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Treatment of illness in the Admiralty Islands was related to the assignment of illness to one of four main categories: (1) interpersonal, soul damage by extra-human agents, (2) interpersonal, cursing within group, (3) interpersonal, sorcery outside of group, and (4) impersonal, organic damage by an immanent impersonal agent. The first two causal assignments persist as explanations for illness with implications for traditional cures in every instance. Three and four vary inversely with one another in priority of resort to native or European curative practices. This paper offers an analysis of factors in the allocation of cases between European (acculturative) and native (counter-acculturative) curative agents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper calls attention to the formerly frequent use of ill-advised home remedies, and describes several recent cases in which the source of lead was identified as a home remedy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reducing intussusception by enema given under fluoroscopic control is being performed more often, in the U. S. A. as well as other countries. This report describes the technic, indications and contrain-dications in a busy British clinic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A variety of explanations have been offered for the utilization of alternative types of medical therapy in the developing world. This study assesses these explanations in terms of the disposition of 520 illness episodes in a rural Malay village where five distinctive types of therapy are available. The perceived etiology of the disorder and the degree of functional impairment were found to be significantly associated with the selection of a therapeutic alternative. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Traditional psychiatric theory suggests that the treatment of the mentally ill should be focused on curing the patient's underlying intra-personal problems. For the severely disturbed patient this approach leads to a prolonged hospitalization which may result in the atrophy of skills and the loss of community roles. An alternative treatment program aimed at preventing these secondary disabilities is described. This program has a clear career path which starts with the rapid termination of the patient's acute disturbance and ends with the development of a realistic plan for the patient's return to the community. A systematic evaluation of the program is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new approach has been described for the treatment of spasmodic croup, an illness frightening to both doctor and child. Intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) therapy appears to abort acute attacks and eliminate need for tracheotomy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]