South African Medical Journal - Volume 50, Issue 27, June 1976

Fifty-three patients with neonatal necrotising enterocolitis, who were seen over a l-year period, were reviewed with regard to weight, gestational age, type of feed and incidence of exchange transfusion.

Oral oxamniquine 800 mg/m body surface area/day in divided doses for 2 days, was given to 57 children with schistosomal infections.

Pet animals play an important and valuable role in human society, but irresponsible ownership has created problems of surplus animals, threats to health, pollution, nuisance, cruelty and neglect.

The clinical and histological findings in a 12-year-old Black child with microscopic polyarteritis nodosa are presented.

A case of severe poisoning due to the ingestion of phenolphthalein in the form of a patent medication, is descriptionbed.

The design, surgical insertion and results of a plastic draining implant for severe glaucoma are reported.

The application and use of radio-isotopes in nephrology have been neglected by clinicians.