The need for accurate diagnosis in congenital heart disease has greatly increased the importance of the various types of electrocardiogram found in right ventricular hypertrophy. This is particularly important in children in whom the normal patterns may closely simulate those of right ventricular hypertrophy. Recently the appearances in infants and children have been analysed by Switzer and Bes...

Yaws was introduced into the Americas by African slaves beginning in the 16th century and may have already been present before the arrival of Columbus. In the 1950s, programs for the eradication of yaws were undertaken in almost all American countries in which yaws was endemic. By mass treatment of cases and contacts with penicillin, the programs against yaws have dramatically reduced the incid...

The search for plasma lipoproteins began at the turn of the century. It was not until 1949 that a meeting of the Faraday Society celebrated the separation of the alpha and beta lipoproteins. At that moment, ultracentrifugists in Berkeley were already busily converting "alpha" to high density lipoprotein and "beta" to low density lipoprotein; the modern era of lipoproteins had begun. Over the su...

(Continued from Page 1, Columns) and Kappa Beta, freak show, Commons. All groups must have a representative at the school by 10 a.m., tomorrow morning to start work on their booth. Each organization must send at least one representative to help clean up Sunday morning at 10 a.m. Freshman girls have 12:30 hours tomorrow night for the Fair. Potter Club will present the opening show in the Auditor...

The state of American mathematics in the year 1890 was quite bleak. Only two schools offered true graduate education, The Johns Hopkins University and Clark University. Both were new, Hopkins having been founded in 1876 and Clark in 1889. When compared to their counterparts in Europe, the courses taught at the vast majority of American universities were paltry, the spirit of research almost non...