LIVFR DEGENERATION FOLLOWING NEO- ARSPHF_NAMIXE AND MAPHARSEN TREATMENT WITH SOME REMARKS ON CATARRHAL JAUNDICE AND ARSENICAL JAUNDICE AND THEIR RELA- 'rION TO ACUTE YELLOW ATROPHY

The purpose of the pre~ent paper is to review certain aspects of catarrhal jaundice and arsenical jaundice and their relation to acute yellow atrophy in connection with a case of diffuse liver degeneration following neo-arsphenamine and mapharsen treatment with rapid fatal termination. Such a review may serve to clarify our present position in regard to the pathogenesis of catarrhal jaundice and arsenical jaundice. The case is remarkable in that the liver remained Iarge to the end in spite of the fulminating course.     

ISOLATION OF VIRULENT TREPONEMA PALLIDUM FRQM HUMAN AORTA THIRTY-TWO HOURS AFTER DEATH FROM CARDIOVASCULAR SYPHILIS

After a comprehensive rernew of the literature on syphilitic aortitis, Longcope, (1) stated in 1913; ": . . . the presence of spiro: chetes in these lesions, as might be expected, cannot by any means be constantly demonstrated with Levaaiti stain. . . . . . . That these organisms are ''Treponema pallidum seems almost certain thouS:h actual proof of such by culture from the arterial lesions, a most difficult task, or direct inoculation into animals, has not as yet been accomplished."     

Investigation of Direct Causes of Drug Relapse and Abstainers’ Demands in a Compulsive Detoxification Center in Wuhan City of China

Objective To identify the direct causes of drug relapse and abstainers’ demand, and to develop programs for the prevention of drug relapse. Methods Abstainers in a Compulsive Detoxification Center in Wuhan City, capital of Hubei Province were randomly selected. An investigation on the direct causes of drug relapse and abstainers’ demands was conducted with multiple-choice questionnaires and face to face interviews. Data were analyzed with SPSS 12.0. Results The direct causes leading to drug relapse included: temptation to use drug again by themselves or by their drug mates, seeking pleasure and ecstasy from drug use, relatively well off living, mental stress, irritation, demoralization, family conflicts, unemployment, feeling distrusted by the family, lack of care and love from the family, and discrimination by others. abstainers’ demands after detoxification and returning to the society included: care and support from the family, employment assistance, changing living environment, understanding by others, support from the society, and keeping far away from drugs. Conclusions Environmental factors are the direct causes of drug relapse, and negative irritation is its predisposing causes. Leaving former residence, more care and help given by both the family and the society and raising their overall quality of life are the demands of abstainers.     

RELATIVE CHANGES OF BLOOD AND CEREBRO- SPINAL FLUID SUGAR IN SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS TREATED WITH INSULIhI*

Divisiort of Neuropsychiatry of Department of Medtczne and Department o/ Pharmacology, Natio礼ul rVedicat Ooltege of Shtrnghai, Shanghai, China. . As far as the writers are aware, few studies on the changes of blood and cerebrospinal fiuid sugar during hypoglycemia have been made in schizophrenic patients. While our work was in progress, two articles had come to our notice. In the paper by Dussik (1) the blood and cerebrospinal fluid sugar values at the time of insulm coma were determined, while in the communication by Day, Niver and Greenberg (2) the course of changes in blood ar.d cerebrospinal fIuid sugar after insulin was followed. The object of this paper is to report the results of a number of individual and serial determinations of both the bIood and cerebrospinal fluid sugar in schizophrenic patients treated by insulin according to Sakel''s method (3).     

Influence of Chemical Oxygen Demand Concentrations on Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation by Granular Sludge From EGSB Reactor

INTRODUCTION The phenomenon of anaerobic ammonium oxidation was originally discovered in a denitrifying fluidized-bed reactor treating effluent from a methanogenic reactor in the 1990s[1]. Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (ANAMMOX) process is a strictly anaerobic denitrification process, in which ANAMMOX autotrophic bacteria directly oxidize ammonium to dinitrogen gas using nitrite as electron acceptor. In recent years, the anammox process has received great attention and lots of researc…     

Parkinson''''s Disease and Smoking: An Integral Part of PD''''s Etiological Study

INTRODUCTION Parkinson抯 disease (PD), a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder, is featured with bradykinesia, resting, muscular rigidity, gait disturbances, and postural reflex impairment[1]. PD is rare before age of 50 years, but it increases dramatically with older ages, with peak onset occurring during the age of 70-85 years. In the United States, prevalence of PD in all age groups is approximately 150 per 100 000 and is roughly 30 per 100 000 at age of less than 50 years and 800 …     

STUDY OF AN OUTBREAK OF SCURVY I. CLINICAL FEATURES

During the fall of 1935, CheeIoo University Medical SchooL accepted responsibility for the medical care of 19,000 refugees from the flooded farming districts of south-western Shantung, They were cared for in Tsinan at govemment expense, in 30 groups or "camps", of from 200 t0 1,400 persons each, and were provided with two meals a day, consisting of steamed bread, made of 4th grade wheat flour and millet flour, a thin millet congee and pieces of salt turnip. Many individuals supplemented this diet from time to time with small quantities of vegetables, such as raw onion, red pepper sauce and boiled caloloage bought from vendors. This was more common in the early fall than later in the winter, when their small private funds had, in many cases, been exhausted. Later in the winter, the ingredients of the bread were changed to include corn meal, 4th class wheat flour and millet flour.