The Medical Annual, 1952

59th Annual Meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States

The Medical Annual, 1951 (A Year Book of Treatment and Practitioner's Index)

Proteolytic enzymes.

Unexplained Increase of Fatal Pulmonary Embolus at the Bristol Royal Infirmary in 1950

increase in the numbers of deaths from pulmonary embolism was noticed, and was decided to look further into the matter to find out whether the increase was in fact real, and whether it could be attributed to any particular cause. Only those cases of pulmonary embolus actually proved by autopsy have been considered, and the inquiry was limited to the Royal Infirmary Branch and therefore includes...

Indian Hemp: A Social Menace

and a barrister, writes with a sense of urgency which is appalled by the complacency and ignorance of the medical profession. He begins with a brief survey of Indian hemp through history, and discusses the rapid increase of its American relative marihuana since 1935 : his view is that there is an even more recent, but disturbingly quick, spread now going on in this country; while annual prosecu...