摘要:

Thanks to the medical revolutions of the past half century, we have attained a remarkable understanding of health and disease, of diagnosis and therapy. Future generations will undoubtedly be intensely interested in the men and women whose work produced these revolutions. The ability to record their thought processes through the techniques of“oral history”can provide invaluable insights. It is in this belief that HOSPITAL PRACTICE is presenting a series of interviews conducted by cardiologist Allen B. Weisse, Professor of Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School. They were originally published in 1984 asConversations in Medicine: The Story of Twentieth-Century American Medicine in the Words of Those Who Created It(New York University Press, Washington Square, New York). Following is the interview with surgeon Owen H. Wangensteen, conducted in the fall of 1980.

ISSN:2154-8331    

DOI:10.1080/21548331.1988.11703440

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1988

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:2154-8331    

DOI:10.1080/21548331.1988.11703441

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1988

数据来源: Taylor

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New evidence suggests that the eosinophil is not a bystander but an active participant in a spectrum of important biologic events. Physiologically, these cells can kill many species of parasites; pathologically, eosinophils appear to play a role in inflammatory responses in the lung, skin, and heart. Unexpectedly, eosinophil studies have yielded a plasma marker for predicting the onset of labor.

ISSN:2154-8331    

DOI:10.1080/21548331.1988.11703442

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1988

数据来源: Taylor

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A model of the autosomal dominant diseases, hereditary amyloidosis is also a prototype of late-onset genetic disease—a category that encompasses ailments as rare as Huntington's disease and as widespread as familial Alzheimer's disease, diabetes mellitus, and atherosclerosis. What we have learned about amyloidosis is encouraging for future understanding and control of delayed-onset diseases.

ISSN:2154-8331    

DOI:10.1080/21548331.1988.11703443

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1988

数据来源: Taylor

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In all but one case, the salts that contribute to stone formation normally supersaturate the urine. Why then do some persons form kidney stones? This is discussed, along with the role of urine pH, as the most critical determinant of stone type and, in turn, of therapy choice. The importance of meticulous and continuing measurement of all of the biochemical variables during treatment is stressed.

ISSN:2154-8331    

DOI:10.1080/21548331.1988.11703444

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1988

数据来源: Taylor

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Patients must rely on their caregivers for disinterested advice in making cost-related clinical decisions that are essentially equivalent in efficacy. It is in this context that the pros and cons of home IV regimens are discussed.

ISSN:2154-8331    

DOI:10.1080/21548331.1988.11703445

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1988

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:2154-8331    

DOI:10.1080/21548331.1988.11703446

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1988

数据来源: Taylor