Volume 94  ·   Issue 09  ·  1981

A 6 year psychiatric epidemiologic survey of Nanjing turned up a 5.4‰ psychiatric illness rate (54.55% were female and 45.45% were male). Schizophrenia was 34.8%, mental retardation 22.86%, epilepsy 21.58% and hysteria 15.36%. 90% of municipal area schizophrenics got well-planned care; in a series of 130 cases, 81.5% have achieved good or marked improvement.

Clavulanic acid is a potent beta-lactamase inhibitor. Its synergistic effect on the minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration of furbenicillin, ampicillin, or carbenicillin against clinical isolates resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics is initially estimated.

The current operative treatment for stricture of the bile ducts at the liver hilum has been anastomosis of the proximal bile duct with a defunctioned limb of the jejunum. Such an operation bypasses a functioning papilla and leaves the proximal biliary system open to possible ascending infection from the intestines. This study is a preliminary report of 5 clinical cases of this type of stricture successfully treated by plastic repair of the bile duct at the hilum without intestinal anastomosis. The functioning papilla, a prerequisite for this operation, prevents ascending infection in the biliary system.

Estrogen receptor (ER) with labeled fluorescence estradiol is determined in 33 samples of colon cancer tissue. ER is positive in 10. Our results are similar to Alford's, but the method we used is simpler and feasible.

This is a report on 60 cases of pneumonia in children treated by traditional Chinese medicine. Of the 60 cases, 18 (30%) recovered in 3-5 days, 33 (55%) in 6-10 days and 9 (15%) in 11-15 days, averaging 7.4 days.

This paper reports a very rare case of hereditary (4;5) translocation inherited by 3 generations.

Rehabilitation is a word appeared during the 50s, but its concept has existed for hundreds of years. Some rehabilitative treatments now used throughout the world have been developed on the basis of traditional technic. In this connection China has contributed much to the development of rehabilitation medicine.

Changes in heart rate and electrocardiogram were recorded by telemetry in 100 volunteers who were regularly doing taijiquan 太极拳 during the exercise. The change in heart rate is not very marked and no important electrocardiographic changes are recorded. It is thus speculated that the possible beneficial effect of taijiquan on the cardiovascular system cannot be attributed solely to the amount of exercise provided by taijiquan and additional mechanisms must be sought.

Based upon mass screening of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using alpha fetoprotein (AFP) as tumor marker and long term follow-up study, a new concept concerning the natural course of HCC has been developed. Adverse to the previous concept of relative short survival, HCC exists and develops for a relatively long period before symptoms occur. A group of pathologically proven HCC cases receiving non-resectional treatment revealed that the median survival of subclinical HCC was 14 months versus 3 months in clinical HCC. 10 more months should be added from the first, appearance of low but gradually increasing AFP of subclinical HCC, so the natural course of HCC is about 24 months. This relatively long period provides much more opportunity for successful treatment of this grave malignancy if it is detected early.

This paper presents a brief review of a historical sketch, epidemiology, symptomatology, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and eradication of filariasis in China.