Volume 44; Issue 184 Archives - British Journal of Surgery

Volume 44; Issue 184

1st September 1956

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Malignant tumours of the buttocks a survey of 46 cases. BJS 1956; 44: 113-126.

Authors: E. M. McConnell

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Five‐year results of operation for nephroma use of diagnostic exploration in hæmature. BJS 1956; 44: 126-131.

Authors: A. Wilfrid Adams

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Volvulus in western india. A clinical study of 40 cases, with particular reference to the conservative treatment of pelvic colon volvulus. BJS 1956; 44: 132-143.

Authors: D. A. Andersen

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Supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children a review of 100 cases. BJS 1956; 44: 143-147.

Authors: W. Laurence

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Right hand, left hand: The surgical approach to the biliary passages. BJS 1956; 44: 147-149.

Authors: H. A. Haxton, E. A. McVerry

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Anæmia following partial gastrectomy a review of 100 cases. BJS 1956; 44: 150-151.

Authors: Hugh W. Macintyre, Lois Stent

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A case of acute pancreatitis as a complication of the puerperium. BJS 1956; 44: 152-154.

Authors: Alan Davies

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Renal Ectopia in Sisters. BJS 1956; 44: 154-155.

Authors: Gordon Heard

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Combined intestinal aspiration and feeding. A method of resting injured or diseased segments of the alimentary canal with particular reference to anastomoses and fistulae. BJS 1956; 44: 156-163.

Authors: A. M. N. Gardner

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Traumatic arterial spasm its relief in man and in monkeys. BJS 1956; 44: 164-169.

Authors: J. B. Kinmonth, G. J. Hadfield, J. E. Connolly, R. H. Lee, E. C. Amoroso

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Solitary cysts of the retroperitoneal region. BJS 1956; 44: 169-171.

Authors: P. W. Houghton

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The management of volvulus of the sigmoid colon. BJS 1956; 44: 172-175.

Authors: D. E. Bolt

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Incomplete aortic vascular rings. BJS 1956; 44: 175-178.

Authors: P. K. Sen, K. K. Datey

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Gangrene due to acute massive venous occlusion of a limb. BJS 1956; 44: 179-182.

Authors: J. F. Boyd, George Smith

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Successful partial resection of the small bowel in the case of hæmophilia. BJS 1956; 44: 182-184.

Authors: M. J. Meynell, R. W. Tudor

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Some observations on leontiasis ossea and osteitis deformans, paget’s disease. BJS 1956; 44: 184-189.

Authors: E. D. D. Davis

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Leiomyosarcoma of the colon. BJS 1956; 44: 189-192.

Authors: E. A. McVerry, M. Levene

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Three unusual cases of hyperparathyroidism. BJS 1956; 44: 193-202.

Authors: D. J. M. Crawford, J. Stefanelli, A. F. Alvarez

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‘Polyposis’ of the gall‐bladder. BJS 1956; 44: 203-206.

Authors: D. J. Oakland

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THE BILLROTH I GASTRECTOMY. BJS 1956; 44: 206-208.

Authors: Paul Hickinbotham

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Stereoscopic micro‐anatomy. BJS 1956; 44: 209-214.

Authors: A. G. Parks

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Occult carcinoma of the male urethra. BJS 1956; 44: 214-215.

Authors: Anthony R. Anscombe, R. Duncan Catterall

Article

Primary carcinoma of the nail‐bed. BJS 1956; 44: 216-217.

Authors: B. S. Ashby

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A Search for Similarities. The Ninth Macewen Memorial Lecture delivered in the University of Glasgow, April 15, 1955. By Sir James Learmonth, K.C.V.O., C.B.E., Ch.M., LL. D., F.R.C.S.E., Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery and Professor of Surgery, University of Edinburgh. 8½ × 5½ in. Pp.34. 1956. Glasgow: Jackson, Son & Co. 5s. BJS 1956; 44: 218-219.

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Sir John Bland‐Sutton, 1855–1936. By W. R. Bett, M.R.C.S. (Eng.). With a Foreword by Lord Webb‐Johnson. 8¾ × 6⅛ in. Pp. 100 + viii, with 6 Plates. 1956. Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. 20s. BJS 1956; 44: 218-218.

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Urological Surgery. By Austin Ingram Dodson, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Urology, Medical College of Virginia; etc. With nine contributors. Third edition. 9¾ × 6¾ in. Pp. 868, with 664 illustrations. 1956. London: Henry Kimpton. £7 10S. BJS 1956; 44: 218-218.

Article

A Manual of Anæsthetic Techniques. By William J. Pryor, F.F.A.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.F.A., R.A.C.S., Anæsthetist, Thoracic Unit, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand. 8½ × 5½ in. Pp. 212 + ix, with 77 illustrations. 1956. Bristol: John Wright & Sons Ltd. 27s. 6d. BJS 1956; 44: 218-218.

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Surgery of the Eye: Diseases. By Alston Callahan, B.A., M.S., M.D., F.R.C.S., Birmingham, Ala. II× 8½ in. Pp. 448 + xxvi, with 263 illustrations. 1956. Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas. (Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.) £9. BJS 1956; 44: 218-218.

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Histological Appearances of Tumours. With a Consideration of Their Histogenesis and Certain Aspects of Their Clinical Features and Behaviour. By R. Winston Evans, T.D., B.Sc, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Consultant Pathologist, United Liverpool Hospitals; Lecturer in Clinical Pathology, University of Liverpool; etc. 9¾ × 7¼ in. Pp. 773 + xvi, with 980 illustrations. 1956. Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. 90s. BJS 1956; 44: 218-218.

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Tumours of the Major Salivary Glands. By Frank W. Foote, jun., M.D., and Edgar L. Frazell, M.D. Pp. 149. 1956. Washington, D.C.: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. $1.50. BJS 1956; 44: 219-220.

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A Manual of Fractures and Dislocations. By Barbara Bartlett Stimson, A.B., M.D., Med. Sc. D., F.A.C.S., Director of Department of Bone and Joint Surgery, St. Francis Hospital, Poughkeepsie, New York. Third edition. 7⅝ × 5⅛ in. Pp. 224, with 97 illustrations. 1956. London: Henry Kimpton. 34s. BJS 1956; 44: 219-219.

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The Dental Treatment of Maxillo‐facial Injuries. By Sir William Kelsey Fry, C.B.E., M.C., F.R.C.S., F.D.S., Consulting Dental Surgeon to the Royal Air Force, the Ministry of Health, and the Institute of Dental Surgery; Consulting Dental Surgeon Emeritus to Guy’s Hospital; and Terence Ward, M.B.E., F.D.S.R.C.S. (Eng.), Consulting Dental Surgeon to the British Army and to the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. Second edition. 8¾ × 5¾ in Pp. 372 + xii, with 383 illustrations. 1956. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. 47s. 6d. BJS 1956; 44: 219-219.

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Skin Surgery. By Ervin Epstein, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Dermatology), Stanford University Medical School; etc. 9¼ × 6⅛ in. Pp. 228, with 101 illustrations. 1956. London: Henry Kimpton. 56s. BJS 1956; 44: 219-219.

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The Year Book of Urology, 1955–1956. Edited by William Wallace Scott, M.D., Ph.D., Director, James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital; etc. 7⅝ × 5⅛ in. Pp. 398, with 82 illustrations. 1956. Chicago: Year Book Publishers Inc. (London: Interscience Publishers Ltd.) 49s. BJS 1956; 44: 219-219.

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Principles of Chest X‐ray Diagnosis. By George Simon, M.D., F.F.R., Assistant Director, X‐ray Department, Brompton Hospital, London; Radiologist, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; etc. 11 × 8½ in. Pp. 183 + x, with 162 illustrations. 1956. London: Butterworth & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. 50s. BJS 1956; 44: 219-219.

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Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Disorders (Angiology). Edited by Saul S. Samuels, A.M., M.D., F.A.C.A., F.A.C.C, Editor‐in‐Chief, Angiology; President, Angiology Research Foundation; etc. 10 × 6⅞ in. Pp. 621 + x, with numerous illustrations. 1956. London: Baillière, Tindall & Cox Ltd. 128s. BJS 1956; 44: 220-221.

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Gynecologic Cancer. By James A. Corscaden, M.D., Emeritus Professor of Clinical Gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. Second edition. Pp. 546 + x, with 115 illustrations. 1956 London: Baillière, Tindall & Cox Ltd. 80S. BJS 1956; 44: 220-220.

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Atlas de Chirurgie Thyroïdienne. By Jacques Francillon and Claude Gabrielle, Lyons. With a Foreword by Léon Bérard. 10⅝ × 7⅛ in. Pp. 182 + vi, with illustrations by Dr. C. Millet. 1955. Paris: Expansion Scientifique Française. BJS 1956; 44: 220-220.

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Chirurgie Réparatrice. By Merle D’Aubigné. 11 × 7 in. Pp. 268, with 178 illustrations. 1955 Paris: Expansion Scientifique Française. 3, 900 fr. BJS 1956; 44: 220-220.

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The Royal Northern Hospital, 1856–1956. By Eric C. O. Jewesbury, M.A., D.M. (Oxon.), M.R.C.P. With a Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester, K.G. 8½ × 5⅜ in. Pp. 157 + xii, with 23 plates and 5 illustrations. 1956. London: H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd. 17S. 6d. BJS 1956; 44: 220-220.

Article

Campbell’s Operative Orthopædics. Edited by J. S. Speel, M.D., assisted by Robert A. Knight, M.D. Third edition. In two volumes. 9¾ × 6¾ in. Vol. I, Pp. 1104 + xxii, with 68‐pp. Index to vols. I and II; Vol. II, Pp. 1105–2124 + xvi, with 68‐pp. Index to vols. I and II. 1956. London: Henry Kimpton. £14 10S. BJS 1956; 44: 220-220.

Article

Studies in Topectomy. Edited by Nolan D. C. Lewis, M.D., Carney Landis, Ph.D., D.Sc, and H. E. King, Ph.D. 9 × 6 in. Pp. 248 + viii. Illustrated. 1956. New York and London: Grune & Stratton. $6.75. BJS 1956; 44: 221-221.

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Pulmonary Carcinoma. Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Edited by Edgar Mayer, M.D., and Herbert C. Maier, M.D. 9 × 6 in. Pp. 540 + xvi, with numerous illustrations. 1956. New York: New York University Press. (London: Pitman Medical Publishing Co. Ltd.) £6. BJS 1956; 44: 221-221.

Article

Clinical Urology. By Oswald Swinney Lowsley, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S., New York; and Thomas Joseph Kirwin, M.A., M.S., M.D., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S., New York. Third edition. 11 × 8⅛ in. In 2 volumes. Pp. 985 + xiv, plus complete Index in each volume. 1956. Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co. (London: Baillière, Tindall & Cox Ltd.) £12 12s. BJS 1956; 44: 221-222.

Article

The Pathology and Surgery of the Veins of the Lower Limbs. By Harold Dodd, Ch.M., F.R.C.S., Surgeon to St. Mary’s Hospital, etc.; and Frank B. Cockett, M.S., F.R.C.S., Surgeon to St. Thomas’s Hospital. With a Foreword by R. R. Linton, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School. 9¾ × 6¾ in. Pp. 462 + xii, with 313 illustrations. 1956. Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. 65S. BJS 1956; 44: 221-221.

Article

Subarachnoid Hæmorrhage. By John N. Walton, M.D. (Durh.), M.R.C.P., First Assistant in Neurology, King’s College, University of Durham, in the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne. With a Foreword by Sir Charles Symonds, K.B.E., C.B. 8½ × 5½ in Pp. 350 + xvi, with 25 illustrations as plates. 1956. Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. 30s. BJS 1956; 44: 222-223.

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Ulcers of the Legs. By P. Piulachs, Chief Professor Surgeon in the Faculty of Medicine of Barcelona. 10 × 7 in. Pp. 574 + xxvi, with 303 illustrations. 1956. Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas. (Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.) £5 17s. 6d. BJS 1956; 44: 222-222.

Article

The Organization of the Cerebral Cortex. By D. A. Scholl, Reader in Anatomy, University of London. 8½ × 5½ in. Pp. 125 + xvi, with 12 plates and 11 diagrams. 1956. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. (New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc.) 18s. BJS 1956; 44: 222-222.

Article

The Life of Hugh Owen Thomas. By David Le Vay, M.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), Orthopædic Surgeon, S.E. Metropolitan Region. 8¾ × 6¼ in. Pp. 136 + viii, with 14 plates and 13 illustrations. 1956. Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. 25s. BJS 1956; 44: 222-222.

Article

Modern Gynæcology with Obstetrics for Nurses. By W. E. Hector, Principal Tutor, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; and John Howkins, M.D., F.R.C.S., Assistant Gynæcologist and Obstetric Surgeon, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. 8½ × 5½ in. Pp. 275 + viii, with 99 illustrations. 1956. London: William Heinemann. 17s. 6d. BJS 1956; 44: 222-222.

Article

Chirurgie de la Main. By Marc Iselin, Surgeon to the Maison de Nanterre. Consulting Surgeon to the Hǒpital Américain. Second edition. 9½ × 6⅛ in. Pp. 626, with 319 illustrations. 1955. Paris: Masson et Cie. 4,000 fr.; cloth, 4,800 fr. BJS 1956; 44: 223-223.

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La Chirurgie pelvienne après Cloisonnement abdomino‐pelvien. Cancer utérin, rectal, vésical. By Henri Bompart and R. Michel‐Béchet. With a Foreword by Professor A. Brunschwig. 9¼ × 6¼ in. Pp. 82, with 15 illustrations. 1956. Paris: Masson et Cie. 750 fr. BJS 1956; 44: 223-223.

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Cancer of the Lung. Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment. By Milton B. Rosenblatt, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College; and James R. Lisa, M.D., Director, Pathology Service, New York City Department of Hospitals; with J. Maxwell Chamberlain, M.D., Charles L. Daniels, M.D., Harold F. Dorn, Ph.D., N. Chandler Foot, M.D., Chevalier L. Jackson, M.D., George N. Papanicolaou, M.D., Bernard Roswitt, M.D., and Angelo M. Sala, M.D. 9¼ × 6 in. Pp. 330 + xiii, illustrated. 1956. New York: Oxford University Press. (London: Geoffrey Cumberlege.) 120s. BJS 1956; 44: 223-223.

Article

Pott’s Paraplegia. By D. Ll. Griffiths, Manchester, H. J. Seddon, London, and R. Roaf, Liverpool. 9½ × 6½ in. Pp. 129 + xiv, with 30 plates and 26 illustrations in the text. 1956. London: Oxford University Press. 50s. BJS 1956; 44: 223-223.

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Book notice. BJS 1956; 44: 224-224.

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