/library/oar/handle/123456789/42927 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 04:39:38 GMT 2025-11-10T04:39:38Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/42985 Title: Liver biopsy Abstract: The diagnosis of liver disease is still in many instances more easily made by chemical and simple laboratory methods than by other time-consuming tests because almost no liver function test measures basic function, and because most liver diseases comprise several basic pathological processes which influence the tests in different ways. Sun, 01 Jan 1956 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/42985 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/42955 Title: Infantile visceral leishmaniasis in the Maltese Islands Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is the record the decline in the incidence of leishmaniasis in the Maltese Islands over the past eight years, to comment on the literature perused during its preparation, and to review the insecticide residual technique used against the vector. It will also serve as an introduction to a later paper which will deal with epidemiological figures relating to the part played by the sand-fly in transmission of the disease. The clinical picture is not given, as Debono's (1947) description of the illness is not to he improved upon. Sun, 01 Jan 1956 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/42955 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/42954 Title: The inquiring physician Abstract: It is a distinct honour for me to preside over the twenty-third annual meeting of this Society. The Centrall Society for Clinical Research met for the first time in Chicago in 1928 with Dr. Frank Billings acting as President. Over the intervening years the membership has adhered to the original objectives of the Society: to cultivate clinical research and to develop younger men. Sun, 01 Jan 1956 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/42954 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/42953 Title: A new nasal decongestant Abstract: During the months of June to October, 1955 a field trial was carried out by several general practitioners to assess the efficacy of a new nasal decongestant. Sun, 01 Jan 1956 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/42953 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z