The Present Position in C liac Disease

Chemotherapy in Malignant Disease: The Present Position.

IN the treatment of cancer all efforts are directed -towards the total elimination of the malignant tissue by means of surgery, radiotherapy or a combination of both. There will be many occasions when this ideal will be impossible of achievement and, whilst surgery may be required for the relief of symptoms at the primary site, it will be of no avail in the treatment of widely scattered metasta...

Mesenteric arterial disease: the present position.

Vagotomy; the present position.

The operation of vagotomy was suggested as long ago a's I812 by Brodie and was tried in cases of gastric crises by Exner and Schwatzman in 1912, and Latarjet in 1923. Bircher (1920), Steirlin (1920) and Schiassi (I925) reported good results in peptic ulcer, but the results do not appear to have been lasting and others who tried the operation were soon disappointed. Not until 1942 was really com...

Thyrotoxicosis; the present position.

Border Disease Control Checkpoints: Are They Sufficient for Disease Control? The Present Situation in Thailand