United States Navy Medical News Letter Vol. 52 No. 1, 5 July 1968 FRONT COVER: NAVY TOXICOLOGY UNIT. MEDICAL ARTICLESClinical Management of Asthmatic Bronchitis ....1Lead Poisoning Orally in a Painter, With Hematemesis ... 5Unusual Aspects of Hyperparathyroidism ....... .7Suprahepatic Abscess .......... . .............. .11MEDICAL ABSTRACTSAcid-Base Disturbances in 50 Severely Wounded Patients in Hemorrhagic Shock Prior to Treatment ........ . ................15Effect of Exogenous Lactate on Arterial Lactate Levels in Humans in Shock ..... ...16Magnesium Metabolism ...................... .16Surgery of the Esophagus ...................... .17DENTAL SECTIONStudy of Histologic Repair Responses Following Osseous-Dental Transplantation .............. .17Personnel and Professional Notes .............. .17NURSE CORPS SECTIONRole of the Clinical Specialist in Nursing ...19PREVENTIVE MEDICINE SECTIONCholera ................................... . .21Green Monkey Disease Episode-1967 . . .... .. . .21Food-Borne Disease Problem Today ............ .22Consequences of Natural Exposure to Rubella During Pregnancy .... ........24Human Brucellosis--United States .............. .25Know Your World ........................... .25EDITOR'S SECTIONAddendum to NAMRU #3 History ........ ... . .26Radioisotope Angiocardiogram ................ .27Thyrocalcitonin, A New Thyroid Hormone ...... .27Immumzatlons .............................. .29BUMED Film Releases .. . .................... .29