Васильев на 63 случая паховой грыжи левостороннее положение червеобразного отростка встретил у 5 детей. Острый аппендицит в паховой грыже описан Б. Н. Назаровым (Хирургия, 1955, 2). С. Е. Лабинский приводит случай ущемленной грыжи в сочетании с деструктивным аппендицитом (Хирургия, 1957, приложение к журналу).
В клинику госпитальной хирургии Куйбышевского медицинского института 17/VI-57 г. в 21.00 для оказания неотложной хирургической помощи поступил ребенок Гасилин Анатолий, 6 месяцев, с явлениями, со слов матери, болей в животе и припухлости в области мошонки слева.
Заболел 16/VI-57 г; в 18.00 внезапно появились резкие боли в левой паховой области. Выпячивание, которое раньше вправлялось, приобрело плотную консистенцию и в брюшную полость не вправлялось. Боль усиливалась с каждым часом, но за медицинской помощью родители не обращались. 17/VI-57 г. боли усилились, появилась рвота. В связи с ухудшением состояния ребенок был доставлен в клинику. Грыжевое выпячивание появилось 3 месяца назад И свободно вправлялось в брюшную полость. Общее состояние ребенка при поступлении в клинику удовлетворительное. Пульс — 92 удара в мин, ритмичный. Язык чистый. Живот симметричен. Стул — 4 раза в сутки. Мочеиспускание свободное, безболезненное. Правое яичко не изменено. Левое яичко четко определяется и находится рядом с грыжевым выпячиванием, которое располагается в левой пахово-мошоночной области, имеет овальную форму, размер 8 X 5 см, почти безболезненно. Начинаясь у наружного отверстия пахового канала, грыжевое выпячивание опускается в мошонку и достигает верхнего полюса яичка. Воспалительных изменений нет. Над выпячиванием наблюдается тимпанит. Образование в брюшную полость не вправляется.
Произведено срочное оперативное вмешательство. В грыжевом мешке оказалась слепая кишка с червеобразным отростком. Цианотичная слепая кишка приобрела нормальный цвет. Червеобразный отросток синюшный, длиной 8 см, напряженный. Произведена типичная аппендэктомия. Грыжевой мешок ушит изнутри. Остатки его иссечены.
Пластика пахового канала, по Жирару. Швы на кожу.
Описание препарата. Отросток длиной 8 см, при разрезе слизистая отечная, с множественными кровоизлияниями, местами темнобагрового цвета, в просвете — каловый камень.
Послеоперационный период протекал без осложнений.



Intra-arterial blood transfusion for heart injury
Abstract
Patient L., 18 years old, delivered on 21 / VIII 1957 at 22 hours 50 minutes in a severe shock condition due to puncture wounds of the chest, 40 minutes after being wounded with a knife. The skin is pale, cold clammy sweat, shallow breathing, intermittent. The pulse on the radial artery is barely perceptible. Blood pressure 75/60 mm. In the area of the right scapula, there are two puncture wounds 1XL5 cm in size that do not penetrate the chest cavity, the third wound is located on the left along the nipple line 2 cm below the nipple, 2.5 X 1 cm in size. Dark blood is released from the wound.



Chemical and bacteriological composition and sanitary protection underground water sources of mountains. Zelenodolsk
Abstract
The population of the mountains. Zelenodolsk is supplied with drinking water from boreholes. The geological structure of the region is dominated by Permian deposits. Rocks of the Quaternary system overlap eroded deposits of the Kazan Stage and Sakmar-Artinskian formations. The rocks of the Tatar stage and the upper parts of the Conchiferian substage were eroded during the erosion of the Volga river valley.



From the pages of the "magazine of Czech doctors" for 1957 (Casopis Lekaru Ceskych, No. 1-52)
Abstract
Reviews foreign magazines
"The Journal of Czech Doctors" is the oldest organ of the medical periodicals of friendly Czechoslovakia. In 1957 it celebrated 96 years of existence. Prominent medical workers not only from Czechoslovakia, but also from foreign countries published their works on its pages. This noble tradition continues to this day. In particular, on the pages of the journal we find articles specially written for it and translated by our Soviet authors.



Scientific session of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences on the problem of rheumatism
Abstract
From March 20 to March 22, 1958, a scientific session of the Department of Clinical Medicine of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR and the All-Union Committee for the Study of Rheumatism and Joint Diseases was held in Moscow. As you know, the etiology and pathogenesis of rheumatism are being actively developed both in the USSR and abroad. The dominant theory of rheumatism is infectious-allergic. But this theory raises a number of fundamental objections.



Subcutaneous oxygen device
Abstract
For the subcutaneous administration of oxygen, the author of this communication has designed an apparatus that differs from the existing ones in a number of advantages. The device consists of a hardware two-way valve with three branches (see photo).



Medical devices, devices and instruments at the all-union industrial exhibition in Moscow
Abstract
The attention of millions of visitors and foreign delegations is attracted by the openwork arches of the snow-white pavilion of the medical industry. The abundance of new medical devices and devices presented in it reflects the powerful rise and diversified development of the domestic industry.



Chronicle
Abstract
May 12-15, 1958 in the mountains. Astrakhan hosted a session of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences together with the RSFSR Ministry of Health, dedicated to the discussion of the problem of intestinal infections in the cities of the lower Volga region.


