Vol 40, No 1 (1959)

The extraordinary XXI Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union approved the plan for the development of the national economy of our country for 1959-65.

Our report is based on observations of 100 patients with alveolar echinococcus of the liver who passed through the therapeutic clinics of the Tomsk Medical Institute. There were 49 women and 51 men, that is, alveolar echinococcus was equally frequent in women and men

Based on the study of materials from periodic medical examinations and observations of shop doctors, it was found that among certain categories of oil workers there are chronic diseases of both the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.

The problem of surgical treatment of acute cholecystitis continues to attract the attention of surgeons by its relevance. Proponents of the active direction recommend immediate surgical intervention as soon as the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis is established, excluding only mild cases from this rule. This is difficult to follow in practice, since the division of acute cholecystitis into "light" and "difficult" for the clinician is the most difficult task.

Among the various etiological causal moments of acute dynamic intestinal obstruction, renal-pelvic pathological processes, accompanied by renalintestinal syndrome, are not the last.

We observed 100 patients with traumatic epilepsy. Almost two-thirds of our patients fell ill with epilepsy as a result of injuries to the skull and brain (65 patients). A closed trauma caused the development of epilepsy in 35 patients.

One of the important problems of modern obstetrics is the fight against premature termination of pregnancy. The identification of the reasons for the termination of pregnancy and the treatment of this disease are still not fully resolved to this day.

We considered it necessary to study the state of the neuroreceptor apparatus of the conjunctiva at various stages of trachoma, believing that this will contribute to a deeper understanding of the pathogenesis and clinical course of trachoma.

Ballistocardiography is a new complementary method for the functional diagnosis of heart disease. It is based on the registration of mechanical movements of the human body resulting from the ejection of blood by the heart into the arterial system and its movement through the vessels.

Currently, a distinction is made between Cushing's disease, when the pituitary gland (basophilic adenoma) is affected, and Cushing's syndrome, in which either the adrenal glands, or the ovaries, or the thymus gland are affected more often. A number of authors, such as Zondek, Benda and Bauer, believe that Cushing's syndrome is caused by damage to a number of glands, and among them, primarily, changes in the adrenal cortex.

Solitary echinococcus of the spleen is relatively rare. The most probable path of damage to the spleen: from the intestine, the embryo of an echinococcus enters the portal vein, then into the inferior vena cava, into the right heart and through the pulmonary circulation enters the ventricle of the heart, and from there into the systemic circulation and into the spleen (Yu.A. Volokh)

Osteitis deformans, first described in 1876 by the English surgeon Paget, belongs to the group of fibrous osteodystrophies. There are two forms of this disease: monosal and polyosal. Long and flat bones are affected by it. The bones of the skull are often affected.

A number of authors describe acute hemolytic anemia that occurs in connection with the intake of white streptocide. Acute hemolytic anemia developed at various times from the start of streptocide intake: from 1-2 days of administration and up to 14 days of administration.

In 440 patients with various types of acute intestinal obstruction, nodulation was observed in 10 patients.

Hemangioma of the vertebrae occurs from the vessels of the bone marrow, which grow and expand. It leads to the destruction of the bone tissue of the vertebra and its resorption.

Among the patients of the psychiatric clinic of the Khabarovsk Medical Institute, eight patients with severe folds of the scalp were observed over the past two years.

There were 25 patients under observation. 11 had erectile dysfunction and 14 had premature semen flow. Oxygen was injected into the subcutaneous tissue of the lumbosacral region (L₂—S₅) daily.

To examine the patient's mouth and throat in any position and in the absence of the necessary environment and lighting, we have constructed a new device in the form of a spatula made of acrylic plastic and a handle, inside which an electric light bulb (4-8 volts) is mounted. A beam of light from a light bulb passes in a straight line through the plastic of the spatula to its end; at the end of the spatula, a beam appears sufficient to illuminate the cavity being examined.

The emergence of the oil industry in one of the first places and the development of other types of industry raises a number of new occupational pathology issues for doctors, among which the prevention of vibration traumatism is becoming important. In this regard, the results of the conference on this problem, held in July 1958 in Leningrad, are of great importance.

Vladimir Nikolaevich Shubin was born on November 21, 1898 in the city of Nolinsk, former Vyatka province. After graduating from the Medical Faculty of Perm University in 1922, he first worked in the medical department, and then was elected an intern at the hospital surgical clinic of Perm University, where he worked under the guidance of prof. V. M. Parina. Successively occupying the post of supernumerary, then full-time assistant, Vladimir Nikolaevich gained a lot of practical experience. During this time, he completed a number of scientific works on various branches of surgery: typhoid peritonitis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, and goiter.

The problem of obesity is of interest to doctors of all specialties, and therefore the book of M. N. Egorov and L. M. Levitsky is quite timely and necessary.