https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/13657 2026-04-04T06:31:34Z 2026-04-04T06:31:34Z Cremona, V. Camilleri, Arthur P. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/13952 2016-11-21T10:09:05Z 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The variability of birth weight Authors: Cremona, V.; Camilleri, Arthur P. Abstract: The material for this study was obtained from the maternity records relating to single births occurring in Malta throughout 1965. In this year there were 5,719 total births; of these the sample studied covers 2,517 births (44.11 percent). The records were personally examined by one of the authors (Cremona, 1967) from St. Luke's Hospital Malta, from Maltese private Hospitals, and from the District Nursing Association. In Malta the mean birth weight for male babies is 3446g, and for female babies 3358g. The mean birth weight tends to increase with the mother's parity, and this trend continues even with the higher parities. The association between birth weight and rising maternal age remains uncertain. It is also probable that birth weight has a geographical determinant. Birth weight is a multifactorial product and cannot be very reliable as a clinical parameter. A new terminology is necessary to distinguish between three different groups of babies with low birth weights.

1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Vassallo, Luis A. Harding, J.A. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/13949 2016-11-16T02:13:42Z 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Glomus jugulare tumours : their otological and neurological importance Authors: Vassallo, Luis A.; Harding, J.A. Abstract: Perusal of the literature pertaining to glomus jugulare tumours reveals the long interval which usually passes between the onset of symptoms, caused by these slowly growing tumours, and the time of diagnosis. Two case studies illustrating the main different clinical manifestations of these tumours are described. The tumours, histologically, consist of clumps of large polyhedral epithelial cells. The main presenting symptoms may be either otological or neurological, or a mixture of both. This depends on the exact site of origin of the tumour and also on the, direction in which it invades surrounding structures. Neurological manifestations though important develop, as a rule, after the start of otological symptoms. Another peculiar feature of these tumours is their increased incidence in females. The symptoms caused by these tumours have been mistaken for those arising from chronic otitis media, chronic secretory otitis media, acute suppurative otitis media and granulomata of the external auditory canal. Treatment is either surgical or by radio-therapeutic means or by a combination of both, radiotherapy preceeding surgery to reduce the vascularity of the growth. Another method of treatment which may prove to be a useful adjunct is cryosurgery.

1969-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/13945 2019-05-20T08:40:58Z 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette : volume 4 issue 2 Abstract: The introductory part of the editorial focuses on the Royal University of Malta, with special reference to its Bicentenary Celebrations and its remarkable historical importance, being the oldest university in the Commonwealth outside Britain itself. Whilst in Malta things have gone reasonable well, not so is the case of particular Universities overseas, especially in neighbouring countries, wherein Bologna University for instance, the students have wrecked its Aula Magna. Additionally, the editorial places a strong emphasis on Health education, whereby the editor points out that University should retain the way forward by keeping public health in the forefront of its thinking. In this regard, the editorial keeps underlining the aspect that Hygiene and Public Health, including epidemiology and vital statistics, are from a communal point of view the most important subject in all the medical curriculum. A scientific “Publications List” by graduates of the Maltese medical schools is outlined, and a “Book Reviews” section is dedicated to two remarkable books in dentistry. Within the “Medical News” section, information is provided about outstanding lectures given by physicians, as well as advancements and new appointments. A list of the new members of the medical profession who graduated this year is also presented. An Index containing an alphabetical list of the authors and the titles of the articles is also included. Of interest are also several advertisements promoting the names of particular pharmaceuticals at that time.

1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Vassallo, Luis A. Attard, Raphael https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/13942 2016-11-16T02:11:42Z 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Tubo ovarian abscess as a complication of typhoid fever Authors: Vassallo, Luis A.; Attard, Raphael Abstract: This paper was read at a joint meeting of the Association of Surgeons and Physicians of Malta and the Fifth Army Surgeons Travelling Club at a meeting in Malta, in May 1968. Typhoid Fever has been notorious over the decades for the variety of complications that may arise from it, and numerous references are to be found in the medical literature devoted partly or exclusively to discussion of these complications. Abscess involvement of the ovaries or Fallopian tubes is one of the rarest of complications. A patient who developed this rare complication is here described and a short review of the literature made. Factors that may have contributed to this complication are furthermore discussed. A particular aspect of typhoid management which this case study illustrates is the relationship of relapse to dosage of Chloramphenicol. It is strongly believed that the complication of tubo-ovarian abscess in the present case would not have arisen had a fully adequate dose of Chloramphenicol been given at home from the start.

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