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This article presents information on various papers related to migration. One of the papers discussed is "Venti Anni in Favore dell'Agricoluiura," by G. D'Ascenzio that was published in the December 1964 issue of the periodical "Orientamenti Sociali." The author, basing himself on the agricultural situation in Italy twenty years after the establishment of the Confederazicene Nazionale Coltivatori Diretti, delineates the economic conditions of Italian agriculture, with emphasis on technological progress, social evolution, and psychological, religious and political developments in the field. The most interesting conclusion from a sociological point of view regards the rural migration to urban centers abroad. Notwithstanding the fact that this reduction of the agricultural population is a positive sign of economic advancement, it nonetheless presents various problems of a social, psychological, moral and religious nature. Another paper discussed is "About Reference Group Alienation, Mobility and Acculturation," by G.D. Berreman that was published in a previous issue of the periodical "American Anthropologist." The author submits that many terms and concepts used in the description and analysis of the confrontation of diverse ethnic groups, for example, acculturation, assimilation, mobility, can be used more precisely in light of a deepening of the knowledge of reference groups.

This article focuses on the Joint Commission which has been the sole recipient of funds, appropriated by the U.S. Congress under provisions of the Correctional Rehabilitation Study Act of 1965, in order to provide for an objective, thorough and nationwide analysis and evaluation of the extent and means of resolving the critical shortage of qualified manpower in the field of correctional rehabilitation. To carry out this congressional mandate, the Commission has conducted extensive national surveys, sponsored a series of study seminars, commissioned a number of consultants' papers and special research projects and has kept its 95 member organizations appraised of its study findings so as to prepare these groups for the strategic roles they can play in implementing the Commission's final recommendations. The Commission has compiled the most comprehensive data ever as correctional manpower, training and educational resources presently available to corrections. In addition to search and study activities, the Commission adopted a policy of issuing survey reports,consultants' papers and seminar reports as they were completed.

The article focuses on the treatment of the police by the African American press. Studies indicated that many African Americans believe that the police bully them more, that the police are all too frequently rude to African Americans, that excessive force is often used and that law enforcement in African American areas is very poor. The causes of the African American hostility are many-faceted and the police across the country are not unaware of their role in creating conflict. Police sources, on the other hand, blame inflammatory mass media coverage of law enforcement for much of the present police-American American conflict. This is not surprising as the mass media both shape and reflect public opinion. Measurement of space devoted to various aspects of law enforcement and law enforcement personnel was made in terms of the standard journalistic measurement. A high ranking official of the city police department felt that the local African American press was inflammatory, unfair and prone to gross exaggeration, fact twisting and one-sidedness. He stated that in all cases of accusations of police brutality the police department made a thorough and impartial investigation. The results were always made available to the press. He further stated that his office was always open to representatives of the press and in fact that he had supplied the reporters of the paper with information and pictures he should normally not give to anyone else. He commented that the paper was interested in actor that would sell papers and were not interested in waiting for the facts that the police investigation could turn up.

The article presents a study on the prevalence of phenylketonuria and some other metabolic disorders among the mentally retarded patients in the country. The total number of subjects examined was 2,090. The majority were profoundly, severely or moderately retarded. A random urine sample from each patient was collected in a test tube or adsorbed onto a small piece of filter paper. At the same time a few drops of capillary blood were adsorbed onto a similar filter paper strip. One-dimensional paper chromatography of urinary amino acids was performed using the creatinine value as the measure of urinary output and a mixture of n-butanol, acetic acid and water as the solvent.

The article reports on the Fourteenth International Congress of Psychology which was held in Montreal, Quebec on June 7-12, 1954. The congress consisted of evening addresses, symposia and sessions of research papers on topics with major importance related to psychology. Clinical papers discussed the implication of clinical findings and the papers on industrial psychology were concerned with the social and technological factors in productivity.

The article presents the highlights of the meeting of the third section of the International Sociological Association's Second World Congress of Sociology on recent developments in sociological research held in Belgium in 1953. Also tackled at the congress was the problem of values. It says that majority of the papers contained factual reports on developments in teaching and research. It notes that the papers on national and local developments in teaching and research represent all countries.

The article focuses on the papers about social stratification and social mobility presented at the International Sociological Association's Second World Congress of Sociology held in Belgium in 1953. It says that the papers have been divided into several groups including general surveys of the social stratification of whole countries. Other studies focus on evidence of considerable mobility and some of its disadvantages. One study deals with the obstacles to social ascent via education.

The article presents the proceedings of a discussion of K. C. Wheare's paper on the powers that must be possessed by a union of states, at the World Congress of Sociology and Political Science held in Zurich, Switzerland on September 4, 1950. Professors Akzin of the University of Jerusalem, Puntambekar of Nagpur University, Bichara Tabbah of the Faculty of Law in Beirut and Calogeropoulos-Stratis of the School of Political Science in Greece gave their separate commentaries on the paper.

The various studies on the existence of national differences in "sense of humor" reported in this paper all serve to emphasize the point that the agreement found between different nationals is far more striking than are the differences. In fact, no indisputably national differences were discovered in the appreciation of humor, in judgments of the origin of humorous items, or in the analysis of humorous papers from diverse countries. This negative finding suggests that perhaps studies of this kind are premature, and that we should rather attempt to find out first how and to what extent the appreciation of humor is determined by intelligence, by education, by social class; how it varies with age or with temperamental changes. Until the determiners of humor appreciation are known, the difficulties in securing two groups really equal in all respects except in nationality would appear insurmountable. Even then, however, it may perhaps be suggested, national differences are quite likely to appear less important than they are commonly assumed to be. As usual, small differences are apt to strike the observers far more than considerable agreement, and to be magnified out of all proportion to their actual importance. If the results of the present studies prove anything, they prove that quite probably that is what has happened in the field of national differences in "sense of humor." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In general, the hypothesis derived from Sheldon's work stands up well under the present test. Endomorphic groups appear to be slower in reaction time, mesomorphy appears to be unrelated to reaction time, and ectomorphy appears related to fast reaction times. These results stand out whether the objective measurement of height over cube root of weight is employed or whether the less objective classification into components is used. They stand out whether correlational techniques are employed or whether central tendencies of groups are compared. Furthermore, the classification of physiques into varying degrees of the components, even by the relatively crude methods employed here, seems to have greater validity and significance than the use of a simple objective measurement, such as height and weight. The correlation between the index of height over the cube root of weight and reaction time, for instance, was -- .29; whereas the correlation between endomorphy (as co-determined by this index and judgment by inspection of the clothed individual) and reaction time was .36. This seems to bear out the basic faith of constitutional psychology that relations between psychological variables and physique will be discovered as soon as the right components of each are found. In comparison with the findings of others, the results are more positive than those found by Child and Sheldon (1), who correlated physique with pencil and paper personality tests, and of Fiske (2), who found essentially negative results in a study of the relation between physique and intelligence and temperament in superior adolescent boys. It is quite possible that reaction time has a deeper and more enduring relationship to physique than a pencil and paper test of questionable validity, such as ascendancy-submission. Sheldon (1) appears to give affirmation to this idea. Assuming the validity of these results, the question is raised of using a reaction time test together with tests of time for performing... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a recent paper by Anslow it was concluded that there was no significant relationship between Leaf-area Index, light interception and growth rate in a perennial ryegrass sward. The author further concluded that higher growth rates would not be obtained by attention to this relationship. The data presented by Anslow are re-examined in this paper and the results of the analysis showed that: (a) recovery growth of the swards followed a sigmoid pattern of growth, (b) at low values of LAI growth rate was low and maximum growth rate was attained when most of the visible light was intercepted by leaves, and (c) the relationship between yield and LAI was linear, indicating that leaf-area increase after defoliation also followed a sigmoid pattern. These results are discussed in relation to Anslow's interpretation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper describes the use of fertilizers on grassland in England and Wales, as shown by surveys of fertilizer practice carried out during 1957-60. About a third of the total consumption of N and K and almost half the total consumption of P is on grassland. Fertilizer use on leys has increased rapidly in recent years and the overall average rate of application is now of the order of 0-3 cwt N, P2O5 and K2O per acre per annum; permanent grass receives about half as much P and very much less N and K than the leys. Generally speaking, consumption of N and K per acre of grassland was higher in arable districts than in livestock-farming areas, and on dairy farms than on rearing and feeding farms. However, rearing and feeding farms received more P per acre of grass (in particular, more basic slag) than arable farms. Little farmyard manure was used on grassland in the arable districts, whereas in the dairy counties of the western half of England and in Wales it formed a substantial part of the total plant nutrients supplied to grassland, particularly on fields mown for hay. The paper also gives information on types of fertilizers used and the timing of fertilizer applications to grassland. All but about a fifth of the nitrogen used on grassland was applied between February and April. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Provides an overview of several papers on grassland research presented at the 8th International Grassland Congress held at Reading, England in July 1960. Paper on the state of productivity of grasslands in Great Britain; Paper tackling the developments in the production and feeding of grass silage; Paper on the difficulty of relating physiological disturbances to grazing conditions.

This paper is a Continuation of a previous paper on the chemical composition and nutritive value of Welsh hay. It discusses the average and range of values obtained for the content of ash, silica, silica-free ash, lime, magnesium, phosphate, chloride, iron, manganese, copper and cobalt in meadow and seeds hays collected in 1948 and 1949 front 144 farms in Breconshire and Cardiganshire. The results obtained for the content of ash and major mineral constituents are discussed in relation to the requirements of dairy cows, and are compared with those obtained by other workers in various parts of the British Isles. hitherto, however, there has been an almost complete lack of data on trace elements, and there is need for such information for hays grown in other parts of the British Isles. Reference is made to the chemical composition of the individual species of grass, clover and weeds present in meadow and seeds hay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a paper, which is based on the proceedings of the Sixth International Grassland Congress held in State College, Pennsylvania from August 17 to 23, 1952. The research papers read at the conference gave a good idea of trends in grassland research and covered the viewpoint of a large proportion of the world. The papers in the plenary sessions were of a more general character and a speaker from New Zealand seemed to condense the general attitude very aptly. He stressed the relative rigidity of the grassland system and the elasticity of the animal and pointed out that in practice both may be abused temporarily to suit the immediate conditions.

1. Nineteen 3 × 3 × 3 NPK experiments have been carried out mostly on short leys cut for silage. In this paper the effect of the fertilizer treatments on the yields of dry matter and crude protein have been reported and the effect on the mineral composition will be presented in a later paper. 2. Nitrogen generally gave very big increases in yield of dry matter, but particularly on leguminous awards with the particular cutting technique employed, this thy matter contained a smaller per cent of crude protein owing to the increase in the grass/ legume ratio. 3. In spite of this depression in the per cent crude protein, the total yield of crude protein for the first cuts was in almost all cases increased, but in subsequent cuts on very leguminous swards the highest yields were sometimes given on the no-nitrogen plots, and in a few cases production of crude protein over the season was similar on the nitrogen and no-nitrogen treated areas. On mainly grass swards, nitrogen gave marked increases in yield of crude protein as well as dry matter, and in the absence of a good proportion of vigorous strains of legumes, nitrogen is essential to secure higher yields. 4. The effect of nitrogen on the yield of dry matter and crude protein and on the grass/ legume ratio has been discussed. It is suggested that much earlier cutting is needed after nitrogen has been used to minimise the suppression of legumes, because once legumes have been suppressed their contribution in subsequent cuts or seasons is lowered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This short paper is being presented in view of the present interest in keratoacanthoma and allied tumours, and in the hope of provoking discussion and criticism. Some of the literature related to solitary and multiple self-healing squamous carcinoma of the skin and to keratoacanthoma has been reviewed in its bearing on the case report in this paper. It is agreed that the title may be, on clinical grounds, open to some criticism, but on the pathological evidence made available the diagnosis would seem to be that of true squamous carcinoma.

This article presents several news and notes related to the family research. A Research Conference on The Family has been planned and sponsored jointly by the Elizabeth McCormick Fund and NCFR in Chicago on October 31, November 1 and 2, 1956. Upon suggestion of the Research section and action by the board, the E.W. Burgess award was created and is to be given to the person who does the best paper during the year in the marriage and family field. Income from the E.W. Burgess fund will be given as the prize and the paper will be read at the annual meeting and conference. The Iowa Council on Family Relations under the vigorous leadership of Harold Saunders, Past President, and President David M. Fulcomer have established, with the cooperation of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, six family conferences, all to be held this fall in various sections of the state. The 1957 Forum, one of an annual series conducted by the Council in the interests of its fifty-one national organization members, will focus on fostering mental health in the U.S. with emphasis on constructive actions and attitudes that may be taken by all health organizations.

This article examines all references on sex, marriage and family living included in Psychological Abstracts for the years 1944 to 1950. Normally included in Psychological Abstracts are all important articles, monographs and books in psychology, sociology, anthropology, psychiatry and allied fields. For the years 1944 to 1950, 745 relevant references were found, including 530 sex references and 215 marriage and family references. Of the sex references, 185 were research studies; 81 were case history studies; and 264 were non-research papers or books. Of the marriage and family references, 65 were research studies; 7 were case history studies; and 143 were non-research papers or books. When the research studies were analyzed to determine what types of subjects were employed in these studies. These results indicate: that the majority of the sex research studies were done using either animals or patients, inmates, or other institutional personnel as subjects; that the most popular subjects for the marriage and family studies were adults, with college students running a fairly close second in popularity; and that relatively few sex studies were done with unselected adult groups. The urgent need is for much more sex, marriage, and family studies, on important instead of easily accessible problems, using unselected subjects, intensive research techniques, and adequate statistical procedures.

Information about several papers discussed at the 15th annual meeting of Southern Sociological Society held on March 28-29, 1952 in Atlanta, Georgia is presented. The interrelationship of social theory and social service programming for the handicapped was illustrated in the paper "Planning for the Blind in North Carolina," by Howard E. Jensen. Papers presented at the Friday evening session are "Some Applications of Cultural Anthropology in Modern Life" and "On Political Ecology."

The article presents a paper which was read at a meeting of Alpha of Indiana, a chapter of the Alpha Kappa Delta fraternity in the U.S. The paper focuses on the inseparable connection of the lasting prosperity of the Americans with the foreign policy, international relations and political strategy in the country. The economy's future is dependent with the policies of politics rather than the work of inventors and businessmen and bankers' activities. However, political strategy dominates business dependence and the utilization of technology is more on vote-getting than producing goods and promote human well being.

This article reports that the Yorkshire and Lancashire Province of the National Agricultural Advisory Service (NAAS) of the British Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food held a technical conference in Leeds on October 31, 1947 to discuss the research topic "The Utilization of Grass." Delegates from Agricultural Executive Committees, the National Farmers' Union and Young Farmers' Clubs were invited to participate in the meeting. Researcher S.J. Watson, reportedly, gave a paper on "The Food Value of Grass and Grass Products" in which he discussed the food value of plants at different stages of growth, of hay and losses in hay-making, of dried grass and silage. Researcher O.B. Chartres' paper on "Grass Drying on the Farm" pointed out that almost any farming system could be adapted for grass drying. It is further reported that the NAAS, Wales, conference at Crosswood, Aberystwyth, on February 5 was addressed by researcher W.D. Hay on "Grassland Development and the Home Production of Feeding Stuffs," researcher Moses Griffith on "Maximum Production and Utilization," professor Trevor Thomas on "Increased Production From the Grasslands of Wales," and researcher Albert Davies on "Forage Crops."

The purpose of this paper is to study the antibody responsibleof the P.K. test in schistosomiasis mansoni. Patients with schistosomiasis mansoni show several immunological responses such as: reactions of the granulomatous type; reactions mediated by IgG and IgM humoral antibodies; and reactions mediated by homocytotropic or skin-sensitizing antibodies responsible for the immediate skin reaction to schistosoma antigens. The human homocytotropic antibody is responsible for immediate skin reactions and transfer of hypersensitivity in the Prausnitz-K¨stner (P.K.) test, observed in allergic diseases provoked by several allergens, such as inhalants, foods, drugs and certain parasites.

This article cites a case-report of sex chromosome abnormalities in mentally retarded male offenders including a psychological study of patients with XXY and XXYY karyotypes. In recent years several research papers have described cases of sex chromosome abnormalities in patients from Danish state hospitals, special security hospitals and youth prisons. Since the first publication of the observation of a 47,XYY male in 1961 by the Danish National Service, several investigations of Klinefelter's and Turner's syndromes have been reported. For this study, all patients present on a given census day in special security wards of two Danish institutions for the mentally retarded and all criminal patients contacting one open institution during an eighteen-month period were examined for chromosomal abnormalities. Intelligence quotients of 99 criminals were calculated that varied according to sex chromosome constitution. Eight patients with sex chromosome abnormalities were found. Of these, the karyotype was 47,XYY in six cases, 47,XXY in one case, and 48,XXYY in one case.

In the management of British grassland to-day there appears to be a marked divergence between the policies advocated by grassland science and general grassland practice. While science places emphasis on monocultures of sown species (mainly perennial ryegrass), heavily fertilized and intensively stocked, grassland farmers for the most part rely on long-established or indigenous swards composed of a variety of species and receiving modest applications of fertilizer. Since the gap between the two approaches is both substantial and of long duration the subject appears to be worth fresh attention. The purpose of this paper is to examine the current situation in relation to improvement In botanical composition and to suggest new approaches to that end. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information about various Australian publications focusing on dermatomycoses. Australian literature is, on the whole, rather poor in its reference to dermatomycoses. The first recorded paper appeared in 1891 in the "Australian Medical Journal," when researcher Finch Noyes wrote of his experiments in the artificial cultivation of the trichophyton fungus of skin and hair, another microbiologist reported two cases of fungus diseases of the nails. Tinea pedis is the most common manifestation of fungal infection in Australia, but apparently no investigations were made in this field until 1939.

This article reports on the clinical meeting of the British Association of Dermatology held at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on August 21, 2004. In a research paper related to lichen plalsrus atrophicus with carcinoma, presented at the meeting, a patient had a history that 20 years prior to being seen an area of rash had appeared on the outer side of his right leg. The right big toe nail was absent. Since that time, he stated, his condition has waxed and waned till early this year, when ulcers began to appear on his right leg. Several other research papres and case studies were presented in the meeting.

The information upon which this survey is based was obtained from the records of the Department of Histopathology of the Fairfax Institute, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales. From the beginning of July, 1950, to the end of December, 1961, tissue specimens were examined from 478 patients, comprising 189 males and 289 females. Some of the specimens were of metastatic deposits removed from patients who had been diagnosed earlier in this and in other institutions. It must be understood, therefore, that the figures in this paper neither represent the incidence of melanoblastoma in the population at large nor do they indicate the number of new cases seen at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

The article focuses on first conference on medical journalism in Australia and New Zealand which was held on October 26th, 27th and 28th, 1960. The conference was sponsored by the Post-Graduate Committee in Medicine of the University of Sydney and the Post-Graduate Medical Foundation. There were six formal papers, three round-table discussions and a concluding session in which monitors presented brief syntheses of the themes which they had covered during the conference. The purpose of the conference was to discuss the present position of medical journalism and ways and means of developing this aspect of medical practice in Australia and New Zealand.

The writing of this paper has been prompted by the fact that a patient suffering from the rare and interesting condition known as erythema elevatum diutinum has recently been under the care of the writer, and that coincidentally the subject has been excellently reviewed in an article by H. Haber in the "British Journal of Dermatology" from which the writer has drawn freely. The essential differences between erythenta elevation and granuloma annulare with which it may be confused have also been pointed out by Haber who states that granuloma annulare is commonest in children and young adults but may occur at any age, and histologically shows a central area of necrobiosis or necrosis of collagen surrounded by a cellular infiltrate arranged in palisade manner pointing towards the degenerated area.

This paper has attempted to reduce a complex field to some semblance of order by classifying ointment bases according to their physical properties. If the type of any new base is known, this should be sufficient to place it in one of the groups, when immediately one will have some idea of its properties, its incompatibilities, pH range, and the manner of prescribing it. In conclusion, it might be said that although the vast change that has taken place in this field has increased the complexity of the subject, it has resulted in more efficient bases, of cosmetic elegance, with a greatly increased range of usefulness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is a preliminary survey of one hundred and twenty cases of tinea tonsurans treated at the Ringworm Clinic of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, New South Wales, during the years 1948, 1949 and 1950. During the periods of supervision it was found that many cases, appearing clinically cured with normal hair growth in the infected parts, still showed fluorescing hairs. On the other hand many children exhibited bald, scaly, often erythematous patches, which to the naked eye seemed heavily infected, but which, on examination by the light, proved to be free from infection.

Acne vulgaris is one of the commonest diseases of the skin which come within the province of the dermatologist and the general practitioner. Its importance lies in the fact that it can be annoyingly ugly and disfiguring to an extent that may bring about disturbances of personality, with ensuing social and economic perplexities. It is the purpose of this paper to endeavour to indicate the methods of treatment most likely to produce the best therapeutic results based on a brief resume of the literature on the subject and the authors own personal experience. It can be concluded that with a judicious use and interchange of treatment along the lines mentioned, "good results" should be obtained in over 90% of all patients with acne if they can be persuaded to continue under observation and treatment and not cease to bother when they obtain varying degrees of improvement.

Presents a list of papers related to dermatology. "Problem Acne," by B. C. Tate in the journal "Practitioner"; "Dermatological Allergy," by R. L. Baer and M. Leider in the journal "Ann. Allergy"; "Antihistamine in Dermatology," by E. Bassas Grau in the journal "Med. clín."

Presents a list of books and papers about dermatology and syphilology. "Acne Necrotica. Aetiology," by F. Serri de Pavie; "Addison's Disease. Pigmentation," by F. A. Whitlock; "Arteritis of Cutaneous Arteries," by M. Knoulich; "Beheet's Syndrome," by Z. Kraus; "Cutaneous Cancer," by E. V. Cowdry.

Focuses on a paper on observations made on volunteers burned with mustard vapour under tropical conditions between 1943 and 1945 on the basis of experimental work with mustard gas. Percentage of incidence and severity of the lesions among the different regions of the body of young adults; Stages of the development of lesions; Dermatological complications experienced by the patients; Comparison between heat burns and mustard burns.

Lists several research papers on dermatology. "Proteins in Skin. Amino-Acid Composition," by S.R. Mardashev, which appeared in a 1947 issue of the periodical "Biochimia"; "Psoriasis of Palms and Soles. Treatment," which appeared in a 1948 issue of the "Journal of the American Medical Association"; "Radiodermatitis following Radium Therapy for Naevus Flammeus," by A.C. Cipollaro, which appeared in a 1948 issue of the "Archives of Derm. Syph."

The article presents a paper, which refers to syphilological facts that were observed by the author during a Belgium war. Immediately after the arrival of the German invaders of 1940 in Brussels, Belgium, drastic measures were taken with the object of keeping down the venereal diseases plague. In man, the deplorable accidents of generalized syphilis occurring as a consequence of blood transfusion, without the slightest local reaction at the point of penetration of the needle, are in accordance with experimental facts.

Presents a list of papers related to dermatology. "The Secondary Reaction in Twenty-Day Intensive Arsenotherapy," by R. H. Crede; "Dermatitis Exfoliative Following Arsphenamine Therapy," by M. J. Costello and S. Landy; "Calcinosis Cutis," by E. Michelson and K. B. Skubi; "Experimental Prophylaxis of Chaneroid," by F. C. Combes and O. Canizares.

Presents several papers related to dermatology presented at the Royal Society of Medicine Dermatological Section on January 19, 1939. "Radioactive Ointment as a Method of Surface Radium Therapy," by Albert Eidinow; "Superficial Ulcerated Squamous-celled Carcinoma on Bridge of Nose," by G. B. Mitchell Heggs; "Grouped Miliary Sarcoid of Boeck," by Louis Forman.

The article presents information about various research papers or articles related to dermatology published in various journals. Articles included are "Furunculosis Problem in Palestine," by E. Lasowski; "Inheritance of Skin Diseases," by H. Fuhs; "Xeroderma Pigmentosum," by A.H. Roffo; "Bismuth Reactivation," by G. Milian; "Mapharsen in Treatment of Syphilis," by H.N. Cole and R.B. Palmer; "Fungi, Pathogenic: Subsurface Growth on Peptone, Hair, Pig-skin and Cysteine-cystine Mediums," by J.W. Williams.

Reports on a paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the British Association of Dermatology and Syphilology at Edinburgh on June 20, 1937 about the allegation that dermatologists neglect industrial dermatitis. Incidence of industrial disease; Effects on the body of various trades and occupations; Identification of a number of industrial dermatitis cases.

Focuses on papers presented at a meeting of the Section of Dermatology of the Royal Society of Medicine, on December 17, 1937. Specific treatment of stapyhlococcal infections; Case of labio-buccal melanosis; Case of phlebectasia.

Presents the opening paper read by Dr. G. B. Dowling at the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the British Association of Dermatology and Syphilology in London, England, July 10, 1936. Explanation on whether allergy can be attached to a mechanism; Description of atopic eczema; Information on urticaria.

Presents the opening paper read by Dr. W. N. Goldsmith at the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the British Association of Dermatology and Syphilology in London, England, July 10, 1936. Scope of the term, allergy; Warning against a common error in methods of research on allergy; Reasons for thinking it likely that antibodies play a part in the tuberculin-reaction.

Presents a list of research papers on dermatology. "Allergy in Five Generations," by Barbara G. R. Crawford in the journal "Brit. Med. Journ."; "Researches into the Blood-sugar and Liver Function in Some Dermatoses," by Gustav Guldberg and Lars Hannisdal in the journal "Arch. f. Derm u. Syph."; "Prevention of Dermatitis Venenata Due to Poison Ivy in Children," by Matthew Molitch and Samuel Poliakoff in the journal "Arch. of Derm. and Syph."

Focuses on papers related to dermatology presented at the Royal Society of Medicine Dermatological Section's meeting on February 20, 1936. Symptoms associated with urticaria pigmentosa; Clinical description of Schamberg's disease; Treatment of erythema annulare centrifugum.

Investigates case-reports of 12 cases of granuloma annulare, three of which have been associated with lupus vulgaris. Review of the literature particularly those papers written under the title of "granuloma annulare"; Description of the condition under different titles; Etiology of the clinical entity now recognized under the diagnosis of granuloma annulare; Clinical features; Histological reports; Mantoux reaction; Indication that histological changes in granuloma annulare are limited to the dermis and subcutaneous tissue; Occurrence in members of the same family noted on four occasions in the literature; Associated tuberculous affections; Significance of tuberculin skin-tests; Incidence in different countries; Comparison with lupus vulgaris.

Previous studies show that elevation of different blood enzyme values appears in asthma patients, probably as a result of tissue damage caused by changed tensions of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the tissues. Lever necrosis has been shown to exist in severe cases. The present paper correlates an elevation of blood enzyme values with the time the patients have lived after the highest blood enzyme values. During the period 1957-1961, determinations of different blood enzyme values were performed on 134 patients with asthma with varying severity.

The present paper reports on results of plasma kinin determinants in dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB) contact dermatitis in guinea-pigs using in vivo skin perfusion. Kinin activity was demonstrated in all dermal perfusates twenty four and forty eight hours after topical application of DNCB on sensitized and non-sensitized guinea-pigs. Kinins were also found in five of six perfusates twelve hours after application on sensitized guinea-pigs. The activity of the material was completely destroyed by chymotrypsin. This inactivation by chymotrypsin together with the characteristic type of contraction supports the identity of the material as a kinin.