Carl T. Nelson

Inhibitory Effect of Cortisone on Anaphylaxis in the Mouse.

Summary The administration of Cortisone to 42 sensitized mice 18 hours before the intravenous injection of a challenging dose of antigen prevented fatal anaphylactic shock in 38 animals. In contrast, 2S of 34 sensitized but unprotected control mice died in anaphylactic shock. The authors with to thank Mr. Bernard K. Friedman and Mrs. Jacqueline Isola for their technical assistance in this work. The Cortisone used in this investigation was purchased by funds from The United States Public Health Service.

PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF SKIN DISEASE IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS

Moderator: CARL T. NELSON, M.D., Professor of Dermatology, and Chairman, Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, N. Y. Panelists: CHARLES R. REIN, M.D.,t Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology and Syphilology, New York University Post-Graduate Medical School, New York, N. Y.; HARRY M. ROBINSON, JR., M.D., Professor of Dermatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; STEPHEN ROTHMAN, M.D., Professor of Dermatology, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; MARION B. SULZBERGER, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N. Y.; EUGENE F. TRAUB, M.D., Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Perspectives: Panel Discussion

Dr. Carl T. Nelson, Chairman: As Dr. Kopf pointed out in our first session, we now have about 3,000 dermatologists in the United States. We estimate that we shall need 3,000 to 5,000 more in the next decade to supply to increased patient care that will be demanded of us. It seems to me that the basic problem before this gathering on graduate training in dermatology today is to determine how our residency training programs can best meet this need. This is what we have been talking about in our various workshop discussion groups. Dr. Wheeler and I will try to summarize the material that came up in the various discussion groups. This is not an easy job and there may be some overlapping. First we wish to allow Dr. King to offer a more or less free-wheeling commentary on the items that may have impressed him during this meeting.