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While examining a patient with acute intussusception under the fluoroscope several months ago, I noticed that the invading mass of bowel was pushed backward by the column of barium from its original position at the sigmoid flexure to a new one in the transverse colon, in which it was found half an hour later when the abdomen was opened for the purpose of carrying out the usual operative treatment in such cases. The patient made a successful recovery, but three months later the mother appeared at the office with the child and announced that she was certain that there was a recurrence of the old trouble. Her observation was confirmed by the finding of a movable tumor mass in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen and an unmistakable blocking of the column of barium distal to the hepatic flexure. As it met the invading ileum, the column of barium

The case reported here is presented because of the absolute yet unique manner in which a diagnosis of ruptured bladder was made, in spite of negative Vaughan-Rudnick air cystograms.Miss J. S., aged 24, was brought to the Berwyn Hospital on the evening of April 3, 1929, after the automobile in which she was riding had been struck and overturned by a Rapid Transit car. After a few hours of rest the moderate shock of the patient subsided, and she complained of suprapubic distress. A roentgenogram of the pelvis showed fractures of both rami of the right and left pubes. On catheterization, 150 cc. of bloody urine was obtained.Three hundred cc. of air was injected into the bladder, but air cystograms and fluoroscopic studies by the Vaughan-Rudnick method1 were not abnormal. Two hours later, distinct crepitation could be felt beneath the skin in the suprapubic area from the

The article presents a humorous story about a newspaperwoman from Washington, D.C. who came to Warsaw, Poland in 1947 to cover the country's postwar recovery and reconstruction. The newspaperwoman sought an interview with an army general just after hostilities ceased. The general replied affably to routine questions about his country's postwar recovery and reconstruction. But he glared daggers and issued a sharp commentary on overinquisitive correspondents when the woman asked him on what degree the country is subject to the authority of the Soviet Union.