Venereal Disease

At this point in time, the most intensive efforts toward education should be made in the medical schools. Very shortly these students will be faced with large numbers of patients with venereal disease, and we must prepare them. Unfortunately, this area in the medical school curriculum has been progressively crowded out by what seemed more important. It is now apparent that even though the prevalence of venereal disease may wax and wane, they will always represent a sizable medical problem. We must gear medical education and medical reeducation to meet these needs

The “Desegregation“ of MCV Hospitals, 1968 to 1971

The “desegregation“ of MCV Hospitals, 1968 to 1971 Robert E. Petres Retired OB/GYN physician recounts his experiences as resident at the Medical College of Virginia (MCV)’s St. Philip Hospital in Richmond, Va. in the late 1960s and early 1970s. MCV declared the desegregation of its hospitals in 1965, but when Petres arrived in 1968, he observed something different. The obstetrical hospitals may have been racially integrated as a matter of policy, but in practice they were segregated. “Private Service patients – most white women in Richmond – delivered their babies in the obstetrics unit of West Hospital, where there were trained physicians, cleaner facilities, private rooms, better analgesia, better anesthesia, and more nurses. “Staff Service” patients – virtually all Black pregnant women in Richmond – delivered their babies at St. Philip Hospital, where the staff was dedicated but resources were very limited. Petres describes difficulties of providing care while impeded by structural racism

Der spätbronzezeitliche zweiteilige bronzebrustpanzer aus der Donau in Ungarn

The Szent István Király Museum of Székesfehérvár bought the cuirass, which had been found in the Danube near Pilismarót, from a private collector in 1982. The breast and back plates of the cuirass were built of bronze plates. The complete cuirass is a unique item and it belongs to the group of cuirasses found in the Danube region [Èaka (Cseke), Ducové (Ducó), Èierna nad Tisou (Ágcsernyő), Nadap, Pázmándfalu]. An intact armour was found in grave 12 of Dendra in the Aegean, which was composed of a high, separate neck guard, interlocked plates and a coat-of-chain built of two parts underneath. Two fragmentary cuirasses of the same type are known from the settlement of Thebes. They are dated from the LH II-III A2/B1 period. The shape of the cuirass from the Danube and its high neck guard are similar to the miniature bronze cuirass, worn as a pendant, from the hoard find of Brandgraben (Steiermark) dated from Bz D-Ha A1 and the bipartite cuirass found in the Seine at Saint-Germain-du-Plain. On this cuirass from the Danube, flat rivets hold the two plates together on both sides. Similar, although conical rivets were used in the cuirasses from Èierna nad Tisou and Saint-Germain-du-Plain. A motive of semicircular, punched dots can be seen on the bottom of the back plate of the cuirass from the Danube. This and the solution of the shoulder strap on the right shoulder show similarity to the cuirass from Saint-Germain-du-Plain. The finely punched dot row (“Gleich-Buckel-System”) and the plastic rib are characteristic decorations of the cuirasses of the Danube region. The cuirass from the Danube cannot exactly be dated in lack of accompanying finds nevertheless the listed characteristic suggest that it came from the Bz D-Ha A1 period

Indications for Antenatal Genetic Diagnosis

The future of antenatal genetic diagnosis is an exciting one. Recent advances include the application of chromosal banding techniques to identify subtle abnormalities and rearrangements; ultrasonography, using high resolution gray scale equipment to permit delineation of fetal soft tissue and skeletal anomalies; and fetoscopy, using a small fiberoptic instrument to view the fetus directly and observe its development. With these advances in technology, it should be possible to enable even more women at high risk for genetically diseased offspring to bear healthy children

Identification of the High-Risk Gravida

In the past, there has been considerable pessimism about our ability to identify the pregnant patient at risk. However, with the development of sophisticated diagnostic techniques these patients can be identified and with appropriate treatment their outcome can be improved. This paper presents the overall benefit of categorizing obstetrical patients, the method that has been developed at the Medical College of Virginia (MCV), and certain categories of high-risk obstetrical patients who continue to present problems and have unacceptably high complication rates