Vol 47, No 1 (1966)

Celebrating the centenary of the birth of Professor Viktorin Sergeevich Gruzdev, one should recall some of his biographical dates and the main stages of his activity, since this is connected with the implementation of his behests in the future work of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, which bears his name.

Over the past decade, a number of new pharmacological substances have found themselves in various branches of medicine, called ganglion blockers (gangliotics, ganglioplegics) for their property of blocking the transmission of nervous excitement from preganglionic to postganglionic fibers of the autonomic nervous system.

There are conflicting opinions in the literature regarding the value of oxytocin as a means of inducing labor, which prompted us to share our experience.

A large number of works by both domestic and foreign authors are devoted to the elucidation of the reasons for the weakness of labor. However, in these works, we did not find indications of a connection between the growth of women in labor and the development of weakness in labor. It is natural to assume that the more physically developed a woman is, the less opportunities she has for the appearance of weakness in labor and, conversely, the less she is physically developed, the greater this opportunity.

The widespread introduction of phonocardiography into practice and its improvement made it possible to study the hemodynamics of the cardiac cycle, which allows, to some extent, an objective assessment of the functional state of cardiac activity.

In the mechanisms of the occurrence of thrombotic complications, which are often found in patients with heart defects, special importance is attached to disorders in the blood coagulation system.

With erythremia (polycythemia), many authors, in particular I.A.Kassirsky and A.V. Demidova (1960), note such lesions as coronary thrombosis, thrombosis of cerebral vessels, hepatic arteries, portal veins, limb vessels, etc. S. Loginov (1956) emphasizes the importance of slowing down the blood flow, the level of prothrombin and changes in the vascular wall in the development of thrombosis in erythremia.

We conducted studies of the content of fibrinogen and the state of the fibrinolytic system in the elderly after muscular activity. The study included 56 men aged 57–70 years, of whom 42 suffered from uncomplicated atherosclerosis, 5 hypertensive disease in combination with atherosclerosis; 9 had age related changes.

About 50 trace elements are found in the human body. All of them play a role in the regulation of biochemical processes, being in close connection with enzymes, vitamins, hormones. As biocatalysts, trace elements are necessary for the normal functioning of the body, especially the growing one. Both an excess and a deficiency of trace elements cause pathological conditions. These include: endemic goiter with iodine deficiency; anemia with a lack of copper, cobalt; acobaltoses; with an excess of fluorine - fluorosis, etc.

High mortality rates and low efficiency of conservative therapy force us to reconsider the tactics and methods of treatment of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.

Often, the leading symptoms in the clinic of liver cirrhosis are signs of portal hypertension. One of the terrible symptoms is bleeding from the dilated veins of the esophagus and stomach.

In the Perm Regional Oncological Dispensary for 1949-1958. 382 people underwent radiation treatment for cancer of the lower lip. Cancer was histologically confirmed in 296 patients.

At one time, we described the hematometer of the cervix, which simulated fibroids. In 1963, we observed another patient with this disease.

Over the past four years, on 186 patients operated on for ovarian tumors, at the time of the operation we twice met with retroperitoneal lipomas located in the small pelvis, simulating ovarian tumors.

108 men and 3 women admitted to the hospital in the acute period of myocardial infarction were under observation. At the age of up to 40 years there were 5, from 41 to 50 - 35, from 51 to 60 - 55 and older - 16 patients.

Patient T., 21 years old, was under observation for 1 year; she was admitted to the therapeutic department on 13 / XI 1962 in a serious condition due to persistent uterine bleeding. The patient was disturbed by severe weakness, dizziness, thirst, dry mouth.

A significant part of cases of leaving foreign bodies (and, in particular, instruments) in the abdominal cavity remains unpublished and does not fall into statistical records. English surgeon Cl. White sent in 1923 a questionnaire to 90 surgeons in England asking them to report cases of foreign bodies left in the abdominal cavity during operations. Despite the fact that anonymity was fully ensured, only 39 surgeons responded.

We began to give preference to intravenous alcoholic-thiopental anesthesia after we became convinced in 1962 that this type of anesthesia is characterized by a calmer course with mild fluctuations in pulse and blood pressure.

A 3-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital on 26 / 11-63 in serious condition on the 4th day of illness with complaints of abdominal pain and vomiting. The child suffered from chickenpox a week ago. Temperature 35.6 °.

For many years, we have searched for simple, years to feasible, widely available methods for the clinical diagnosis of chronic colitis. It was also taken into account that they could be completely reliable in clinical practice. We tested these methods on our patients.

In rural areas of the southeast of Tataria, cases of parasitism of fly larvae in the human ear canal are rare. These are usually the larvae of the Wolfarth fly (KD Stepanov and VA Boyko, 1959).

It is known that coagulation factors do not reveal any reliable and subsequently justified signs of threatening thrombus formation. Changes in factors tell the researcher almost nothing about the current situation in this or that patient with certain painful conditions.

Few people know that in 1905 prof. V.S.Gruzdev joined his voice to the statement of a group of leading professors of Russia (I.P. Borodin, H.E. Vvedensky, I.P. Pavlov, F.V. Ovsyannikov and others), including Kazan ( N. A. Gerken, L. O. Darkshevich, V. I. Razumovsky, and others), about the need for a "complete and radical transformation" of the modern state system of Russia "through freely elected representatives of the entire people".

Modern "Rules for the transportation and storage of blood" require a constant optimal temperature -f-4 °, + 6 ° C. During long-term transportation (6-8 hours), temperature fluctuations from + 3 ° C to 4-12 ° C are allowed.

The book was published in the "Library of the Practitioner" series. It is dedicated to diseases of the oral mucous membranes, which are faced by a wide range of doctors: dentists, dermatologists, pediatricians, otolaryngologists, therapists, infectious disease specialists, etc.

I. V. Davydovsky (Moscow) made a report “Atherosclerosis as a problem of age”. Atherosclerosis, in his view, in contrast to theory. H. N. Anichkova, natural and specific phenomenon associated with age.

From 23 to 25 June 1965, a scientific session on the problem of fibrinolysis was held at the Leningrad Institute of Blood Transfusion. The conference was opened by the chairman of the Academic Council of the RSFSR Ministry of Health, prof. K. V. Bunin.

Higher medical education in our country has passed a remarkable path of development. As you know, until 1930, only general doctors were trained at the medical faculties of universities.