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Volume 4 [September 1944-August 1945]

Contents and Index


Number 1, September-October, 1944

TROPICAL DISEASE DANGERS IN HAWAII
Panel Discussion
Chairmen: Dr. Nils P. Larsen, Medical Advisor, HSPA
Colonel Charles T. Young, MC, AUS
Comdr. A. M. Masters, MC, USNR
9

MIMICRY BY LEPROSY
Major Edwin K. Chung-Hoon, MC, AUS
13

PROCTOSCOPIC COLOR MOVIES
Commander J. P. Nesselrod, MC, USNR
15

EDITORIALS
     Procurement And Assignment
     17

     The Hawaii Health Messenger
     18

     The Bureau Of Maternal And Child Health
     19

     Letters to Editor
     20

     Hawaii Society Of Clinical Pathologists
     20

     Book Review
     20

CLINICAL NOTES
     
Obstetrical Caudal Anesthesia: A Motion Picture
     P. H. Liljestrand, M.D., and F. B. Warshauer, M.D.
     23

     Neurologic Aspect of Vascular Injuries
     Commander Exum B. Walker, MC, USNR
     23

     Use of Penicillin in a Case of Multiple Brain Abscesses
     Commander Exum B. Walker, MC, USNR
     24

CLINICO-PATHOLOGIC COMMENT
Evaluation of Laboratories Approved to Conduct Prenatal Serologic Tests for Syphilis
Bernard Witlin, Sc.D.
31

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC COMMENT
Rehabilitation from the Psychiatric Point of View
Richard DeMonbrun Kepner, M.D.
33

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROGRESS REPORT
H. L. Arnold, M.D.
37

CIVILIAN HOSPITAL NEEDS
Survey of Honolulu Hospitals (Concluded)
Lucius W. Johnson, Captain, MC, USN
39

COUNTY SOCIETY REPORTS
49

 

Number 2, November-December, 1944

SEXUAL STERILIZATION IN HAWAII
H. E. Bowles, M.D.
65

STERILIZATION
Local Aspects of a General Problem
P. S. Irwin, M.D.
75

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS Of STERILIZATION
Wm. M. Shanahan, M.D.
76

EDITORIALS
     Sexual Sterilization
     79

     The Hawaii Medical Service Association
     79

CLINICO-PATHOLOGIC COMMENT
     The Rapid Laboratory Diagnosis of Diphtheria
     Bernard Witlin, ScD.
     83

     Rh Blood Types in Hawaii
     F. J. Pinkerton, M.D.
     84

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC COMMENT
     Emotional Factors in Organic Disease
     C. L. Meller, M.D.
     87

     Mental Health
     89

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Response to Air Raid Warnings
H. L. Arnold, M.D.
91

CIVILIAN HOSPITAL NEEDS
Comments on Admiral Johnson's Survey of Honolulu Hospitals
R. H. Onstott, Medical Director, USPHS
93

COUNTY SOCIETY REPORTS
99

LIBRARY NOTES
105

NOTES AND NEWS
Post Graduate Course
109

 

Number 3, January-February, 1945

OUTBREAK OF FISH POISONING
Richard K. C. Lee, M.D., and H. Q. Pang, M.C.
129

DOCTOR LOOKS AT AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
William John Holmes, M.D.
133

USE OF THE WELTMANN REACTION IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Alfred S. Hartwell, M.C.
136

EDITORIALS
     Physical Fitness To Drive A Car
     139

     Lets Eliminate Tuberculosis And Syphilis
     C. L. Wilbar, Jr., M.D.
     139

     Combined Diphtheria-Tetanus Toxoid
     140

     Dr. John Burden Honored
     140

     Pathologist Meeting
     140

     Dermatologist Meeting
     140

CLINICAL NOTES
Survey Of Bootblacking Activities In Honolulu And Wahiawa
Frederick A. Schramm
141

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC COMMENT
     The Function Of The Psychiatric Social Worker In A General Hospital
     143

     Mildred Sikkema
     143

COUNTY SOCIETY REPORTS
145

U. S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS PHOTOGRAPHS
146

LIBRARY NOTES
147

 

Number 4, March-April, 1945

THE HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME
Commander James J. Short, MC, USNR
Discussion: Commander Ferdinand Fetter, MC, USNR
179

ACUTE YELLOW ATROPHY CAUSED BY SULFATHIAZOLE
Report of a case
Henry C. Gotshalk
185

INFLUENZAL MENINGITIS
Case Report
Major Joseph G. Cutler, MC, AUS and Captain Jack M. Partain, MC, AUS
187

ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS IN A CHINESE INFANT WITH AN Rh POSITIVE MOTHER
I. L. Tilden, M.D., and Wah Kai Chang, M.D.
189

U. S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS PHOTOGRAPHS
192

EDITORIALS
     Postgraduate Course Concluded
     193

     Group Care For Children
     193

LEPROSY IN HAWAII
Board Of Hospitals And Settlement War Emergency Activities
194

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC COMMENT
A Child Guidance Clinic In Our Community
C. L. Wilbar, Jr., M. D.
197

COUNTY SOCIETY REPORTS
199

NOTES AND NEWS
201

LIBRARY NOTES
203

 

Number 5, May-June, 1945

SOME OF THE SURGICAL LESSONS LEARNED IN WORLD WAR II
Capt. Howard K. Cray, M.C., U.S.N.R.
233

ADVANCES IN SURGERY DURING THE PRESENT WAR
Col. Forrester Raine, M.C., A.U.S.
236

SOME OF THE MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED IN WORLD WAR 11
Lt. Col. Herman L. Meltzer, M.C., A.U.S.
239

CLINICAL ADVANCES IN MEDICAL PROBLEMS OCCASIONED BY WORLD WAR II
Comdr. Albert Worthy. Hobby, M.C.-V(S), U.S.N.R.
243

AIMS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE TERRITORIAL ASSOCIATION OF PLANTATION PHYSICIANS
H. M. Patterson, M. D.
246

EDITORIALS
     The Relationship Between The Private Physician And The Health Department
     249

     Letters To The Editor
     250, 251

     Leprosy As Seen At Carville
     250

     Book Review
     252

     Progressive Muscular Dystrophy: An Avitaminosis?
     252

COUNTY SOCIETY REPORTS
     253

NOTES AND NEWS
     259

 

Number 6, July-August, 1945

BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA
     Lt. Cmdr. H. D. Adams, MC, USNR
     287

DIAGNOSIS OF GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT CANCER
     Cmdr. Arthur C. Clasen, MC, USNR
     290

SURGERY FOR GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT CANCER
     Capt. Howard K Gray, MC, USNR
     296

TRANSIENT PULMONARY INFILTRATIONS
     Henry M. Gotshalk, M.D.
     302

EDITORIALS
     President Emeritus Hodgins
     307

     Letter from Senator Wagner
     308

     And a Reply
     308

     Wanted, Physician at Kalaupapa
     309

     Premarital Examinations
     309

     Don't Apply Sulfonamides
     310

     Army approval for Publication
     310

     Post-War Medical Jobs
     310

HOSPITAL NEEDS
Territorial Insurance Against Cost of Hospital Care
Chas. F. Honeywell
311

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC COMMENT
The Shock Therapies
E. J. Hornick, M.D.
314

COUNTY SOCIETY REPORTS
316

LIBRARY NOTES
318

TRANSACTIONS ANNUAL MEETING TERRITORIAL ASSOCIATION
319

INDEX TO VOLUME FOUR
332

 

Index to Volume 4

By TITLE, SUBJECT AND AUTHOR

A-D   E-H   I-L   M-P   R-Y  

Abscess (See Brain)
Accidents
     doctor looks at automobile accidents, 133
Adams, H. D.
     diagnosis and treatment of bronchogenic carcinoma, 287
Advertisers (see Index)
Arnold, H. L.
     book review: Marihuana Problems, 252
     progress report, September, 1941, 37
     response to air raid warnings, 91
Arnold, H. L., Jr.
     obituary, Wayson, 202
Associations--Affiliations
     American Urological Association, 110
     Hawaii Dermatology Society, 110, 140, 259
     Hawaii Society of Clinical Pathologist, 20, 140, 259
     H.T.M.A., transaction 55th annual meeting, 319
     Territorial Association of Plantation Physicians, 145, 246
Atrophy, acute yellow (see Liver)

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Bateman, Helen
     letter to editor re nursing, 20
Blood Bank
     Hawaii County report, 322
     Kauai County report, 49, 101
     Rh blood types in Hawaii, 84, 189
Blood, diseases of
     erythroblastosis in a Chinese infant, 189
Blood vessels
     neurologic aspect of vascular injuries, 23
Book Review
     current laboratory procedures, 20
     marihunana problem, 252
Bowles, H. E.
     sexual sterilization in Hawaii, 65
Brain
     penicillin for multiple brain abscess, 24
Bubonic plague
     tropical disease dangers in Hawaii, 12
Burns
     advances in surgery during the present war, 236
By-laws
     proposed change, 321

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Cancer
     bronchogenic carcinoma, 287
     gastro-intestinal tract, diagnosis, 290
     gastro-intestinal tract, surgical treatment, 296
Carter, R. W.
     present territorial status of H.M.S.A., 329
Chang, W. K. (see Tilden)
Chest wounds, 237
Child guidance (see Neuropsychiatric Comment)
Chung-Hoon, E. K.
     mimicry by leprosy, 13
Civilian Hospital Need (see Hospitals)
Clasen, A. C.
     diagnosis of cancer of the gastro-intestinal tract, 290
Climate
     climate of Hawaii, 9
Clinical Notes
     neurologic aspect of vascular injuries, 23
     obstetrical caudal anesthesia, 23
     penicillin in case of multiple brain abscess, 24
     survey of bootblacking, 141
Clinico-Pathologic Comment
     evaluation of laboratories, 31
     rapid laboratories of diphtheria, 83
     Rh blood types in Hawaii, 84
Council
     minutes, 320, 330
     reports, 324
County Societies (see Reports)
Cutler, J. G. and Partain, J. M.
     influenzal meningitis, 187

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Delegate
     minutes, 321, 330
Dengue
     tropical disease dangers in Hawaii, 9
Diphtheria
     combines diphtheria-tetanus toxoid, 140
     rapid laboratory diagnosis, 83
Dyes
     shoe dyes, 141
Dysentery
     amebic, 11
     bacillary, 11, 240

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Economics, medical
     fee schedule
          council minutes, 320
          Hawaii County report, 199, 322
          Honolulu County report, 145, 322
          Kauai County report, 101
          Maui County report, 51, 100, 324
     territorial insurance against the cost hospital care, 311, 321, 328
Editorials
     approved for publication of articles army medical department personnel, 310
          Wagner Murray Dingell Bill, 308, 329
     Bureau of maternal and Child Health, 19
     combined diphtheria-tetanus toxoid, 140
     don't apply sulfonamides to the skin, 310
     group care for children, 193
     Hawaii Health Messenger, 18
     H.M.S.A., 79
     leprosy as seen at Carville, 250
     leptospirosis on Hawaii, 80
     let's eliminate tuberculosis and syphilis, 139
     letters to editor re nursing, 20
     letters to editor re Rh typing, 251
     letters to editor re Wagner Bill, 308
     letter to editor re Weil's disease, 250
     physical fitness to drive a car, 139
     postgraduate course concluded, 193
     postwar jobs in medical occupations, 310
     premarital examinations, 309
     president emeritus A. G. Hodgins, M.D., 307
     private physician and the health department, 249
     procurement and assignment, 17
     progress muscular dystrophy, 252
     reply to Senator Wagner, 308
     sexual sterilization, 79
     wanted dead or alive, 309
Emergency Medical Services
     Honolulu County report, 323
     progress report, September, 1944, 37
     response to air raid warning, 91
EMIC (see Maternal and Child Health)
Erythroblastosis
     in a Chinese infant, 189
Eyes
     doctor looks at automobile accidents, 133

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Fee schedule (see Economics, medical)
Fennel, E. A.
     address by president, 319
     wanted dead or alive, 309
Fetter, F., discussion hyperventilation syndrome, 183
Fibrin foam, 235
Filariasis
     in World War II, 244
     tropical disease dangers in Hawaii, 10
Finances
     audit, HTMA, 324
     budget, HTMA, 331
     library appropriation, 321
     registration for annual meeting, 321
Fish poisoning
     outbreak in Honolulu, 129
Foodhandlers' examinations
     Kauai County report, 49

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Garrett, L. M., discussion cancer gastro-intestinal tract, 294
Gaspar, L. A. R., Jr.
     obituary, L. R. Gasper, 260
     obituary, A. A. St. M. Mouritz, 260
Gasper, L. R.
     obituary, 260
Gotshalk, H. C.
     acute yellow atrophy caused by sulfathiazole, 185
     transient pulmonary infiltrations (Loeffler's syndrome), 302
Gray, H. K.
     surgical lessons of World War II, 233
     surgical treatment of gastro-intestinal tract, 296

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Hartwell, A. S
     use of Weltmann reaction in myocardial infarction, 136
Heart
     use of Weltmann reaction in myocardial infarction, 136
HMSA (see Medical Service Plans)
Hobby, A. W.
     clinical advances in medical problems, 243
Hodgins, A. G.
     president emeritus, 307
Holmes, W. J.
     doctor looks at automobile accidents, 133
Honeywell, C. F.
     territorial insurance against the cost of hospital care, 311, 328
Hornick, E. J.
     shock therapies, 314
Hospitals
     additional beds needed, 44
     Children's Hospital, 41, 97
     City County, 321
     comments on Admiral Johnson's survey, 93
     convalescent nursing home, 321
     cost, 44
     Hilo Memorial Hospital board, 254
     hospital committee, 44
     hospital council, 44
     Kapiolani Maternity Hospital, 41
     Kuakini Hospital, 41
     mental institutions, 95
     number and type of beds in Honolulu, 43
     plantation, 45
     priority, 44
     Queen's Hospital, 42
     recommendations, 45
     Sacred Hearts Hospitals, 95
     St. Francis, Hospital, 43
     sites, 44
     survey of Honolulu hospitals, part II, 39
     territorial insurance against the cost of hospital care, 311, 321, 328
     tuberculosis, 95
     visiting, 45
Hyperventilation syndrome, 179

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Index, advertisers, 52, 102, 166, 204, 276, 350
Industrial hygiene, 241
Influenzal meningitis, 187
Insect control, 239
Irwin, P. S.
     sterilization, 75

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Johnson, L. W.
     survey of Honolulu hospitals, part II, 39

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Kepner, R. D.
     rehabilitation from psychiatric point of view, 33
Kluegel, H. A.
     board of hospitals and settlement war activities, 194

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Laboratories
     diagnosis of diphtheria, 83
     prenatal serologic test, 31
Larsen, N. P., Young, C. T., and Masters, A. M.
     tropical disease dangers in Hawaii, 9
Lee, R. K. C.
     private physician and the health department, 249
Lee, R. K. C., and Pang, H. Q.
     outbreak of fish poisoning in Honolulu, 129
Legislation
     Kauai County report, 323
     committee on public policy and legislation, 325
Leprosy
     assistant physician for Kalaupapa wanted, 309
     Board of Hospitals and Settlement war activities, 194
     leprosy as seen at Carville, 250
     mimicry by leprosy, 13
Leptospirosis (see Weil's disease)
Library
     acquisitions, 105, 147, 203, 257, 318
     endowment, 323
     Honolulu County, 323
     Hawaii County, 254, 322
     journal files, 106, 148, 258, 318
     Maui County, 255, 324
Liljestrand, P. H., and Warshauer, F. B.
     obstretrical [stet] caudal anesthesia, 23
Liver
     acute yellow atrophy caused by sulfathiazole, 185
Loeffler's syndrome
     transient pulmonary infiltrations, 302

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Malaria
     in World War II, 244
     tropical disease dangers in Hawaii, 11
Marihuana problem
     book review, 252
Marks, Elizabeth
     letters to editor re nursing, 20
Masters, A. M. (see Larsen)
Maternal and Child Health
     bureau of, 19, 326
     Hawaii County Report, 200, 322
     Kauai County report, 49
Medical Service Plans
     HMSA, editorial, 79
     extension to outside islands, 320
     Kauai County Report, 49, 101, 145, 324
     Maui County report, 324
     present territorial status, 329
Medicine and the War (see War)
Meller, C. L.
     emotional factors in organic disease, 87
Meltzer, H. L.
     medical lessons of World War II, 239
     Members in service, 110, 140, 323
Membership
     Hawaii County report, 322
     Honolulu County report, 322
     Kauai County report, 323
     Secretary's report, 324
Meningitis
     in World War II, 243
     influenzal meningitis, 187
Milk
     Honolulu County report, 323
     Maui County report, 51
Mouritz, A. St. M.
     obituary, 260
Myocardial infarction (see Heart)

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Nesselrod, J. P.
     proctoscopic color movies, 15
Neurology (see also Neuropsychiatric Comment)
     neurologic aspect of vascular injuries, 23
Neuropsychiatric Comment
     child guidance clinic in our community, 197
     emotional factors in organic disease, 87
     function of psychiatric social worker, 143
     Hawaii Territorial Society for Mental Hygiene, 89
     mental health, 89
     rehabilitation from psychiatric point if view, 33
     shock therapies, 314
Nitrobenzene
     shoe dyes, 141
Notes and News, 109, 201, 259
Nursing
     letters to editor, 20

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Obituaries
     Gaspar, L. R.., 260
     Mouritz, A. St. M., 260
     Wayson, J. T., 202
Obstetrics
     Obstetrical caudal anesthesia, 23
Officers
     change in by-laws, 321
     election, HTMA, 331
     Hawaii County elected, 255
     Kauai County elected, 253
     listed, 3, 59, 123, 171, 229, 331
     Maui County elected, 255
Onstott, R. H.
     comments on survey of Honolulu hospitals, 93
Ottenheimer, E., discussion surgical treatment of cancer gastrointestinal tract, 300

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Pang, H. Q. (see Lee).
Partain, J. M. (see Cutler)
Patterson, H. M.
     letter to editor re Weil's disease, 250
     Territorial Association of Plantation Physicians, 246
Penicillin
     Hawaii County report, 322
     Kauai County report, 324
     Maui County report, 50, 51
     multiple brain abscess, 24
     report of penicillin committee, 327
Physical examinations
     Honolulu County report, 323
Pinkerton, F. J.
     letter to editor re Rh typing, 251
     procurement and assignment, 17
     resolution re Dr. Hodgins, 307
     Rh blood types in Hawaii, 84
Plantation medicine
     Territorial Association of Plantation Physicians, 246
Pneumonia
     in World War II, 243
Post Graduate Course, 109, 193, 323
Prevention medicine, 239
Procurement and Assignment (see War)
Proctoscopic color movies, 15
Prostitution
     Honolulu County report, 99
Psychiatry (see also Neuropsychiatric Comment)
     Hawaii County report, 199
     Kauai County report, 50, 324
     Neuropsychiatric aspects of sterilization, 76
     Psychiatric social worker arrives, 110
Psychosomatic medicine
     hyperventilation syndrome, 179
     problems in war, 241,
Public health
     government physician in Hilo, 254, 322
     health department enlarged, 201
     medical advisory committees, 326
     premarital examinations, 309
     relationship between private physician and health department, 249

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Raine, F.
     advances in surgery, 236
Rehabilitation (see War)
Reports

     Bureau of Crippled Children, 326
     Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, 326
     cancer committee, 325
     committee on psychiatry and neurology, 325
     council, 324
     county societies
          Hawaii, 100, 145, 199, 254
          Honolulu, 99, 145, 253, 316
          Kauai, 49, 101, 145, 200, 253, 316
          Maui, 50, 100, 200, 255, 317
     emergency medical services, 37
     HMSA, 79
     HTMA, transactions of 55th annual meeting, 319
     health education committee, 327
     Journal committee, 325
     Mabel Smyth building, 327
     penicillin committee, 327
     public policy and legislation committee, 325
     secretary, 324
     treasurer, 324
Residence
     requirement to practice medicine, 321
Respiratory system
     diseases, 241
     hyperventilation syndrome, 179
Rh
     erythroblastosis in Chinese infant, 189
     letter to editor re Rh typing, 251
     Rh blood types in Hawaii, 84

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Schramm, F. A.
     survey of bootblacking activities, 141
Serum
     rabbit, treatment of influenzal meningitis, 187
Shanahan, W. M.
     neuropsychiatric aspects of sterilization, 76
Short, J. J., hyperventilation syndrome, 179
Sikkema Mildred, 110
     function of psychiatric social worker, 143
Sterilization
     local aspects of a general problem, 75
     neuropsychiatric aspects, 76
     sexual sterilization, editorial, 79
     sexual sterilization in Hawaii, 65
Sulfonamides
     acute yellow atrophy caused by sulfathiazole, 185
     don't apply to skin, 310
     topical application, 235
     treatment of meningitis, 187, 241
Surgery
     abdominal, 25
     advances in surgery in present war, 236
     burns, 236
     chest wounds, 37
     compound fractures, 238
     surgical lessons in World War II, 233
     surgical shock, 233

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Territorial Association of Plantation Physicians, 246
Tetanus
     combined diphtheria-tetanus toxoid, 140
Tilden, I. L.
     book review, 20
     erythroblastosis in a Chinese infant (with Chang, W. K.), 189
Tropical disease dangers in Hawaii, 9
Tuberculosis
     Hawaii County report, 145, 322
     in World War II, 244
     Kauai County report, 49, 324
     let's eliminate tuberculosis and syphilis, 139
     Maui County report, 100, 145, 199
Typhus
     epidemic, 240, 245
     scrub, 240
     tropical disease dangers in Hawaii, 12

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U. S. Army Signal Corps photos, 146, 192

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Venereal disease
     in World War II, 241
     laboratories approved to conduct tests for syphilis, 139
     let's eliminated tuberculosis and syphilis, 139
     premarital examination

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Walker, E. B.
     neurologic aspect of vascular injuries, 23
     penicillin in case of multiple brain abscess, 24
Walther, J. E., discussion cancer gastro-intestinal tract, 294
War (see also Emergency Medical Services)
     Board of Hospitals and Settlement, 194
     clinical advances of World War II, 243
     medical lessons of World War II, 239
          Procurement and Assignment 17, 261
          Council minutes, 321
     Honolulu County report, 99
     rehabilitation psychiatric, 33
     war recognition committee, 321
Warshouer, F. B. (see Liljestrand)
Wayson, J. T.
     obituary, 202
Weil's disease
     leptospirosis on Hawaii, 80
     letter to editor, 250
Weltmann reaction
     use in myocardial infarction, 136
Wilbar, C. L., Jr.
     child guidance clinic in our community, 197
     let's eliminate tuberculosis and syphilis, 139
Wishik, S. M.
     Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, 19
Witlin, B.
     evaluation of laboratories, 31
     rapid laboratory diagnosis of diphtheria, 84
Wounds, 234, 244
     chest, 237

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Young, C. T. (see Larsen)

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