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The author discusses various articles 25, 50 and 75 years ago. They include "Achalasia of the esophagus: Results of treatment," by C. O. H. Russell and colleagues, "Circulatory refilling after surgery: I-Effects of replacement with whole blood, electrolyte or protein solution," by V. Marshall, and "Pulp traction: The stilette method" by B. T. Keon-Cohen.

This section recalls articles published in 1993, 1968, and 1943 issues of "ANZ Journal of Surgery." Topics of the articles include the case against open neck biopsy, the use of reno-portal anastomosis in the treatment of portal hypertension, and filtration efficiency of surgical masks as a method of evaluation.

The article presents several papers published in the journal in 1940, 1965 and 1990. The topics of the papers include the decrease in the incidence of stomach carcinoma, considered as one of the most common causes of cancer-related death in the U.S. and Australia, the advances in the treatment of deformities of the spine and lower limbs in spina bifida and the use of thoracoplasty for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.