Canadian Medical Association journal

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One hundred and fifty-five women with functional uterine bleeding were studied to evaluate the importance of concomitant psychological disorders. Psychological illnesses were diagnosed in 128 patients (82.6%), most of which arose from probl…

In contrast to the foreign literature, there are no large North American studies on the sequelae to trauma and infection in the recently pregnant uterus. For this reason, the present status of these sequelae was reviewed and re-evaluated. T…

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Studies of the effects of megestrol (6-methyl, 6-dehydro, 17alpha-acetoxy progesterone) on human subjects indicated that this drug is a potent, orally effective progestational agent. The progestational effect was enhanced by estrogen. When …

Biological false positive serologic reactors were studied during a long-term follow-up of asymptomatic patients with chronic false positive serology for syphilitic reagin. This was done with a view to facilitating the early diagnosis of sys…

Hysterosalpingography was performed on 175 patients who had gynecological symptoms but negative pelvic findings, in order to test a new method of introducing the contrast medium into the uterus and tubes and to record the incidence of patho…

Norethindrone 2 mg. with mestranol 0.1 mg. (Ortho-Novum 2 mg.) was taken in cyclic fashion for fertility control by 62 private patients through 312 cycles. Each patient was interviewed every month during the trial period. No pregnancies occ…