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Evaluation of Concentrations in Penicillin Sensitivity Discs
(Creighton University, 1960)
Since the advent of antibiotics as chemotherapeutic agents, the importance of determining the sensitivity to these drugs of micro-organisms present in clinical specimens has become of prime importance. | Prior to Fleming's ...
Mutation of Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus in the Presence of Human Serum
(Creighton University, 1960)
The Staphylococcus that Pasteur observed in 1880 has until recently been referred to in the literature as Micrococcus pyogenes. In the Seventh Edition of Bergey's Manual this organism has been reclassified into two major ...
Regional Perfusion Techniques
(Creighton University, 1960)
One unexpected and beneficial by-product of World War II is a method of chemotherapy of cancer that undoubtedly is here to stay, at least for some years. When, early in World War II, it became known that the nitrogenous ...
Dermatophyte Respiration Antagonism in Vitro by Juglone
(Creighton University, 1960)
Centuries before juglone was isolated and structurally analyzed it was employed as a medicinal ingredient in combating venereal diseases, eczema, mycotic infections, gastro-intestinal disorders and a number of varied ...
A Technique for the Study of the Survival of Transfused Blood in Hospital Patients
(Creighton University, 1960)
Whole blood transfusion is among the most important items in the modern physician's therapeutic armamentarium. Its value in shock, exsanguinating hemmorrhage, and the preparation of patients for surgery is obvious; but its ...
A Clinical Investigation of the Use of Promazine Hydrochloride for Pre-Delivery Sedation
(Creighton University, 1960)
The search for the ideal method of analgesia and sedation during labor and delivery still continues for most obstetricians today, as it has in the past. The last few years have introduced several new drugs, among which are ...
The Philosophic Basis of G. K. Chesterton's Literary Criticism and the Implications of His Theory of Literature for Contemporary Criticism
(Creighton University, 1960)
Anyone who reads, even sketchily, in modern, literary criticism is certain to be struck by one thought: that the theories and opinions of serious critics differ to an almost incredible extent. A book, for example, like ...
The Determination of Antidiuretic Hormone in the Plasma and Serum of Women in the Premenstruum
(Creighton University, 1960)
The syndrome of premenstrual tension consists of a number of physical and mental changes that women experience in the days immediately preceding menstruation. Some of these changes are edema, weight gain, headache, lower ...
Clinical Evaluation of a Cobalt Chelate with Iron in Pregnancy Anemia
(Creighton University, 1960)
Cobalt-iron therapy has been widely used in the prevention and treatment of iron deficiency in pregnant women. Thorough evaluations have shown this combination to be more effective than is the administration of iron compounds ...
The Determination of Cardiac Output With Radioiodinated Human Serum Albumin (Risa)
(Creighton University, 1960)
Estimation of the volume of blood pumped by the heart per unit time in health and disease is not a broadly utilized clinical procedure, not because the information it would provide is not in itself eminently useful, but ...