Navy Department BUMED News Letter Vol. 1, No. 8, June 11, 1943

Emergency Ration - Food and Water for Lifeboats, Rafts and Floats ...1
Persistence of Yellow Fever Virus in the Brains of Monkeys Immunized by Cerebral Inoculation ....2
War Wounds of the Peripheral Nerves ....3
Urinary Excretion of Nitrogen by Severely Burned Patients ...4
Treatment of Hyrperthyroidism with Thiourea and Thiouracil ...4
ALNAV: Positive serological tests for syphilis ...4
Ankylosing Spondylarthritis Marie-Strumpell Arthritis - Roentgen and Orthopedic Therapy ...5
Storage and Significance of Tissue Glycogen in Health and in Disease,
Especially Diabetes .....5
Myxedema Heart, A Pathological and Therapeutic Study ...5
Massage for Adipose Tissue ...6
Synthetic Detergent in Treatment of Empyema ...6
Japanese-grown loofa sponges ....6
Sensitivity to Sulfonamides ....7
Growth-Accelerating Protein ...7
Public Health Foreign Reports ...8
Directive which may be used in the instruction of Hospital Corpsmen for independent duty, for gun crews on merchant ships and for other personnel in whom the use of sulfonamides may be required in the absence of trained medical personnel ...9
Refrigeration (Crymo-) Anesthesia ...12
Use only cool water in reconstitution of dried plasma....13
Blood Groups and the Importance of the Rh factor in Blood Transfusion ...13
Rheumatic Fever in the United States - Its Public Health Implications ...16
Epidemic of Rheumatic Fever in a Children's Institution ....16
Prophylactic Use of Sulfanilamide in Rheumatic Children ...16
Use of Sulfadiazine in Controlling an Outbreak of Scarlet Fever at a U.S. Nava1 Activity ....17
Bone Marrow in the Five-day Treatment of Syphilis ....17
Vaccination Against Smallpox ...17
Gas.. ..18
Treatment of Wounds - "The quickest and simplest procedure is the best" ...19
Arenica1 Reactions - New Substance Effective in Treatment ...19
Tissue Extract Hemolyses Red Blood Cells.... 20
Malaria as a World Menace....20
Immunity and Influenza ....22
Supply of Physicians ....22
Immigration Record, Prewar ....22
Sulfonamide treatment of Shigella Dysenteriae Infections ...23
Dermatitis as the Result of Handling Electric Cables ....23
Report on Propylene Glycol ....23
Microfilm Service Available to Naval Medical Officers ...23
Blood Vessel Suture ...24
Comparison of the Effect of Tanning Agents and of Vaseline gause in
Fresh Wounds of Man ....24
Demerol - A New Synthetic Analgesic ....25
Physical examination of Naval Aviators returning from the combat areas ...27

Subjects: Navy Medicine magazine; Chemical Warfare; syphilis; scarlet fever; World War 2; World War II; shipwreck; yellow fever; anesthesia; malaria