Bradford Cannon

Malignant irradiation for benign conditions.

A GROWING public awareness of the dangers of excessive exposure to irradiation has finally focused the attention of the medical profession on the serious early and late effects of such exposure, a ...

Basal-Cell Cancer in Children and Young Adults

THE spontaneous occurrence of basal-cell carcinoma unrelated to a xeroderma pigmentosa1 , 2 or to exposure to actinic or ionizing radiation is rare in the teens and unusual in the twenties. In spit...

Walter Bradford Cannon, M.D.: Reflections on the physician, the man, and his contributions

I am grateful for the invitation to speak about my father, whose pioneer work at the turn of the century laid the foundation for present-day diagnostic studies of the gastrointestinal tract. Since you have awarded a Walter B. Cannon Medal to distinguished recipients and at the same time established a Walter B. Cannon Lectureship, I thought I might review some aspects of his scientific career which prompted these recognitions. In 1896, as a first-year student at the Harvard Medical School, he was encouraged by his mentor, Dr. H.P. Bowditch, to use the newly discovered Xrays in testing the Kronecher-Meltzer theory of deglu-

The use of vermilion bordered flaps in surgery about the mouth

Abstract The vermilion bordered lip flap was first described by Estlander in 1872. It is useful in repairing the lip after a wide excision for carcinoma, as the need of widespread relaxing incisions in the cheek is eliminated and no normal tissue is sacrificed. It is also useful for the secondary correction of harelip deformities both in securing a better balance between the upper and lower lips, and in replacing deficiencies in the floor of the nose. Five cases in which the flap was used are presented.

Plastic Surgery: The Hand

A MEDICAL Progress report on surgery of the hand is particularly fitting as a belated tribute to the late Sterling Bunnell, who was a notable leader in the development of this important but special...

Unilateral Cleft Lip

THE standard of achievement in the repair of the unilateral cleft lip‡ has undergone important changes in recent decades. Historically, each generation has tried to better the results of the preced...

Open Grafting of Raw Surfaces of the Hand

There is increasing evidence that the environmental temperature and humidity about a skin graft may influence its survival. There is also evidence that adhesion between a skin graft and a clean granulating surface occurs almost the moment that the graft is applied. This has led to a decrease in the use of dressings for compressing and immobilizing skin grafts applied to granulating surfaces. The temperature of the graft approximates more closely the normal temperature of the skin, and the wound is kept dryer by evaporation. Limited motion of underlying parts such as the fingers or the abdominal or chest walls will not cause displacement of the adherent grafts. The grafts will move with the underlying tissues.

The use of remote flaps in repairing defects of the face and mouth

Abstract Three types of flaps are described: the forehead flap, the tubed-lined arm flap, and the delayed arm flap. Each of these flaps is useful in extensive repairs of the face and mouth. Three illustrative cases are presented.

Surgery of the Facial Nerve

Adolph Miehlke of Gottingen and his collaborators have presented a most exhaustive study of the surgery of the facial nerve. Originally published in German, it was translated by Loren S. Michaelis of London in a most commendable manner. The emotional and social impact of facial paralysis may be quite severe. Yet attempts at restoration of continuity of the facial nerve have only very recently been considered possible. Doubtless, the complex course of the nerve from its origin in the pons to the end plates in the muscles of expression has been a considerable deterrent. Substitute procedures providing a semblance of normal symmetry were all that surgeons could offer. Today the possibilities are quite auspicious. The authors of this book have succeeded in covering essentially all aspects of the surgical problems of the facial nerve. These include its anatomy, the several causes of paralysis, the differential diagnosis of the segment involved,

STEDMAN??S MEDICAL DICTIONARY

This new edition includes more than 107,000 terms and definitions, more than 5,000 new to this edition. More than 45 consultants from all the major medical and health science specialties have reviewed each word for accuracy and clarity, including new consultants for the specialties of endocrinology, gastroenterology, geriatrics, and rheumatology. The art program has also been extensively enhanced and now includes approximately 1,500 images and illustrations.