Surgical Aspects of Histoplasmosis

Surgical aspects of pulmonary histoplasmosis: A series of 110 cases

“…They concluded that in open cavitary histoplasmosis, resection with effective amphotericin B coverage reduced the incidence of postoperative complications. Katz (1960), Gryboski, Crutcher, Holloway, Mayo, Segnitz, and Eiseman (1963), and Takaro (1967) recommended amphotericin B coverage for patients with cavitary disease treated surgically. However, they did not describe their clinical extperience.…”

Renal Arterial Stenosis and Hypertension—medical or Surgical Management?

“…Before Florence permanently retired, she had made important contributions in medical investigation and in medical teaching in the East, whereas in her native state she was largely responsible for the drafting and promulgation of public health measures that were desperately needed. 1 The discovery of gold and silver deposits in the West in the second half of the 19th century attracted her father, the son of a New England physician, who came as a mining engineer to Colorado from Vermont. Florence's mother, a former school teacher, died when Florence was a child, and she was placed in boarding schools, first in Colorado, then in Illinois, and finally in an academy in Saxton's River, Vt. Florence followed the preference of her older sister for Smith College, where mathematics and the laboratory sciences appealed especially to her, graduating with a bachelor of science degree.…”

“…The purpose of the booklet and the New Names column will be achieved only if two other objectives are also attained: (1) if research workers are encouraged to use these formally adopted nonproprietary names (USAN) in the articles they submit for publication, and (2) if all manufacturers who market products containing compounds included in these listings use the appropriate USAN on labels, in advertisements, and in their literature. This is particularly important for those older drugs for which a formally adopted name has only re¬ cently been selected.…”