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The Air Surgeon’s Bulletin          November 1944          28 Pages

Cover: Altitude Chamber
Official Photo U.S. Army Air Forces

Articles in this Issue:

Altitude Chamber As A Diagnostic Aid
     By Capt. Erie M. Heath, MC, Lincoln Army Air Field, Nebraska

Editor’s Note
Included in this issue are six articles, a symposium on problems resulting from low barometric pressure. These articles illustrate the problems of decompression and the value of the altitude chamber for diagnosis and research.

Collapse at High Altitude
     By Capt. Richard L. Masland, MC
School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Field, Texas

A Case of Aeroembolism
     By Capt. Dale E. York, MC
AAF Regional Station Hospital, Eglin Field, Florida

Recurrence of Decompression Sickness on Reascent to High Altitudes
     By Lt. Simon Rodbard, AC
Altitude Training Unit, Kingman Army Air Field, Arizona

Prevention Of Decompression Sickness By Denitrogenation
     By John S. Gray, Ph.D.,
School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Field, Texas

Study of Bends A Comparison In Low Pressure Chamber And Actual Flight
     By C. A. Tobias, W. R. Lyons, O. L. Williams, E. V. Bridge, and J. H. Lawrence, Aero Medical Unit, University of California, Berkeley, California.        By H. F. Helmholz, Jr., and A. R. Sweeney, Jr.,
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, San Diego, California.

Varicose Veins
Notes on Diagnosis and Treatment
     By Major Randolph L. Clark, Jr., MC*
Aero Medical Laboratory, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

Varicose Veins
Presented By The Surgical Advisory Board To The Air Surgeon
Compiled By Major R. L. Clark And Lt. R. N. Paul

Editor’s Page

Nomenclature For Emotional Disorders In Combat Crews
     By Capt. D. d. Bond, MC, and Capt. D. G. Wright, MC*
Eighth Air Force, Central Medical Establishment

An Improvised Method for Sterilizing Mess Gear
     By Major S. S. Bein, MC, Central African Wing, ATC

Mobile Aid Unit For Island Hopping
     By Lt. Col. Joseph E. Walther, MC, Seventh Air Force

Suggested Precautionary Measure in CWS Training
AAF Medical Service Training School, Robins Field, Georgia

Litter Support Installation for C-46 Airplanes
     By Capt. O. W. Anderson, MC
Aero Medical Laboratory, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

Lobar Pneumonia
     By Lt. Col. William B. Adamson, MC*
Station Hospital, Sheppard Field, Texas

Ninth Air Force Sanitation Team
     By Lt. Col. George S. Richardson, MG
Headquarters, Ninth Air Force, Office of the Surgeon

Observations On Mohammedan Sudanese Natives
     By Capt. Robert E. Walton, MC
Central African Wing, Air Transport Command

Abstracts

Surgery In The Field
     By G. Blackburn
The Lancet 1:361-5 (18 Mar.) 1944

Delayed Morphine Poisoning In Battle Casualties
     By H. K. Beecher
J. A. M. A. 124:1193-4 (April) 1944

How to Avoid Flare-Ups of Peptic Ulcer
     By W. C. Alvarez
J.A.M.A. 125:403-4 (29 July) 1944

An Evaluation Of Evidence For Injury To The Eye By Sunlight
     By Naval Medical Research Institute National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland
(5 June) 1944

The Nitrogen Meter: An Instrument for Continuously Recording the Concentration of Nitrogen in Gas Mixtures
     By J. C. Lilly and T. F. Anderson
Nat. Research Council, Div. of Med. Sci., Com. on Av. Med., Report No. 299
(28 Feb.) 1944

Electroencephalography in the Selection of Naval Recruits
     By P. Solomon, H. I. Harris, and C. L. Wittson

Possible Effects of Small Daily Doses of Sulfadiazine on Flying Personnel
     By School of Aviation Medicine
Project No. 210, Report No. 1, (29 July) 1944

Methods of Obtaining Suction in the Field
     By S. L. Arje and R. B. Venner
U. S. Nav. M. Bull. 43:150-3 (July) 1944

Ephedrine Sulfate in the Treatment of Nocturnal Enuresis
     By W. E. Kittredge el al
New Orleans Med. & Surg. J. 96:562-7 (June) 1944

Hepatic Dysfunction In Malaria
     By I. A. Mirsky, R. von Brecht, and L. D. Williams
Science 99:20-1 (7 Jan.) 1944

The Bulletin Board

     Observation of Medical Corps Officers Establishes Tables of Organization Equipment

     Sulfonamide Reactions in 86ab Reports

     Medical Supplies

     Medical Report

     Of Aircraft Accident Information to Manufacturers’ Representatives

     Litter

     Medical Air Evacuation Squadron

     Medical Department: Use of WD, AGO Form No. 178-2

     Presence of Chaplains at Crashes

     Statistical Tests of Significance in the Field of Aviation Medicine

     Communications Relative to Air Evacuation and Transfer of Patients.