Some Aspects on Medical History.

Medical history of British Columbia: some aspects.

thrombosis will not occur. If the flow is poor, heparin will not help. Prevention of most of the complications from femoral artery puncture could probably be achieved by the following precautions. (1) Never catheterize an artery in a patient with poly-cythaemia. (2) Puncture the common femoral artery, not the external iliac. (3) Do not use excessive or prolonged pressure to arrest bleeding, par...

Some Medical Aspects of the History of Fort Sam Houston.

Aspects of Medical History

IT is my privilege today to be the one chosen to welcome you to another year of work at the hospital. Believe me, I do so with real pleasure and with the sincere wish that, within these walls, you students may acquire that understanding of human nature and knowledge of disease which must be the rewards of love of medicine and diligent study. Some of you will be returning to familiar surrounding...

Some Medical Aspects of Unemployment

Some Aspects of Medical Diagnosis

Since mid July Steve Pauker, Jerome Kassirer, and I (Gerald Jay Sussman) have been observing the diagnostic process of expert physicians with the goal of abstracting the underlying procedures being followed. One purpose of this position paper is to summarize our preliminary conclusions. I will attempt to pinpoint those aspects of the process we feel we understand, and where we are confused or u...