West Tennessee Medical and Surgical Association.

South West Surgical Club

to assess presentation diagnosis and morbidity. 63 goitres and 3 thyroglossal cysts were admitted under the author. The mean age at presentation was 43 years and 80% were female. 71% of the patients had a symptomless, solitary swelling, 16% a diffuse goitre and 13% thyrotoxicosis. The ultra-sound scan has been the most useful diagnostic tool. Fine needle aspiration cytology was used on all soli...

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Fifty-nine patients with ureteric obstruction were divided into 2 groups, determined by the severity of the insult received by the affected kidney. In each renogram the slope of the second phase of the curve of the affected kidney was expressed as a percentage of that of the normal kidney, and termed the 'function index'. The transit time for the affected kidney was expressed as a multiple of t...

Nematode Association with Bellamya bengalensis Snail and Its Medical and Veterinary Importance in Khouzestan Province (South West of Iran)

Limited studies have been done on nematodes of Bellamya bengalensis (fresh water snails) in the world. Following, our clinical observations on eye disease in a fish ponds, which were contained Bellamaya bengallensis snails, present study was made to determine of nematodes fauna of Bellamya bengalensis and evaluation of their medical and veterinary importance in Khouzestan province. For this pur...

Development of the Medical and Surgical Simulation Institute: Accra Ghana, West Africa.

Medical and Surgical Endocrinology

IN 1963 these authors published a highly practical textbook of Endocrinology entitled "Clinical Endocrinology for Surgeons" which was widely acclaimed. Progress in endocrinology in the intervening twelve years has demanded the production of a revised version, but the present volume is much more than just a second edition. It is deliberately aimed at a larger market, including physicians, physio...