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QUOTES Canadian Medical Association Journal. Of the various diseases reported, Hodgkin’s disease has shown the greatest sensitivity to vinblastine. New cases of the disease may respond to it with complete temporary remissions, and patients with even termina1 iIIness may show partial improvement and be abIe to return to physical activity. In patients with acute Ieukemia, remissions obtained with vinblastine have been infrequent and incomplete; however, the drug produced a partia1 but fairIy we11 sustained remission in one patient whose disease had become resistant to other agents. AnapIastic tumors may show marked temporary oncoIytic changes after vinbIastine therapy, even though they have become resistant to other drugs.
Soviet Medical Journal Describes New Therapy for Hypertension. Treatment of hypertension by isoIating the patient in a “biotron,” a specially constructed chamber which simulates any desired cIimatic condition, seems to be a promising adjunct to other therapies, according to Soviet medica researchers. In announcing the results of cIinica1 research invoIving some 500 persons treated in the biotron, the USSR periodical Science and Lije claims that al1 of the patients showed “considerable improvement” and a number of them recovered compIeteIy. The ten page transIation of the articIe, “The Biotron Restores the Sick,” from the USSR’s Science and Life, is avaiIabIe in English from the OfFice of Technical Services, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D. C. Order number is 61-31596 and price is 50 cents.
The unexamined living.
Good will is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy. Marshall Field
life is not worth Samuel Johnson
In a progress report on its crackdown against drug counterfeiting, the Food and Drug Administration on November 2, 1961, made tbese findings: No counterfeits were found in a 1,300 sample survey of drugs believed likely candidates for counterfeiting, but not previously known to be counterfeited. Tbis survey was carried on from June 19 to July 31. As a result of a survey of known types of counterfeits in February and March of tbis year, there have been nine seizures and six criminal prosecutions. Two of tbe criminal cases have been terminated and four are in progress.
with pectin extracted from sunflowers apparently offers some protection against strontium 90, Soviet researchers claim. Recent laboratory experiments witb rats proved that pectin ‘Lreduces the absorption and deposition of tbe isotope in tbe skeleton,” according to Moscow’s Labor Hygiene and Occupational Diseases. A collection oj articles from tbe Soviet medical journal is available in English through tbe Ofice of Technical Services, Business and Defense Services Administration, U. S. Department of Commerce, Wasbington 23, D. C.
The desire to rule is more vehement than all the passions. Tacilus
Nothing is troublesome that we do Thomas Jefferson willingly.
Vincaleukoblastine in the Treatment of Malignant Disease. Drs. D. M. WhiteIaw and
Fatigue Therapy. The potassium and magnesium saIts of aspartic acid (see Spartase,
Drug Counterfeiting.
USSR Tests Special Diets for Protection A diet enriched Against Strontium go Hazards.
September 1961) reIieved Modern Drugs, fatigue in many patients who compIained of this symptom aIone or associated with various cIinica1 entities. The medication produced no amphetamine-Iike response, i.e., no quickening of speech, hyperkinesis or insomnia. When pIacebos were substituted, patients usuaIIy reverted to the condition existing before the aspartates were used.
J. M. TeasdaIe of the University of British Columbia, the Vancouver Genera1 HospitaI, the HeaIth Centre for ChiIdren and the British Columbia Cancer Institute, Vancouver, B. C., have reported in some detail the results they obtained with vinbIastine (VeIban, Modern Drugs, May Ig6I), in fifty-five patients with malignant disease (principally the Ieukemias and Iymphomas) in the September issue of 38
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Drugs to Prevent Abortion and Premature Births Have “Come into Their Own.” Drugs for a variety of menstrual ills bave “come into
meet the expected new demand for a drug calIed isoniazid, which was described by the U. S. Public HeaIth Service as having been found effective in preventing tubercuIosis as we11 as treating patients, was made recentIy by E. R. Squibb & Sons. The pharmaceutic firm, a Division of OIin Mathieson ChemicaI Corporation, was one of the two pharmaceutic companies responsibIe for the discovery ten years ago of isoniazid’s great usefulness in the control of tubercuIosis. In its report on isoniazid’s new effectiveness in prevention of tubercuIosis, the PubIic HeaIth Service indicated that the use of the chemical agent by persons exposed by daily contact to tubercuIosis couId be expected to reduce significantIy the annua1 rate of 55,000 new cases and IO,OOOfataIities.
tbeir own” and a group of St. Louis specialists recommends using them wbenever bleeding in the first three montbs of pregnancy raises the tbreat of spontaneous abortion. Based on a study of fifty-tbree private patients, Dr. Samuel D. Soule and otbers associated with Wasbinkton University School of Medicine and Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, believe tbat all patients in whom spontaneous abortion may occur should be treated immediately, and not “merely observed for further developments.” Tbese figures are preliminary and must be viewed witb some caution, Dr. Masland said. However, be added that if tbey are confirmed the incidence of cerebral palsy and otber dejects is jar bigher than bad been supposed. Dr. Soule and his colleagues estimated that they were able to preserve 80 per cent of the salvageable pregnancies in the patients they observed by using Provera (Modern Drug Encyclopedia, 8th Ed., Ig6r), a relative of the natural bormone progesterone, an essential “chemical messenger” in tbe reproductive process. The drug can be taken eitber by mouth or by injection.
Steer clear of business who discourage you.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, conscience. George Washington
Physician Syracuse
Vaccine
Halted
Tbe new Sabin Type I oral polio vaccine has been credited with baving balted tbe outbreak of poliomyelitis in metropolitan Syracuse and Onondaga County last month. Appearing on a Syracuse television program on October 23, Dr. Harry A. Feldman, Professor and Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine, State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, offered tbe f;rst preliminary public appraisal of the effectiveness of the Sabin vaccine in controlling tbis epidemic. Tbe vaccine was administered to some 400,000 persons in a tri-county area August 29 through 31. It was the first use of tbe Type I vaccine jollowing licensing of Cbas. Pfizer ti Co., Inc., by tbe government. Tbe vaccine was supplied from tbe U. S. Public Health Service’s Communicable Disease Center epidemic inventory. Dr. Feldman characterized tbe polio outbreak as “classical” stating tbat an occasional case was seen early in the summer, followed by a gradual spread of the disease. However, instead of stopping in tbe same way, be said there was a “fairly abrupt” halt of paralytic polio wbicb “I would interpret to bave resulted from tbe immunization program.”
associates
John Patterson
AMA Sponsors Cosmetics Symposium. Medical problems reIating to cosmetics were discussed at an AMA-sponsored symposium in Dallas, on November 8, 1961. The Symposium on Cosmetic Problems in General Practice was heId in conjunction with the annuaI meeting of the Southern Medical Association. Papers presented included : “Cutaneous Cleansing in HeaIth and Disease;” “Skin Protection in the HousehoId and on the Job;” “Care of the Hair and NaiIs;” and “Dermatitis Due to Cosmetics.”
A man of virtue, judgment and prudence speaks not until there is silence, Sadi
Isoniazid Therapy Against TB. ment that steps have already
Indicates Sabin Polio Outbreak.
An announcebeen taken to heIp 40
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QUOTES Canadian Medical Association Journal. Of the various diseases reported, Hodgkin’s disease has shown the greatest sensitivity to vinblastine. New cases of the disease may respond to it with complete temporary remissions, and patients with even termina1 iIIness may show partial improvement and be abIe to return to physical activity. In patients with acute Ieukemia, remissions obtained with vinblastine have been infrequent and incomplete; however, the drug produced a partia1 but fairIy we11 sustained remission in one patient whose disease had become resistant to other agents. AnapIastic tumors may show marked temporary oncoIytic changes after vinbIastine therapy, even though they have become resistant to other drugs.
Soviet Medical Journal Describes New Therapy for Hypertension. Treatment of hypertension by isoIating the patient in a “biotron,” a specially constructed chamber which simulates any desired cIimatic condition, seems to be a promising adjunct to other therapies, according to Soviet medica researchers. In announcing the results of cIinica1 research invoIving some 500 persons treated in the biotron, the USSR periodical Science and Lije claims that al1 of the patients showed “considerable improvement” and a number of them recovered compIeteIy. The ten page transIation of the articIe, “The Biotron Restores the Sick,” from the USSR’s Science and Life, is avaiIabIe in English from the OfFice of Technical Services, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D. C. Order number is 61-31596 and price is 50 cents.
The unexamined living.
Good will is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy. Marshall Field
life is not worth Samuel Johnson
In a progress report on its crackdown against drug counterfeiting, the Food and Drug Administration on November 2, 1961, made tbese findings: No counterfeits were found in a 1,300 sample survey of drugs believed likely candidates for counterfeiting, but not previously known to be counterfeited. Tbis survey was carried on from June 19 to July 31. As a result of a survey of known types of counterfeits in February and March of tbis year, there have been nine seizures and six criminal prosecutions. Two of tbe criminal cases have been terminated and four are in progress.
with pectin extracted from sunflowers apparently offers some protection against strontium 90, Soviet researchers claim. Recent laboratory experiments witb rats proved that pectin ‘Lreduces the absorption and deposition of tbe isotope in tbe skeleton,” according to Moscow’s Labor Hygiene and Occupational Diseases. A collection oj articles from tbe Soviet medical journal is available in English through tbe Ofice of Technical Services, Business and Defense Services Administration, U. S. Department of Commerce, Wasbington 23, D. C.
The desire to rule is more vehement than all the passions. Tacilus
Nothing is troublesome that we do Thomas Jefferson willingly.
Vincaleukoblastine in the Treatment of Malignant Disease. Drs. D. M. WhiteIaw and
Fatigue Therapy. The potassium and magnesium saIts of aspartic acid (see Spartase,
Drug Counterfeiting.
USSR Tests Special Diets for Protection A diet enriched Against Strontium go Hazards.
September 1961) reIieved Modern Drugs, fatigue in many patients who compIained of this symptom aIone or associated with various cIinica1 entities. The medication produced no amphetamine-Iike response, i.e., no quickening of speech, hyperkinesis or insomnia. When pIacebos were substituted, patients usuaIIy reverted to the condition existing before the aspartates were used.
J. M. TeasdaIe of the University of British Columbia, the Vancouver Genera1 HospitaI, the HeaIth Centre for ChiIdren and the British Columbia Cancer Institute, Vancouver, B. C., have reported in some detail the results they obtained with vinbIastine (VeIban, Modern Drugs, May Ig6I), in fifty-five patients with malignant disease (principally the Ieukemias and Iymphomas) in the September issue of 38
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NOTES
AND
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CONTINUED
Drugs to Prevent Abortion and Premature Births Have “Come into Their Own.” Drugs for a variety of menstrual ills bave “come into
meet the expected new demand for a drug calIed isoniazid, which was described by the U. S. Public HeaIth Service as having been found effective in preventing tubercuIosis as we11 as treating patients, was made recentIy by E. R. Squibb & Sons. The pharmaceutic firm, a Division of OIin Mathieson ChemicaI Corporation, was one of the two pharmaceutic companies responsibIe for the discovery ten years ago of isoniazid’s great usefulness in the control of tubercuIosis. In its report on isoniazid’s new effectiveness in prevention of tubercuIosis, the PubIic HeaIth Service indicated that the use of the chemical agent by persons exposed by daily contact to tubercuIosis couId be expected to reduce significantIy the annua1 rate of 55,000 new cases and IO,OOOfataIities.
tbeir own” and a group of St. Louis specialists recommends using them wbenever bleeding in the first three montbs of pregnancy raises the tbreat of spontaneous abortion. Based on a study of fifty-tbree private patients, Dr. Samuel D. Soule and otbers associated with Wasbinkton University School of Medicine and Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, believe tbat all patients in whom spontaneous abortion may occur should be treated immediately, and not “merely observed for further developments.” Tbese figures are preliminary and must be viewed witb some caution, Dr. Masland said. However, be added that if tbey are confirmed the incidence of cerebral palsy and otber dejects is jar bigher than bad been supposed. Dr. Soule and his colleagues estimated that they were able to preserve 80 per cent of the salvageable pregnancies in the patients they observed by using Provera (Modern Drug Encyclopedia, 8th Ed., Ig6r), a relative of the natural bormone progesterone, an essential “chemical messenger” in tbe reproductive process. The drug can be taken eitber by mouth or by injection.
Steer clear of business who discourage you.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, conscience. George Washington
Physician Syracuse
Vaccine
Halted
Tbe new Sabin Type I oral polio vaccine has been credited with baving balted tbe outbreak of poliomyelitis in metropolitan Syracuse and Onondaga County last month. Appearing on a Syracuse television program on October 23, Dr. Harry A. Feldman, Professor and Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine, State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, offered tbe f;rst preliminary public appraisal of the effectiveness of the Sabin vaccine in controlling tbis epidemic. Tbe vaccine was administered to some 400,000 persons in a tri-county area August 29 through 31. It was the first use of tbe Type I vaccine jollowing licensing of Cbas. Pfizer ti Co., Inc., by tbe government. Tbe vaccine was supplied from tbe U. S. Public Health Service’s Communicable Disease Center epidemic inventory. Dr. Feldman characterized tbe polio outbreak as “classical” stating tbat an occasional case was seen early in the summer, followed by a gradual spread of the disease. However, instead of stopping in tbe same way, be said there was a “fairly abrupt” halt of paralytic polio wbicb “I would interpret to bave resulted from tbe immunization program.”
associates
John Patterson
AMA Sponsors Cosmetics Symposium. Medical problems reIating to cosmetics were discussed at an AMA-sponsored symposium in Dallas, on November 8, 1961. The Symposium on Cosmetic Problems in General Practice was heId in conjunction with the annuaI meeting of the Southern Medical Association. Papers presented included : “Cutaneous Cleansing in HeaIth and Disease;” “Skin Protection in the HousehoId and on the Job;” “Care of the Hair and NaiIs;” and “Dermatitis Due to Cosmetics.”
A man of virtue, judgment and prudence speaks not until there is silence, Sadi
Isoniazid Therapy Against TB. ment that steps have already
Indicates Sabin Polio Outbreak.
An announcebeen taken to heIp 40