A life-table analysis of survivorship with scleroderma was done, using 223 patients diagnosed
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and 86 patients in Memphis, Tennessee. The demographic …

Excerpt Progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS or scleroderma) occurs in men engaged in
many kinds of work, and until recently there has been little reason to suspect that this disease …

Excerpt Rien n'est plus bizarre, mais aussi rien n'est plus intéressant que la dégénération
cornée du systême dermoïde. Elle sera toujours pour les médecins un grand sujet d'étude et …

This is a historical study of the popularization of a medical therapy contrary to pertinent
experimental findings. Presumably this circumstance reflects the desperation about tuberculosis: …

THE present report concerns a systematic investigation of the diabetogenic effect of the thiazide
drugs. Its purpose was threefold: to obtain additional data concerning the clinical nature …

Excerpt The existence of a correlation between gout and obesity has been accepted since
ancient times, the alleged common denominator being gluttony. The validity of this belief has …

In 1926, Gabor Nobl (1864Y1938), professor of dermatology in Vienna, and T. Remenowsky56
published a critical review of radiologic reports of cases of psoriatic arthropathy, with …

Research on ocular inflammation associated with gonorrhea began in conjunction with the
entry of trachoma into Europe during the Napoleonic wars. The initial questions involved the …

The background and course of the prospective investigation of the “natural history” of syphilis
which was conducted by the US Public Health Service in Macon County, Alabama from …

The" Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis" has been the source of con-siderable controversy.
Attacks on the study and its organizers became wide-spread beginning in 1973 and have …