Memories of the meetings in Atlantic City of the two major academic medical societies, the AAP and the ASCI, are enveloped by a vague and unsettling nostalgia. Dominating the scene was the Boardwalk--a site of unexpected encounters, often with long-forgotten colleagues, evoking a feeling of shared intellectual excitement and rich personal ties.

Recently a reciprocity theorem has been derived from the transport-relaxation equations for a simple system, consisting of one medium (Ref . ' ) . With a composite system, consisting of two immiscible media in contact, a plausible generalized reciprocity scheme, here called universal reciprocity postulate, is suggested now. It leads to an equivalent reciprocity requirement at the interface betw...

No one really looks forward to getting a shot, but for the vast majority of people, vaccines are very safe. Some people experience mild side effects like soreness after receiving a vaccine, and rarely people report more serious problems. In your case, the best course of action is to tell your health provider about your previous symptoms, and then follow the provider's advice for future vaccinat...

The Nation's spending for health in fiscal year 1976 reached $139.3 billion, or $638 per person, according to preliminary figures. This total was 14 percent higher than the $122.2 billion spent for health in 1975. In the 2 years since price controls on the health industry were lifted, expenditures have risen $33.0 billion (31 percent). During this period, the economy has grown at a relatively s...

Thirty-one blood samples were obtained from wild male black bears at different times of the calendar year. The samples were assayed for serum testosterone and the results were correlated with testicular size, time of year and nutritional status. A significant annual testosterone rhythm was found with high values during March through mid-July (mean 153 ng per 100 ml) and low values from mid-July...

1928-1976 D R. ROBERT INSLEE WEED, Professor of Medicine and of Radiation Biology and Biophysics, and Chief of the Hematology Unit in the Department of Medicine at the University of Rochester, died August 18, 1976. Dr. Weed obtained his baccalaureate in 1949 and his medical degree in 1952 from Yale University. He interned in Medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester. T...

A study based on program records showd that about 200,000 persons receiving supplemental security income (SSI) payments in December 1976 were living with a spouse who was not eligible for payments. In most cases, the beneficiaries were disabled and the spouses were too young to be eligible. Some spouses were receiving help indirectly from the program through the essential-person increment, Stat...

A number of interesting research problems arise from current attempts to incor ,orate abstraction mechanisms in programming languages. Sc~me of them are central issues in current research projects a~d others are direct extensions of current work. Several prol~lems in each of these areas are outlined below. A t h i r d section presents a series of speculations about how this ~vork might evolve i...

Jacques Monod, born 100 years ago, was one of the main founders of molecular biology. A quotation of Roger Stanier seems to me of immediate relevance to the topic of this meeting on ‘‘Chance and necessity in evolution,’’ dedicated to the works of Jacques Monod: ‘‘Jacques Monod, one of the great scientists of the twentieth century, will always have an honored place among the leaders of the secon...