https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/34330 2026-04-11T11:26:47Z 2026-04-11T11:26:47Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/16025 2017-01-31T02:19:03Z 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: International academy of legal medicine and social medicine Abstract: The aim of the International academy of legal medicine is the furthering of scientific progress in the field of Legal Medicine, especially by promoting collaboration and the exchange of information among specialists on an International level, by holding scientific meetings and congresses, by recommending guidelines in the different areas of Legal Medicine, and through Scientific Publications. The following resolutions were unanimously approved at the second Plenary Assembly held on the 28th September 1973, during the IX Congress held in Rome.

1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Zammit, Louis https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/16024 2017-01-31T02:18:17Z 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Occult urinary blood in exudative tonsillitis Authors: Zammit, Louis Abstract: Pain in the throat is quite commonly caused by an inflammatory response in the lymphoid tissue of the pharynx, tonsils and soft palate to viruses, bacteria, mycoplasma and fungi. By and large the commonest ones seen are those caused by viruses. The next commons are those caused by bacteria. This paper principally deals with streptococcal sore throats and a list has been drawn up of the important clinical characteristics all of which have to be fulfilled before a presumptive diagnosis of a streptococcal sore throat is reached. Several case reports with similar histories, showing occult blood with or without albuminuria are described. The quicker one eradicates the hemolytic streptococcus the less chance it is given to play havoc with kidney glomeruli and perhaps also heart valves.

1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Coleiro, Joseph A. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/16020 2017-01-31T02:18:15Z 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Light coagulation in diabetic retinopathy Authors: Coleiro, Joseph A. Abstract: The various techniques used by the light coagulation equipment in diabetic retinopathy are described, specifically the Zeiss White Light Coagulator, the O`Malley Log 2 Portable Light Coagulator and the Argon Laser, of which the laser is a more recent development. The aim of treatment is to break the cycle of neovascularisation, bleeding and fibrosis; an attempt is made to produce fibrosis on the flat retina before bleeding has occurred. The operative techniques are explained, whereby the complications of treatment are outlined, such as hemorrhage and retinal detachment.

1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Grech, J.L. Felice, Alex https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/16018 2021-10-15T14:49:34Z 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Assessment of a laboratory method for the evaluation of hyperlipoproteinemia Authors: Grech, J.L.; Felice, Alex Abstract: It is now generally accepted that hyperlipidemia must be interpreted in terms of hyperlipoproteinemia, for it is as lipoproteins that the major plasma lipids circulate, and any quantitative change in one or more of the lipids reflects a disturbance in the lipoproteins. This view underlies the re-examination of the hyperlipidemias lately undertaken in order to classify them in terms of lipoprotein alterations and has given rise to several alternative classifications, of which that from the National Institutes of Health has gained the widest acceptance. Within this study the subjects were classified according to the W.H.O. Classification; Table I is compatible with any system which reliably identifies and measures the individual lipoproteins and recognizes certain normal and abnormal variations. Plasma lipoproteins differ in their densities, flotation rates, electrophoretic mobility, relative content of triglycerides, cholesterol, and phospholipid and in the types and content of apo-protein. (Table II) Accordingly they may be separated by ultracentrifugation, precipitation or electrophoresis.

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