EXPERIMENTS IN HYDROCORTISONE IONIZATION

Theory of Laser-enhanced Ionization in Flames - Comparison with Experiments

Hydrocortisone choleresis in the dog.

Hydrocortisone sodium succinate (Solu-Cortef; Upjohn Co., Kalamazoo, Mich.) has been found to induce choleresis in unanesthetized fasting dogs fitted with Thomas duodenal cannulae for direct quantitative collection of bile. In all experiments, bile flow increased (average, 68%) 15-20 min after beginning hydrocortisone by infusion in association with an equivalent increment in the output of sodi...

Hydrocortisone in Minor Orthopædic Conditions

DISILLUSIONMENT and disappointment frequently follow the initial enthusiasm for using a new therapeutic substance. Only prolonged and careful study by many workers reveals the true value and the limitations of a new drug. When Hench and his associates at the Mayo Clinic introduced cortisone for the systemic treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (Hench et. al., 1949) hopes ran high at first, but gra...

Local hydrocortisone in Peyronie's disease.

Peyronie's disease (chronic indurative cavernositis) is not common but examples are seen from time to time in venereal disease clinics. While the fibrositis in a few instances follows trauma or infection, most cases are idiopathic. The patient usually complains of discomfort or pain and actual bending of the penis during erection; as a result he may be impotent. The site and depth of the fibros...

Plasma Hydrocortisone in Mental Diseases.