Vol 33, No 12 (1937)

Motion sickness, which occurs as a result of a number of unusual irritations of the body during a sea roll, consists, as is known, mainly of the following symptoms: headache, dizziness and weakness; then there are changes in the color of the face, then hyperemia, then his paleness, unpleasant sensations from the heart (palpitations, sinking of the heart), cold sweat, salivation, hiccups, yawning and, finally, in the most pronounced cases, nausea, vomiting and general a state resembling shock.

The role of Gertner's bacillus (according to the international classification of 1933 S. enteritidis) in the etiology of food poisoning has long been known. There is a great deal of foreign and Russian literature on this issue. Ioffe in his work “On the group b. enteritidis Gartner "cites the data of Savage and White, according to which" among the food poisoning of all cases, Gertner's bacillus is accounted for. " Horst Habs reports that Gertner's wand in Heidelberg in 1932-1933. was isolated in 13% of cases of food poisoning. This percentage (10-15%) is given in the same article and based on the materials of Kaufman.

Fractures are one of the main chapters of traumatology: they account for 15 to 20% of all injuries to the human body. Of this number, more than 50% are fractures of the upper limb, and the frequency of their localization in this area is distributed approximately as follows: the collarbone falls from 30 to 32%; on the shoulder 15%; on the forearm 34-35%; on the wrist 3-6% and, finally, on the hand 15-16%.

A very rich literature has accumulated on the issue of foreign bodies of the trachea and bronchi. A particularly large number of works on this issue have appeared in the last 20-25 years. It would seem that there is no need to return to this topic.

In the field of tuberculin therapy for children, there were periods of enthusiasm and disappointment, and so far not a single method has been developed, nor the form of its use, nor dosage. Tuberculin therapy by rubbing in equal parts of tuberculin and lanolin (Petrushka, Medovikov, Kressling) has not given us tangible results.

Eye complications during pregnancy are quite diverse. There are both relatively safe complications - dilation of the lymphatic vessels of the conjunctiva, hysterical disorders of motor muscles, hemeralopia of pregnant women, etc., and serious suffering, sometimes serving as formidable signs of a general serious illness. 

The theory of allergy has recently made great strides. Thanks to advances in the experimental study of allergy, it has become possible to explain the pathogenesis of many diseases. One of the unresolved issues of allergy is the desensitization of allergic conditions. Desensitization by Bezrekka gives good results only against general anaphylaxis and related serum sickness.

On the issue of pathogenicity b. Proteus is not clear enough. Most authors consider Proteus to be a conditionally pathogenic species. However, due to the widespread distribution of b. Proteus in nature and its ability to drown out the growth of other species on media must be approached with great caution in recognizing its etiological significance in each individual case. Indications of Proteus as the causative agent of local diseases are not so rare in the literature. Hauser in 1882 described a case of phlegmonous inflammation, in which the causative agent was b. Proteus and Streptococcus.

When studying the clinic of spinal cord injuries, we observed one patient, the peculiarity of the pathology of which made us isolate and describe him separately. Patient I, 21, a worker, was admitted to the clinic on 1/1 1936 with complaints of weakness in the limbs, complete inability to move. and urinary disorder. On 20 / VIII 1935, while swimming, the patient jumped from a tree into the water (from a height of 4 meters) and hit his head on a stone at the bottom of the river.

The textbook was published on satisfactory paper, typed in distinct type, richly illustrated with drawings. It is a very solid work, briefly and at the same time in detail setting out the basics of otorhinolaryngology. The premise of the basics of prevention and therapy, the presentation of the individual parts, as well as the chapter on diseases of the oral cavity and the phonetic appendix, make the textbook especially valuable. It is quite obvious that it will receive the widest distribution both among students and among practitioners.

Based on his own experiments, the author comes to the conclusion that the preventive effect of typhoid sera does not depend on the presence of agglutinins or precipitins in them, but is the result of the action of the opsonizing substances contained in them.

The authors studied the antigenic properties of carbohydrates, proceeding from the existing position that only high molecular weight substances can cause the formation of antibodies.

According to the literature data of recent years, the state of hyperinsulinism depends on the liver, nervous system, one or several endocrine glands.

A 51-year-old woman underwent surgery to remove the parathyroid glands for fibrocystic osteitis with spontaneous fractures. A tumor of the parathyroid gland was found adjacent to the lower pole of the right lobe of the thyroid gland, as a result of which the entire right lobe was removed.

The author summarizes the role of various factors causing menstruation. A number of different theories are described, and as a result, the author comes to the conclusion that menstruation is a complex hormonal process. The mechanism of menstruation depends on both the gonadotropic hormone of the anterior lobe and the hormones of the ovary — folliculin, progestin.

Author on the basis of his own observations, recommends pure bee honey for the treatment of essential pruritus vulvae, abundant lubrication of which has given excellent results in a number of cases of this disease.

Based on his many years of observations, A. recommends intrauterine use of coal in cases of febrile and febrile abortions, general septic infection, puerperal endometritis, caesarean section after rupture of the membranes, diseases of the cervical canal and nonspecific leucorrhoea.

Cancer of the female urethra is relatively rare and always after 40 years of age. Treatment gives better results the earlier the diagnosis is made; in advanced cases with metastases in the inguinal glands, the prognosis is poor.

In order to prevent mastitis a. recommends treating nipple cracks: after pre-lubricating them with a 10% solution of novocaine and cauterization with a 10% solution of lapis, a sterile bandage with an indifferent ointment is applied.

The author has established that relapsing fever is endemic in California. During 1921 - 1935. 106 cases were reported in 9 foci located in the mountains at an altitude of 5000 feet. 13 strains of spirochetes morphologically close to recurrent spirochetes of field rodents were isolated.

As early as 1934, it was established that the state of Alabama has endemic typhus. However, so far, no reservoirs of the virus have been found.

Hemolytic streptococci, isolated from the throat of scarlet fever patients, belong to different types of str. pyogenes. During their stay in the hospital, patients become infected from neighbors with streptococci of other serological types, different from those that they had upon admission.

As a material for vaccination of aa rabbits. used a 10% brain emulsion of an infected mouse. The emulsion was centrifuged for half an hour at 3000 rpm and the top layer was used as an antigen.

Authors studied in India a disease called epidemic dropsy. It has been described in the provinces.

Author presents the literature data on the role of staphylococci in food poisoning. His own experiments were limited mainly to the study of the toxins of the cultures isolated by him.

On October 28, 1937, Vladimir Nikolaevich Vorobiev, professor of the Krasnodar Medical Institute, died tragically. Vladimir Nikolaevich was born in 1881 in the city of Mosalsk, Kaluga province. He finished secondary education at the Perm gymnasium in 1900 and higher education at Kazan University, at the Faculty of Medicine, in 1907.