Studies with Radioactive Gold

Studies of the spread of radioactive gold colloid.

Studies with a radioactive spinal anaesthetic.

The need for information about the fate of a spinal anaesthetic after its introduction into the spinal theca was early recognized (Miller, 1901), but many years elapsed before the problem was seriously studied by a number of workers, including Stout (1929), Kustner and Eissner (1930), Koster et al. (1936, 1938, 1939), Bullock and Macdonald (1938), and Shields (1942). In the main these workers a...

Suppressionof Hepatic Hematopoiesis with Radioactive Gold ( @ 98 Au )

course extending over many years. The major cause of morbidity is reduced levels of hematopoietic cells, but a variety of complications attend the course of some patients. One serious complication is portal hypertension with esophageal varices and fluid accumulation (1 ). In one series, all patients were dead within 1 yr after ap pearance of ascites (I ). Hepatic hematopoiesis has been consider...

Experiences with Radioactive Gold in the Treatment of Craniopharyngioma.

Endolymphatic Therapy with Radioactive Gold for Malignant Melanoma.

This is an account of the clinical results achieved in a group of patients with malignant melanoma who were treated by excision of the primary tumour and direct injection of radioactive materials into the lymph vessels and thence into the regional nodes. The results in patients followed up to five years have been encouraging. This paper is a fuller account of the communication made to the Twent...