Word: urologist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have a tendency to form kidney stones, doctors usually want to increase the flow of water through the system. And to speed it up, some have prescribed diuretics (of which no fewer than 109 are listed in the Physicians' Desk Reference) though this may be dangerous. Last week Urologist Julius H. Winer of the University of California Medical Center in Los Angeles reported in the A.M.A. Journal that he had confirmed what suds lovers have known for centuries: among his patients, "beer gave an adequate rapid diuresis in most cases." It is safe...
Died. Dr. Louis Ernst Schmidt, 88, famed urologist and longtime crusty critic of the American Medical Association; after long illness; in Wausau, Wis. A sharp-tongued crusader, Dr. Schmidt was a dedicated foe of the nice-Nelliness that long hampered treatment of venereal disease, set up the first genitourinary clinic west of the Alleghenies. When he accepted support from an organization that advertised publicly, he was charged by the A.M.A. with unethical conduct and was expelled (1930). He countered bitterly that organized medicine was against low-priced medical care, was backed by half a dozen other medical societies, eventually...
...operation is not performed." testified Dr. Warren Guild, "it is my opinion that Leon Masden will die. It is difficult to say when." Urologist J. Hartwell Harrison admitted that as a result of the operation. Leonard would be "like an automobile without a spare tire" if he later suffered an infection or traumatic injury of his one good kidney. Leonard readily volunteered to undergo this risk. Added Psychiatrist Christopher Standish: "If this operation is not performed. Leonard will suffer a severe emotional jolt. He will realize that it had been within his power to save his brother's life...
...province of the general internist. The gangrenous toes of his friend who suffered from Buerger's disease went to the angiologist. His heart belonged to the cardiologist, who grudgingly took responsibility for high blood pressure-but could do little for it. His kidneys were annexed by the urologist. Pleaded Dr. Page at New Orleans this week...
...surgical team headed by Urologist John Hartwell Harrison removed Ronald's healthy left kidney. They kept both Richard's diseased kidneys in place, and gave him Ronald's as a third, placing it below his own right kidney. After 4 hours of complex surgery, involving superfine stitching of delicate blood vessels, the doctors saw the transplanted kidney begin to function. They closed the wound (another hour), and soon the kidney excreted a pint of urine. At week's end both Richard and Ronald were doing well...