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The Air Surgeon’s Bulletin October 1944 28 Pages
Cover: Explosive Decompression
Articles:
Explosive Decompression
By Maj. H. M. Sweeney, AC Aero Medical Laboratory, Wright held, Dayton, Ohio
Possible Masking Of Early Syphilis By Penicillin Therapy For Gonorrhea
By Preventive Medicine Branch, Aviation. Medicine Division, Office of The Air Surgeon
Unsuccessful Use of Parachutes and Cases Resulting From Forces Generated By Aircraft Spins
By Capt. George M. Hass, MG School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Field, Texas
The Shoulder Harness
By Medical Safety Division Office of Flying Safety Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feeding in Flight
By Maj. D. M. Green, MC 73rd Bombardment Wing (VH) Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Litter Support Installations In C-87 Aircraft
By Lt. R. A. Bowman, AC, Aero Medical Laboratory Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
Editor’s Page
Officer Casualties In Aaf Medical Service
Based on Reports Received in the Office of The Air Surgeon, 7 Dec. 1941 — 1 Aug. 1944
The Air Surgeon’s Letter
Casualty Loading Procedures For Large Cargo Planes
By Lt. W. J. Mayer. MAC, AAF School of Air Evacuation Bowman Field, Kentucky
7th AF Rest Camp
Quarantine And Disinsectization Of Aircraft
By Lt. Col. Phillip T. Knies, MC Army Representative, Interdepartmental Quarantine Commission, Washington, D.C.
Summary Of Medical Statistics, AAF, Continental USA
July 1944 (Four weeks 30 June to 28 July)
Summary Of Venereal Disease Rates, AAF, Continental USA
July 1944 (Four weeks 30 June to 28 July)
The Air Surgeon’s Bulletin Representative
By Representatives of the Air Surgeon’s Bulletin Appointed Through August 1944.
Newer Insecticides And Repellents
By Maj. Abram D. Adams, MC Aero Medical Department AAF School of Applied Tactics Orlando, Florida
Filariasis Bancrofti
By Capt. John O. Westwater, MC ADTIC, New York City
Abstracts
Lymphangitis Of Suspected Filarial Origin
A Preliminary Report Concerning its Treatment
By R. A. Burhans, J. D. Camp, H. R. Butt, and R. W. Cragg
U.S. Nav. M. Bull. XLH:335-40 (Feb.) 1944
Yaws
Report of a Case Appearing in a White Man
U.S. Nav. M. Bull. 42:1168-9 (May) 1944
The Use Of Penicillin In The Treatment Of Peritonitis An Experimental Study
By G. B. Fauley, T. L. Duggan, R. T. Stormont, and C. C. Pfeiffer
Nav. Med. Research Inst. Report No. 1. Research Project X-332 (9 June) 1944
Sulfonamides
Mod. Med. XH:169-71 (July) 1944
A New Concept of the Bends and a Method for Increasing One’s Resistance
By J. C. Larkin and D. T. Watt
Nat. Research Council, Div. of Med. Sci., Com. on Av. Med., Report No. 291 (1 Jan.) 1944
The Treatment Of Filariasis (Wuchereria Bancrofti) With Lithium Antimony Thiomalate
By H. W. Brown
J.A.M.A. 125:952-8 (5 Aug.) 1944
Methyl Bromide Burns
Chem. Prod. 7:27 (Mar.-Apr.) 1944
Infectious Mononucleosis
Report of a Fatal Case with Autopsy
By E. E. Ziegler
Archives of Pathology, 37:196-201 (Mar.) 1944
Carbohydrate Energy
Burned News Letter 3:6 (21 July) 1944
Effect Of Temperature On Anoxic Failure In Naval Personnel In Altitude Chamber
By C. S. Houston, E. J. Cohen, S. Nuzie, and G. E. Besson
U. S. Naval Air Station, Miami, Florida, Research Project X-396, Report No. 1 (27 Jan.) 1944
Death Following Attack By Shark Carcharodon Carcharias
By B. H. Kean
J.A.M.A. 125:845-6 (22 July) 1944
Contact Dermatitis From Penicillin
By H. D. Pyle
J.A.M.A. 125:903 (29 July) 1944
Water Balance Of Survivors Of Shipwreck In Tropical Waters
By P. H. Futcher, W. V. Consolazio, and N. Pace
War Med. 5:203-6 (April) 1944
The Determination Of Arterial Oxygen Saturation From Samples Of “Capillary” Blood
By J. L. Lilienthal, Jr., and R. L. Riley
Nat. Research Council, Div. oj Med. Sci., Com. on Av. Med., Report No. 297 (9 Feb.) 1944
The Bulletin Board
Recent Regulations, War Department Circulars, Etc,