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The Air Surgeon’s Bulletin

May 1944     Volume 1 No. 5     28 Pages

Cover: Parachute Landing

Articles:

Penicillin
A Brief Summary Of Current Information
By Major Julius R. Sholtz, M. C., Venereal Disease Control
Branch, Professional Division, Office of The Air Surgeon

Treatment of Aeroembolism By Pressure Application To Arteries
By Lieut. Albert I. Lansing, A. C., 20th Altitude Training
Unit, McChord Field, Washington

Cardiac Evisceration and Rupture
Two Cases Incurred Simultaneously In An Aircraft Accident
By Major J. Willard Montgomery, M. C., Stockton Field, California and Capt. Thomas S. Whitelock, M. C., Fort Sumner, New Mexico

Hailstone Bruises
In A High Altitude Aircraft Accident
Major Ivor M. Campbell, M. C., Eighth Air Force

Injuries Associated With Parachute Escapes
Medical Safety Division, Office of Flying Safety, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Aircraft Accident
Resulting From Accidentally Charging Oxygen System With Hydrogen

A Report On Sensitivity to Rubber Earpieces On Headphones
By Lieut. Col. Ramsay B. Thomas, M. C., and Major Thomas W. Smith, M. C., Morris Field, North Carolina

The Air Surgeon’s Letter

Fracture-Orthopedic Conferences of the AAF
By Lieut. Col. Alfred R. Shands, Jr., M. C. Consultant in Orthopedic Surgery to the AAF

Medical Field Training

Personal Equipment Officer
Medical Safety Division Office of Flying Safety, Winston-Salem, N. C.

F-2 and F-3 Electrically Heated Flying Suits

Autokinetic Movement
Reprinted from Navy Dept. Burned News Letter Aviation Supplement 1.1-3 (Nov. 26) 1943

Evacuation Of Patients By Bomber
By Major D. M. Green, M. C., Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Salina, Kansas and Capt. J. D. Shipp, M. C., Barksdale Field, Louisiana

Hyperventilation
By Capt. Robert F. Rushmer, M. C., School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Field, Texas

An Improvised Field Dispensary
By Capt. Frederick H. Simmons, M. C., Army Air Field, Herington, Kansas

Airborne Hospital Shelter Unit
By Major D. M. Clark, M. C., Aero Medical Laboratory Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

Abstract

     Pathogenesis And Treatment Of Shock Resulting From Crushing Of Muscle
     M. Prinzmetal, S. C. Freed, and H. E. Kruger
     War Med. 5:74-79 (Feb.) 1944

     Bacteria And The “Toxic Factor” In Shock
     By J. C. Aub, A. M. Brues, R. Dubos, S. S. Kety, I. T. Nathanson, A. Pope, and P. C. Zamecnik
     War Med. 5:71-73 (Feb.) 1944

     Afferent Vasodepressor Nerve Impulses As A Cause Of Shock: Tested Experimentally By Aortic-Depressor Nerve Stimulation
     By D. B. Phemister, C. H, Laestar, L. Eichelberger, and R. J. Schachter
     Ann. of Surg. 119:26-63 (Jan.) 1944

     Studies Of Traumatic Shock: I—Blood Volume Changes In Traumatic Shock
     By E. I. Evans, M. J. Hoover, G. W. James, and Theodore Alm
     Ann. of Surg. 119:64-85 (Jan.) 1944

     Sulfonamide Inhibiting Action Of Procaine
     By O. L. Peterson and M. Finland
     Am. J. M. Sc. 207:166-75 (Feb.) 1944

     Readjustments Of Returning Medical Officers
     By W. C. Davison
     J.A.M.A. 124:816-819 (Mar. 25) 1944

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