Limited Miliary Tuberculosis.—In Falisi's case the original Current Medical Literature focus of tuberculosis was an apparently small but active lesion in the right lung. From this hematogenous dissemina¬ tion, the disease was apparently limited to the choroid plexus AMERICAN and base of the brain. The Association library lends periodicals to Fellows of the Association Recovery from Tuberculous Meningitis.—The case recorded individual The in America a and to subscribers to Journal for period of McMahon was clinical in its onset to domestic by typically meningitis three days. No foreign journals are available prior 1921, nor and The of tubercle bacilli in the prior to 1924. Periodicals published by the American Medical Association symptomatology. presence are not available for lending, hut may be supplied on order. Requests spinal fluid, as shown by animal inoculation, proved it to be and should be accompanied by stamps to cover postage (6 cents if one tuberculous. The unusual features were the number of 12 cents if two periodicals are requested). exacerbations and remissions. The of tubercle Titles marked with an asterisk (*) are abstracted below. disappearance bacilli from the spinal fluid suggested circumscription and American Journal of Ophthalmology, Chicago encapsulation of the lesions. The small number of bacilli and 9: 157-240 (March) 1926 the absence of meningeal hypertension indicated that the Limitations of Slit Lamp Microscopy of Living Eye and Possibility of lesion was not predominantly of the exudative type, but Overcoming Them. L. Koeppe, Rochester, N. Y.—p. 157. possibly proliferative in character. Retina. C. W. Glioma of Rutherford, Indianapolis.—p. 171. in Treatment of Tuberculous Peritonitis. Operations for Glaucoma. S. A. Durr, San Diego, Calif.—p. 174. Pneumoperitoneum Field and Fundus Changes in Endocrine Dysfunction. W. D. Rowland, —Guilbert has treated four cases of tuberculous peritonitis Boston.—p. .178. with serous effusion by aspiration of the fluid and the intro¬ Choked Disk and Vitreous Opacities Following Fracture of Skull. C. duction of filtered air. These have remained well 184. patients Loeb, Chicago.—p. two Senile Cataract Extraction. E. A. Knorr, Baltimore.—p. 186. and are working, one after five years, and one for nearly Relation of Aperture of Eye to Ocular Function. A. Cowan, Phila¬ years. The remaining two cases are very recent ones. In delphia.—p. 191. one case both a pneumoperitoneum and a pneumothorax have Use of "Afenil": A Warning. L. L. Mayer, St. Louis.—p. 192. been done. Guilbert has also used pneumoperitoneum in con¬ American of Public N. Y. nection with laparotomy in two cases of advanced tuber¬ Journal Health, Albany, culous enterocolitis, with apparently some relief but no 16:98-206 (Feb.) 1926 permanent benefit, as both died. Advances in Sanitary Practices. W. F. Walker, New York.—p. 97. patients Laboratory Differentiation of Smallpox and Chickenpox. T. G. Hull and Standardization of Tuberculin.—The strength of nine R. W. Nauss.—p. 101. samples of commercial tuberculin and one sample of standard in Health Education and Publicity. J. A. Progress Tobey, Washington, tuberculin was determined Aronson means of the intra- D. C—p. 106. by by Vitamin Content of Foodstuffs. W. H. Eddy, New York.—p. 109. cutaneous injection into tuberculous guinea-pigs, and com¬ Value of Physical Examination of Food Handlers. L. B. Gloyne, Kansas pared with their toxicity for tuberculous guinea-pigs, with City, Kan.—p. 115. complement fixation, and with the precipitin reaction. These to C. T. Graham- Relation of Health Departments Industrial Hygiene, of tuberculin varied in Rodgers, New York.—p. 117. samples greatly strength. Program Planning. N. M. Harris, Ottawa.—p. 121. Method of Analyzing Statistical Data by Coding and Adding Machine. Archives of Internal Medicine, Chicago R. Jordan, New Haven, Conn.—p. 123. 37:297-450 (March 15) 1926 in H. Recent Developments Industrial Hygiene. F. Smyth, Philadelphia. Renal H. 126. Experimental Insufficiency. Anderson, Duluth. —p. •I. Controls on Normal 297. in Mass. Diet.—p. Laboratory Public Health Work. S. C. Prescott, Cambridge, II. Protein Diet Experiments.—p. 313. —p. 130. and F. B. D. *Hemochromatosis Chronic Poisoning with Copper. Mallory, Interference with Schick Test. J. A. Tobey, Washington, C.—p. 134. 336. of C. Krumwiede, W. H. Boston.—p. Chlorine Treatment Contaminated Oysters. •Primary Carcinoma of Liver. V. S. Counseller and A. H. Mclndoe, Park and others, New York.—p. 142. Rochester, Minn.—p. 36i. of Mercurochrome. E. C. White, Use Organic Mercurials, Particularly *Effect of Liver Damage on Cholecystography in Dogs by Use of Sodium Baltimore.—p. 153. Tetraiodophenolphthalein. B. M. Fried and L. R. Whitaker, Boston. —p. 388. American of Baltimore •Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Treatment. D. C Walton, W. A. Eldridge, Journal Psychiatry, M. S. Allen and M. G, Witherspoon, Edgewood, Md.—p. 398. 5:345-467 (Jan.) 1926 *Enzymic Activity of Duodenal Contents Following Ingestion of Pan- Laboratory Method in Psycho-Analysis. T. Burrow, Baltimore.—p. 345. creatin. A. H. Aaron, J. V. Wadsworth and H. C. Schneider, Buffalo. Psychotic Children: Treatment and Prophylaxis. A. A. Brìi!, New York. —p. 408. —p. 357. Relation of Thrombocytes to Hemorrhagic Diathesis. I. W. Held, New Intensive Use of Bromides in Functional Psychoses. W. W. Wright, York.—p. 414. Utica, N. Y.—p. 365. •Value of Starch-Iodine Reaction as Test of Pancreatic Function. G. M. Newer Psychiatry. W. Healy, Boston.—p. 391. Piersol, H. L. Bockus and H. H. Shay, Philadelphia.—p. 431. Departments in General Hospitals. G. K. Pratt, Boston.— •Metabolic Aspects of Calcium Therapy. A. P. Briggs, St. Louis.—p. 440. 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He found that removal of Review of Baltimore two thirds of the kidney substance in rabbits results in a American Tuberculosis, retention in the blood of urea and creatinine, which either 13: 193-291 (March) 1926 increases progressively in intensity until death results, or Sanatorium Treatment of Tuberculosis as in Fitzsimons Modern Applied decreases until normal values are once General Hospital. E. H. Bruns, Denver.—p. 193. progressively more *Case of Limited Miliary Tuberculosis. J. V. Falisi, Denver.—p. 211. attained. A high protein diet causes hypertrophy of the *Recovery from Tuberculous Meningitis. B. T. McMahon, New York, kidneys in normal rabbits not operated on, but no further —p. 216. change in the kidney remnant than to further augment the Syphilis of Lung: Four Cases. R. C. Kirkwood, Salt Lake City.—p. 220. Treatment of Bilateral Lung Suppuration. J. J. Singer and E. A. hypertrophy. A high protein diet causes a retention of Graham, St. Louis.—p. 225. creatinine and urea in the blood in rabbits from which a *Pnèumoperitoneum in Treatment of Tuberculous Peritonitis. O. M. of substance has been removed. It is 240. portion kidney propor¬ Guilbert, Boulder, Colo.—p. tionate to the amount of kidney that has been removed. Adaption of Kolmer-Wassermann Technic to Tuberculosis Complement Fixation. J. S. Woolley and F. G. Pctrik, New York.—p. 243. Hypertension is not caused in rabbits by renal insufficiency *Stnndardization of Tuberculin. J. D. Arouson, Philadelphia.—p. 263. per se, nor by a high protein diet, even in the presence of a of Extent of Normal Variability of Vital Capacity Lungs of Children. low renal nor retention 272. function, by prolonged of creatinine ) C. .. Stewart, Minneapolis.—p. and urea in the blood. diet Vital Capacity of Lungs of Children Having Masked Juvenile Tubercu¬ The high protein here given losis. C. A. Stewart, Minneapolis.—p. 278. results in a marked atherosclerosis of the aorta which does Downloaded From: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/ by a Simon Fraser University User on 06/11/2015 not extend to the small arteries. These changes in the aorta nephritis free from the disadvantages of alkali retention and do not result from low renal function or from prolonged resulting edema which is observed with sodium bicarbonate retention of creatinine and the urea in the blood. therapy. Copper Poisoning Causes Hemochromatosis. Mallory Effect of Acriflavine on Sepsis.—Of eleven patients with points out that evidence is slowly but steadily accumulating— generalized infection who were treated by Tenney and Lintz in favor of the view that chronic poisoning with copper causes with intravenous injections of neutral acriflavine, six had the symptom complex known under the different names of positive blood cultures. Of these six, five died despite the hemochromatosis, bronzed diabetes and pigment cirrhosis. treatment. The sixth case, one of typhoid fever, ran the usual Copper is an exceedingly useful and indispensable metal in course, and showed no shortening of the time necessary to many ways, but it should not be employed where it may come procure negative stool cultures for release from quarantine. in contact with foods or drinks, especially if they contain The authors have seen no improvement following the intra¬ acids of any sort, because it is so readily dissolved by many venous use of neutral acriflavine in cases of sepsis or bac- of them. This would exclude its use for cooking utensils of teremia. There was spontaneous recovery in two cases of any sort, for shakers of cocktails and acid drinks, and for Streptococcus hemolyticus sepsis.