South African Medical Journal - Volume 45, Issue 44, November 1971

The results of a rhesus prevention programme are reported, confirming that rhesus immunization is a preventable condition.

The causes of traumatic secondary glaucoma should be assessed on the gonioscopic findings, and treatment instituted accordingly.

Seventeen middle-aged men (Group III) with sedentary habits were studied with regard to blood pressure during and after the execution of a submaximal workload.

Selective sacral neurectomy has been descriptionbed for conversion of a spastic bladder to a flaccid bladder in patients with a thoracic cord injury.

Twenty patients, 7 of whom had diarrhoea after vagotomy and drainage, were investigated by culture of gastric and jejunal aspirates and measurements of faecal fat, free bile acids in jejunal fluid, urinary indican excretion, serum folate and serum vitamin B12.

The flail chest syndrome usually occurs in association with severe, obvious injury.