Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Volume 11

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W.B. Saunders Company, 1920
 

Contents

LIFE EXPECTANCY OF PATIENTS FOLLOWING OPERATIONS FOR GASTRIC
93
A STUDY OF THE TONICITY OF THE SPHINCTER AT THE DUODENAL END OF
104
JAUNDICE AND ITS SURGICAL SIGNIFICANCE
116
THE HISTOGENESIS OF CARCINOMA IN THE ISLETS OF THE PANCREAS
124
THE UTILITY OF THE RUBBER TUBE IN INTESTINAL SURGERY
146
REPORT OF A DEATH FOLLOWING
165
THE PELVIS OF THE KIDNEY AS A POSSIBLE SOURCE FOR INFECTION OF THE BLOOD
177
HEMATOGENOUS INFECTIONS OF THE KIDNEY
183
RECENT ADVANCE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF SURGICAL LESIONS OF THE KIDNEY
192
RENAL FLUOROSCOPY AT THE OPERATING TABLE
203
PAPILLARY TUMORS OF THE PELVIS OF the Kidney
221
SURGERY OF THE KIDNEY
236
DILATATION OF THE URETER AND RENAL PELVIS
248
CONDITIONS CONTRAINDICATING OPERATION WITH STONE IN THE KIDNEY
262
STONE IN THE KIDNEY
268
THE RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE REMOVAL OF STONES FROM THE URETER
276
SURGERY OF THE URINARY BLADDER
291
SECONDARY MELANOEPITHELIOMA OF THE BLADDER
298
THE TREATMENT OF URETHRAL CARUNCLE
308
DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE PROSTATE GLAND
316
THE OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA
322
ECTOPIC ADENOMYOMA OF UTERINE TYPE A REPORT OF TEN CASES
335
MALIGNANT MYOMAS AND RELATED TUMORS OF THE UTERUS
349
STUDIES ON ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
376
ISOLATION OF THE IODIN COMPOUND WHICH OCCURS IN THE THYROID
396
THE PHYSIOLOGIC ACTION OF THYROXIN
417
THE CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION OF THYROXIN
424
THE BASAL METABOLIC RATE IN EXOPHTHALMIC GOITER WITH A BRIEF DESCRIP
489
TUBERCULOSIS OF THE THYROID
504
THE SELECTION OF OPERATION FOR EXOPHTHALMIC GOITER
510
TETANY IN THE EUNUCHOID Report of a CASE
516
THE EFFECT OF SPLENECTOMY ON THE THYMUS
534
HEART
543
OBSERVATIONS ON CHANGES IN FORM OF THE INITIAL VENTRICULAR COMPLEX
565
STUDIES ON ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
587
STUDIES ON CHOLESTEROL
598
THE DETERMINATION OF THE LENGTH OF LIFE OF TRANSFUSED BLOOD CORPUSCLES
621
DIAGNOSTIC METHODS IN THE ANEMIAS
641
THE RESULTS OF SPLENECTOMY IN THE ANEMIAS
653
MASTOIDITIS ACUTE AND SUBACUTE RESULTS IN A SERIES OF OPERATED CASES
774
A STUDY OF FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY
783
ANKYLOSIS OF THE JAW DUE TO FIXATION OF THE TEMPORAL MUSCLE
812
STUDIES ON ELECTIVE LOCALIZATION
819
TONSILLECTOMY IN MYOSITIS AND ARTHRITIS
870
REPORT OF THREE CASES
877
AN UNUSUAL MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE PHARYNX
896
THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CYSTS OF THE THYROGLOSSAL TRACT
914
THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF A MONOVALENT ANTISTREPTOCOCCUS SERUM
949
PULMONARY SUPPURATION
962
PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS
997
UNUNITED FRACTURES OF THE HIP
1017
THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF BUNIONS
1024
BENIGN XANTHIC EXTRAPERIOSTEAL TUMOR OF THE EXTREMITIES CONTAINING
1032
CHONDROMAS
1054
A ROENTGENOLOGIC STUDY OF METASTATIC MALIGNANCY OF THE BONES
1066
NERVES
1076
THE ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS
1085
CUTTING THE SENSORY ROOT OF THE GASSERIAN GANGLION FOR THE RELIEF
1109
EXPOSURE IN GALLBLADDER SURGERY
1123
A METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF PROPHYLACTIC AND AUTOGENOUS LIPO
1131
HEAD RESTS FOR NEUROLOGIC OPERATIONS
1141
A METHOD FOR PRESERVING A SHARP SCALPEL IN EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY
1151
SOCIALIZATION OF MEDICINE AND OF LAW
1157
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
1166
EDUCATIONAL POSSIBILITIES OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL MUSEUM
1172
THE RELATION OF MOUTH CONDITIONS TO GENERAL HEALTH
1180
THE RELATION OF CANCER TO THE PROLONGATION OF HUMAN LIFE
1192
PROTEIN SENSITIZATION IN ASTHMA AND HAY FEVER
1201
THE ORGANIZATION AND METHODS OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASE SERVICES
1211
EXPERIMENTAL SURGICAL SHOCK
1225
THE RÔLE OF THE PATHOLOGIST IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
1243
A MATHEMATICAL TERMINOLOGY FOR NEOPLASIA AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE
1249
MUSEUM AND ART SERVICE OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
1278
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE
1288
INDEX OF CONTRIBUTORS
1299
THE PATHOLOGIC SERVICE OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 1262
1302
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
1313
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