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J R Ellis

Publications and source records attributed to J R Ellis.

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PubMed1976

Human values in medical education.

Attitudes and values in medicine vary with the nature of the individual, his education and training, and the circumstances of his professional life. Comparisons are drawn between medical education in Britain 40 years ago and today. Though education has changed, British students are still mainly motivated by a desire to care for sick people. The impact of personal medicine on a country that has long accepted the need for some kind of national health service is described. It is postulated that as government and public become increasingly involved in health care, it is of paramount importance that medical education should provide a clear understanding of what a profession is and inculcate a determination to maintain true professional status. New responsibilities of the profession, to the public at large and to society, are suggested. The ability of medical education to exert a good influence on concern for human values in medicine depends in the final analysis on the ability to show excellence to medical students.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1976

The cutaneous reactions to kallikrein, prostaglandin and thurfyl nicotinate in chronic urticaria and the effect of polyphloretin phosphate.

The erythema and wealing resulting from the application of thurfyl nicotinate ointment (Trafuril) and from the inoculation of kallikrein has been studied in patients with chronic urticaria and normal controls. Polyphloretin phosphate (PPP) suppressed the reaction in controls but in patients with urticaria it increased the reactions to Trafuril and had little effect on the kallikrein reaction. PPP also suppressed the PGE2-induced erythma in normal controls but not in urticaria patients. In a separate study using fibrinolysis autography, prostaglandin (PG) E2 and PGF2alpha depressed fibrinolysis in the skin of two pigs and both kallikrein and Trafuril suppressed fibrinolysis in human skin. It is suggested that the inflammatory reaction induced by thurfyl nicotinate and kallikrein is mediated in part by a prostaglandin-like action. Several anomalies in the action of Trafuril in skin diseases can be explained if such prostaglandin-like activity is mediated in part through inhibition of fibrinolysis.

Chronic Disease↗
PubMed1974

Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis in the West of Scotland, 1967-72.

Outbreaks of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis have occurred among workers in shipyards and other industrial concerns in the West of Scotland in 1956, 1967 and 1971-72. In the most recent episode 220 persons were known to be affected and those mainly involved were shipyard personnel working on the open decks of ships under construction; only a few non-industrial workers were affected. As in previous outbreaks adenovirus type 8 was shown to be the causal organism. It is likely that spread of the virus was probably facilitated in some of the patients by such procedures as first aid measures to remove foreign bodies from the eye. A survey of the family contacts of those affected in 1971-72 revealed that only 2% were secondarily infected. This was probably due to propaganda measures to discourage the use of communal face towels, etc.Despite close virological surveillance over a period of 6 years of patients attending opthalmic clinics in the West of Scotland, there is as yet no clue to the whereabouts of adenovirus type 8 during interepidemic periods. It is suggested that travellers might be responsible for the introduction of the infection into an area.

Adenoviridae↗
PubMed1973

Effects of patulin and method of application on growth stages of wheat.

When a single, 100-mug/ml application of patulin, produced by Penicillium urticae Bainier, was applied to growth stages 7, 9, 10, and 10.1 (Feekes scale) of Lee spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), decreases in internodal elongation, floret number, seed weight, and seed number were observed. Yields were reduced according to the proximity of application prior to heading. Application of patulin to the soil in crystalline form and dissolved in aqueous solution were also investigated, and the solution method of application was found to be the treatment of choice. A single exposure of growing wheat plants to patulin can produce yield reductions similar to those observed in stubble-mulch farming.

Anti-Bacterial Agents↗
PubMed1968

Community medicine.

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Comprehensive Health Care↗
PubMed1968

Community medicine.

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Community Health Services↗