The Cortisone Investigator

The Influence of Cortisone

A basic feature of the host-parasite relationship in brucellosis is the intracellular localization of Brucella in the tissues of animals and man (1-6). This intracellular parasitism is a contributing factor in the tendency of the disease to become chronic. Experimental studies have shown that intracellular Brucella organisms are afforded protection against antibiotics, and also against the leth...

Cortisone Therapy

Ttiis is a useful book, in which the place of cortisone and other steroid drugs in the treatment of the rheumatic diseases is reviewed. The book falls naturally into two parts. The first section conisists of five chapters, and is concerned with the use of cortisone in rheumatoid arthritis. The second section consists of two chapters, the first of which decribes the general use of cortisone in d...

Training the clinician investigator.

Medicine today presents daunting challenges to the young clinician aspiring to an investigative career. Among these are the ever-increasing vastness of the scientific literature, a highly competitive grant environment, and the allure of private practice. Despite these challenges, never have the investigative opportunities been greater. The “gap” between the basic laboratory and the wards is rap...

Cortisone and ACTH.

[Cortisone and heparin].

Though the abundant data published in the literature concerning the influence of cortisone on the thrombo-plastic powers of the blood is varied and sometimes even contradictory, we have concentrated our attention on the eventual influence of cortisone on heparin, the main factor of the circulating anti-coagulating substances. This decision was taken in consideration of the supposed existence of...