South African Medical Journal - Volume 47, Issue 23, June 1973

A study of 70 patients with acute infections commonly seen in general practice, is descriptionbed.

One hundred and twenty-eight patients with advanced cancer were treated with 4 drugs (fluoro-uracil, imidazole-carboxamide dimethyl triazeno, vincristine and bischloroethyl nitroso-urea) given concomitantly in courses.

In a random group of 44 patients with chronic maxillary sinusitis taken from general practice, conventional methods were initially utilized to alleviate symptomatology, viz. antihistamines, antibiotics administered according to sensitivity, steaming, etc., with unsatisfactory results.

An apparently typical case of neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease) in a Bantu woman is descriptionbed.

25-month-old female with the Russell-Silver syndrome underwent cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography.

In a clinical trial of difetarsone, cure was obtained in 20 of 30 children with T. trichiura infections.

A study of 50 Rhodesian Africans is presented to assess the incidence of retinopathy on admission; the findings are similar to those in Jamaica, America, Britain and other parts of the world.

Competitive protein-binding analysis for measuring total serum thyroxin (T4) is a valuable aid in the evaluation of thyroid function.

Forty-one poorly controlled epileptic patients were treated with clonazepam (a benzodiazepine derivative), in addition t o other anticonvulsant drugs.

The results of a blind trial using Potaba in systemic sclerosis, is reported.

A patient was submitted to laparotomy and found to be suffering from acute pancreatitis. Gallamine triethiodide (Flaxedil) was the main relaxant used.

A case history of physiotherapy given to a 12-year-oldgirl, suffering from rectal incontinence as a result of necrosis of the anal tissue and disuse of the pelvic floor muscles, is descriptionbed.

Robert Phi lip deserves recognition among the paramounts of tuberculosis. Shortly after graduating, the year of the discovery of the bacillus, he commenced a career in tuberculosis amid scepticism and apathy.