Western University Scholarship@Western University of Western Ontario Medical Journal Digitized Special Collections 1-1953 UWOMJ Volume 23, Number 1, January 1953 Western University Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/uwomj Part of the Medicine and Health Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Western University, "UWOMJ Volume 23, Number 1, January 1953" (1953). University of Western Ontario Medical Journal. 140. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/uwomj/140 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Digitized Special Collections at Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Western Ontario Medical Journal by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. University of Western Ontario , MEDICAL JOURNAL Pt~blish•J Q~~Mtn/1 b1 The Hippocratic Society of the .. University of Western Ontario Medical School Authorized a.s Second Oa.ss Mail by the Post Office Departmeot at Ottawa 'U o~ . J.. ?J - rq6"?J STAFF Editors-in-Chief: J. D . PRouD, B.A., '53 J. E. TwELVES, B.A., '53 Editor: E. ]. PRoKIPCHUK1 '54 Assi.rtant Editor: ]. MoRRISON, B.A., '55 Managing Editor: L. J. LoEB, B.Sc., M.Sc., '54 Circulation and Subscription Managers: R. BENNETf, '54 A. BURNETI, B.A., '54 K. McKNIGHT, B.A., '55 Exchange Editor: MARION DENNIS, B.A., '53 Book Review Editor: BARBARA GARWOOD, '56 Abstract Editor: FAYE AltUNDBLL, '55 Alumni Correspondent: E. GusPIN, B.A., '55 Consulting Editors: R. G. E. MURRAY, M.D.C.M., M.A. E. M. WATSON, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.P. (C), F.A.C.P. Advertising RefHesentatives: CENTRALIZED ADVERTISING BUREAU, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, loNDON, ONTARIO Local Retresentative: R. EDDY, B.A., '55 . UNIVI!RSITY OF W1!STE1lN ONTARIO MEDICAL JOURNAL The Vitamins of the 8 Complex are essentia l • to various metabolic processes. Directly or indirectly they are associated with nerve :c•~· cell metabolism and are indicated in the ••• numerous conditions of disturbed metabolism especially that of the nervous system. Mild sedation is assured with Butabarbital. vitamin I factors with butabamital yji!:{ &<It _. COfllaioc, Socllum Butobarbital. ...•••• ..••. ..••. ••• ..• 'li gr. "'"""'ine Hydrochloride •.•. .•••••.•.. •• •. 1.0 mg. Riboflavin .•••• ••. •• • •••••••••••• •. •••.•••• 2.0 mg. Nlaclnomlde .•••..••• .• ...•.•.•...... .•.. .. 10 mg. Pyridoxine Hydrochloride •. •• •.....•. .... .25 mg. Calcium 0-Pantothenate •. .•.. ..•......1 .25 mg. V"otomin 112 ••••••• •• ••• , ••••••••••• ••• ••• 1.25 mu. &<It ,__,., - SodNm llutabarbital. •• ••••••••. •..•.•..... 'li gr. Thiamine Hydrochloride •• •.•. .. •. .•. .•• 1.0 mg. Riboflavin .•..•••••••..•.•. •.• ••• ••.•••• ••• 2.0 mg. Nlaclnomlde .••••••• .•... .•. .•••••• ........ 1 0 mg. Pyridoxine Hydrochloride •...•• . ...•. •• •. .25 mg. d-Panthenol .•..•••• . ..••..••• •....•••. ...1.25 mg. V"damln 112 ••• ••••• ••• , •• ••••••• - ••••••• 1.25 mu. CHARLES R. WILL & CO. LIMITED • LONDON • CANADA ETHICAL PHARMACEUTICALS Index, 1954 ,ACUTE RENAL FAILUJlJl .................................... PaJridt C. Crowley, M.D. .................... 1~ BRONCHIECTASIS ................................................John C. Douglas, M.D. .............. ........ 47 BRONCHOGENIC CA .............................. ......... .. .RAlph Eridaon, M.D. ................. ....... .. 69 CEREBRAL PALSY .......................... ;. .................. Robert Skelton, M.D . .. ........................ .. 37 CoMA .......· . ........................................................11. Schiller, M.D. .. .. ..... .. ... ....... .. .. .. .. .. 23 ERYTHROMYCIN ...............................................L. J. Loeb, M.D . .......: ....................... · ~1 HYPEilPJ\RATHYROIDISM , ..... : ... : ......................... W . .A. D . .Anderson, M.D. .... ............ .. 99 HYPEllSENSJTn1TY .......................................... L . J. Loeb, M.D . .............. :. ................. 78 INTERNE PLACEMENTS ......................................................................................... : ........ :: 66 LoBOTOMY ·........... ............................................ .E. Carroll, M.D . ................................... 131 MAUDE .ABBOTT .......................•...•• .......•.....•.... Lillian M. Beattie, M.D. .................... .. 89 MIGilAINE HEADACHE ............•....•.•.......•...•••....Joanne Richards, M.D . ........................ · 6 PAINFUL SHOULDEJI. ....... ............................•..... Frank Riggall, M.D . ....: . ................... ~ .. 1 Rl!VJF.W OF HEMATOLOGICAL PROCEDUJI.l!S. ......Marcia C. Smith ..... ................................ 141 Rh FACTOR IN PRJ!GNANCY ............................Jack L Sales ...... ····· ····· ·· ··············:···: .... 107 RHEUMATOID AllTHJUTJS ..... ............................ J?ouglas Bocking, M.D. .......................• 60 TJUAL LABou11. ............. _. ................................... Donald C. Stvan ...... :... .............. •... ....... 125 30 U.W.O. MEDI~L JO~AL M..JU..,tJ~ ... That fellow slinking along the halls with a furtive look on his face is Victotia Gerry Swartz, the chap that states em­ phatically that penicillin is all that is required for the treatment of G.P.I. He is only making sure that he doesn't Pkarmacv bump into some of the older clinicians who are equally positive in their belief that arsphenamine and fever therapy are still an integral part of the treat­ ment of this luetic condition. one block west of Gerry hails from Sarnia, and via Sarnia Collegiate and Assumption Col­ Medical School lege he arrived at Westen in the fall of '48. Now in the final year Meds, Gerry has been active in Merrymakers. 2-7177 the Gazette, and the Hippocratic Coun­ cil where he was social vice-president in 1951. • SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Last summer he worked at the On­ • DRUGS tario Hospital in St. Thomas where, • SNACK BAR under Dr. McNeel and Dr. McGregor, be studied the mental and physical status, the histories, laboratory findings and treatment of paretic patients. The results of his work, as well as of ex­ tensive reading in the literature, are well summarized in this article. Dr. F. S. For Inrurance Brien, Chief of Medicine at Victoria. also gave Gerry a great deal of assistance of All Types in the preparation of this paper. When Gerry wasn't looking at Argyll Call Robertson pupils he usually could be found on the local golf course trying to equal that score of eighty-four he Jack .Atav putted in the early part of the summer. Associate If one is ever in doubt as to the ROY WILLIAMS various motor disturbances that ·differ­ ent neurological disorders can present, Dr. Alan Douglas will not only list 10 WRIGHT BLDG. them but will mimic them in a demon­ or PHONE 4-8747 stration that is remembered long after their names are forgotten. Born in London, Ontario, Dr. Doug­ • life las was raised in the City of Detroit. • liability He graduated in medicine from Wes­ tern in 1942 and spent his junior in­ • floaters ternship at the Toronto General. Two • automobile years on the North Atlantic in the Royal Canadian Navy were followed • fire by six months as a senior in Medicine at the Toronto General. His next step UNIVERSITY 01' WES11!RN ONI'ARIO MEDICAL JOURNAL In monilial vaginitis " .•• rapidly becoming the mainstay in our treatment • .• "1 In both office and home routine Propalel otrers noteworthy advantages: 1. It is effective in a high proportion of cases 2. It is remarkably free from untoward reactions 3. It provides gratifying, prompt relief from pruritus 4. It is esthetically agreeable ••• non-messy; does not stain clothing PROPAJEL PROPIONATE COMPOUND JELLY WYETH Calcium Propionale 10%; Sodium Propionate 10% in a water· soluble base containing glycerine, boric acid 3% and tragacanth. l. Abel. S. : GP 4:35, (Oct.) 1951. brought him back to Western where he demonstrated in neuroanatomy for a year following which he was a fellow in neuropathology at the University of Toronto and then resident in neurology oil/ at the Toronto General. The National Hospital in Queen Square, England next beckoned where he spent a year in medical research and in collecting _New anecdotes about the various British neurologists. If anyone on our staff has an idea P/r,armaceuticalJ that will cost the JournaJ money, he must be prepared to defend his plan against all manner of attack from our able managing editor, Laz Loeb. Laz is a third year student here in medicine as well as a bacteriologist. He commenced his university studies in Agriculture at Macdonald College at McGill. He then came under the sway FISHER --- DRUGS of Dr. E. G. D. Murray in the Depart­ ment of Bacteriology at McGill where Dial4-1161 he graduated with an Honours B.Sc. in 1948. After a summer with the Na­ Richmond near Oxford tional Research Council he came to Western to be under the tutelage of Dr. Murray's son, Dr. R. D. E. Murray, in Bacteriology at Victoria Hospital. Here he received his M.Sc. for his work on antibiotics. Dial 2-4138 Mr. Loeb is an A.O.A. student, co­ winner of the Pathology Prize and an active member of the Osler Society. He is an extensive traveller, and many an enjoyable evening is spent at the Loebs' apartment viewing their excellent BEN coloured movies on Europe, Mexico, United States, and Eastern Canada. Whenever a strong baritone is re­ quired the call is sent for Ken James. BRYANT He is usually found in some corner joining with three or four other Med students in a melodic rendition of the "Your Druggist" Whiffenpoof song. Kenneth W. James is