The Progress of Medical Research in the South
Authors: T. Z. Cason
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1928)

Article1 October 1928The Progress of Medical Research in the SouthT. Z. CASONT. Z. CASONSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-2-4-309 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the last decade the status of the internist has improved and his prestige has greatly increased. If we are to continue to improve and broaden our influence in relation to other groups, or if we are to retrogress, thus becoming only a minor part of the medical profession, depends on certain definite factors. The factors which probably have the greatest influence are: keenness of observation and the relations which we shall establish with the other departments of the science in which we are working, especially as these factors relate to research.Already a considerable amount of pure medical research...References(1) DE ALMEIDA AO: The Minimum and Basal Metabolism of Tropical Man of the White Race, J. de physiol. et de path. general, Par. 1920, xviii, 712. Google Scholar(2) DE ALMEIDA AO: The Emission of Heat, the Basal and Minimum Metabolism of Tropical Men of the Black Race, J. de Physiol. et de path. gen., Par. 1920, xviii, 958. Google Scholar(3) CORLETTE CE: On Some Relations of Climate, Weather and Fat Covering to Metabolism, The Med. Journal of Australia, 1923, I., pp. 172-182, Feb. 17. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(4) HAFKESHINGBORGSTROM RP: Studies of Basal Metabolism in New Orleans, Am. J. Physiol., 1926-27, lxxix, p. 221. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(5) DENISBORGSTROM WP: A Study of the Effect of Temperature on Protein Intake, Reprint from The J. of Biological Chemistry, 1924, lxi. No. 1, August, 1924. Google Scholar(6) WANGHAWKSWOOD CCJEAA: The Influence of High and Low Protein Diets on Blood Chemistry, Reprint from the Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1927, xxv, 106-107. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(7) GOLDBERGER J: a. Pellagra, Public Health Reports, 1927, xlii: 2193-2200, Sept. 2. b. Pellagra, Public Health Reports, 1927: xlii: 2383-2391, Sept. 30. c. Pellagra, Public Health Reports, 1927, xlii: 2706-2725, Nov. 4. d. Pellagra, Public Health Reports, Reprint No. 1062, pp. 297-318, Feb. 19, 1926. e. Present status of our knowledge of etiology of pellagra. Johns Hopkins Univ. School Hyg., Balt., De Lamar Lect., pp. 128-153, 1927. f. Present status of our knowledge of etiology of pellagra, Medicine, Balt., 1926, v. 79-104 (Charts). g. Experimental pellagra-like condition in albino rat, Pub. Health Rep., Wash., 1926, xli, 1025-1029. h. Pellagra-preventive action of dried beans, casein, dried milk, and brewers' yeast, with a consideration of essential preventive factors involved, Pub. Health Rep., Wash., 1925, xl, 54-80. i. Study of pellagra-preventive action of tomato, carrot, and rutabaga turnip, Pub. Health Rep., Wash., 1927, xlii, 1299-1306. j. Further study of butter, fresh beef, and yeast as pellagra preventives, with consideration of relation of factor P-P of pellagra and black tongue of dogs to vitamin, Pub. Health Rep., Wash., 1926, xli, 297-318 (charts). k. Yeast in treatment of pellagra and black tongue; dosage and mode of administration, Pub. Health Rep., Wash., 1925, xl, 927-928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(8) HARRIS S: a. Questionnaire: Progress of Medical Research in the South, Answers 1-2-3, b, 1928. b. The Food Factor in Pellagra, Revision of paper read before the International Conference on Health Problems in Tropical America at Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies, July 22 to Aug. 1, 1924, International Clinics, Jan., 1925. Google Scholar(9) JELKS JL: Pellagra: Is Pellagra an Infection; Or Is Pellagra Due Solely to an Unbalanced or Insufficient Diet?, Reprint from J. of The Tennessee State Medical Assn., Nov., 1927. Google Scholar(10) KLAUDER JV WINKELMAN NW M.D., M. D., PHILADELPHIA: J. of the American Med. Assn., 1928, xc, No. 5, pp. 364-371, Feb. 4. 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(11) GRAVES ML, HOUSTON, TEXAS: Answers to Questionnaire: Progress of Medical Research in the South, 1928. Google Scholar(12) SILERHALLHITCHENS JFMWAP: Dengue: Its History, Epidemiology, Mechanism of Transmission, Etiology, Clinical Manifestations, Immunity, and Prevention, 1926. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Read before the American College of Physicians, March 9, 1928, New Orleans, La. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 October 1928Volume 2, Issue 4Page: 309-315 Issue Published: 1 October 1928 PDF downloadLoading ...