https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43802 2026-04-22T07:06:43Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43896 Title: The shock lung Abstract: The pulmonary lesion which occurs with trauma and shock has been variously known as "traumatic wet lung", "congestive atelectasis" or "haemorrhagic pulmonary oedema". Recently the designation "shock lung" has been used. It has now been established that in patients who die of shock and trauma, the lungs are involved more frequently than any other organ. 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43850 Title: Ulcerative colitis Abstract: Although this disease is not common in Malta, it is one that should deserve more of our attention. It is a chronic disease land very often associated with complications. This survey aims at presenting the incidence, aetiology, pathology, clinical presentations, complications and progress of this multifacial disease as it occurs in these islands. 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43849 Title: Tracheotomy Editors: Castillo, Andrew; Fenech, Albert Abstract: One of the oldest successful ventures into the realm of surgery, and has been instrumental in saving lives of countless people over many centuries. Nowadays, it is being used with increasing frequency in the treatment of any patient with respiratory failure. 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43848 Title: The radiologist in the modern teaching hospital Abstract: Perhaps it is true to say that no branch in Medicine has changed so drastically in the last twenty five years as did Radiology. Up to the last World War, the Radiology Department was usually housed somewhere in the basement of the Hospital and the Radiologist, often 'amateur' and 'honorary' popped in and out of the hospital and reported on piles of films, often unnoticed. More often than not, nobody took much notice of his reports. This was the sad state of Radiology in those far gone days. Since the last World War, the whole of Medicine has changed a lot, and we feel that Radiology, through its evolution, has played a considerable part to bring about such a change. To take only one aspect, organ transplantation, cardiac surgery and vascular surgery have been made possible through the developments and advances in Radiology. 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z