The Vancouver Medical Association Bulletin: October, 1943
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date: 1943-10
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issued: 1943-10
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note: t wHir of the MEDli^IMS«wB)N Vol. XX. OCTOBER, 1943 No*^ With Whu%$£ Incorporated ■ Transactions of the Victoria Med^^^mocie^ the Vanemiverpeneral^o and- St Pc^mH0S^S'\--: In This Issue: NEWS AND KOTES PROVlJg^LAL BOARD CS^EAjgpl_........'.' ^^^P^JJSIQ^^^^^^ - ----- THE SEX STEROID^ifiGENE^H^MEDl<|Ki^(tW^C 19 Diethyl-stilboestrol diproplonate, A synthetic oestrogen for oral administration Diethyl - stllboestrol diproplonate It proving especially valuable In the treatment of Prostatic ffeopfasms. Under Its definitely an tl-androgenic Influence, prostatic growths ^often and diminish In size, urinary retention decreases, and patients report easing of pain. ORESTOL C.B.S. is available in bottles of 100 or 500. C.C.T, §530—0,5 mg. C.C.T. §531 —1.0 mg. C.C.T. §532 — 5.0 mg. ORESTOL E.B.S., the dipropionate of diethyl- stilboestrol, has been found to be less toxic, and to give effective relief, for longer periods, than the parent compound, diethyl-stilboestrol. (Freed, Eisin, and Greenhill, J.A.M.A., Vol. 119, No. 17, p. 1412-1414). The Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association accepted, over a year ago, *(JA.MA., June 20,1942) the use of diethyl-stilboestrol, for the following conditions: Senile Vaginitis Kraurosis Vulvae Gonorrhoeal Vaginitis ^Infantilism in Women Menopausal Symptoms •Since the above report was published, extensive research, in U.SJL particularly, is corroborating the findings of earlier investigators that the oral administration of diethyl-stilboestrol and its derivatives is of definite value in treating: Suppression of lactation, breast engorgement, dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhoea, habitual abortion, hypersexuality in the male, and prostatic neoplasms. Wh*n Prescribing SjMctfy E.B.S. THE E. B. SHUTTLEWORTH CHEMICAL CO. LIMITED TOPONfO MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS CANADA BRITISH liovi 43 THE VANCOUVER MEDICAL A S jjOCXA T I O N BULLETIN Published Monthly under the Auspices of the Vancouver Medical Asociation in the interests of the Medi…
has type: Periodicals
identifier: W1 .VA625
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language: English
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