South African Medical Journal - Volume 53, Issue 18, May 1978

The occurrence of pulmonary metastases in patients suffering from primary classic osteogenic sarcoma is compared among two groups of patients treated according to different protocols at Groote Schuur Hospital.

When a raised blood pressure is found, a thorough clinical assessment and a few simple investigations are sufficient in the average patient.

The education of the doctor, traditionally based on the classics, is now founded on the sciences. However, the practice of medicine on individual patients will remain an art.

Patterns of paediatric illness in hospital were surveyed with a view to planning for improved community health services.

The urgent need for an alternative to domiciliary delivery in Cape Town has been met by the development of midwife obstetric units (MOUs).

The levels of erythrocytic 2,3-diphosphoglyceric acid (2,3DPG) in a group of patients with megaloblastic anaemia were compared with levels in an iron-deficient subject.

The clinical and histological features of 18 cases of dermal leishmaniasis encountered in South West Africa are descriptionbed and discussed.

The microscopical findings in a case of cutaneous leishmaniasis from South West Africa are presented in order to highlight the pathology of this disease and facilitate its recognition, should unsuspected cases occur in the Republic of South Africa.

A 19-year-old girl suffering from the nephropathic form of cystinosis presented with the full clinical and biochemical picture of Fanconi's syndrome.

Haemophilic bleeding in the newborn is rare.