RHEUMATIC FEVER AND RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE—Incidence in California

The statistics quoted in this and other published reports appear to substantiate the impression that rheumatic fever in California, although still an important public health problem which varies widely from one locality to another, is of lower incidence and perhaps of more benign character than in most other parts of the United States. It also appears that in California aortic insufficiency may be of higher relative incidence and occurs more frequently as a clinically diagnosable sequel of rheumatic fever than does classical mitral stenosis. Congenital defects of the heart constitute a large proportion of the cases of organic heart disease in children and young adults in this state.     

LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF TYPHOID FEVER—With Notes on Treatment

As indicated by a study of 41 cases of typhoid fever treated in three years, blood culture alone is often sufficient for the diagnosis of the disease if a large (30 cc.) specimen is used. Demonstration of the organism is the only completely diagnostic measure, but this was also achieved by the Widal reaction, by fecal or urine culture, or by aspirated bile culture, which in one case gave the only positive response.Chloramphenicol is the drug of choice in treating typhoid fever. Since only 25 per cent of patients develop immunity, immunizing injections should be started a week after therapy is discontinued.     

“protein”是“蛋白质”还是“蛋白”?

"蛋白质"是一个常用词,但经常和另一个只有一字之差的称谓"蛋白"相混淆,使用极不规范。本文对此现象进行分析并提出意见,希望有助于科技名词使用的规范化。