South African Medical Journal - Volume 46, Issue 22, May 1972

An analysis of 500 peritoneoscopies is presented.

The radiological diagnosis of meningiomata is discussed.

Three cases of the nephrotic syndrome in non-White infants are reported.

The experience of the first 16 months of operation of an intensive care unit for medical paediatric patients has been reviewed.

An open comparative trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of bromhexine (Bisolvon) and mepyramine maleate in the treatment of clinical sinusitis in Bantu patients.

The velocity of ventricular contraction was calculated from isovolumic left ventricular pressure curves and their simultaneously recorded first derivatives.

A clinically orientated summary of Endocrinology 1971- Third International Symposium, is presented. Advances in insulin, calcitonin, intestinal hormones, phosphonates and vitamin D are related and studies referable to man highlighted.