The MD Theses collection consists of manuscripts written by medical students from 1931-1969 at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, now University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)
Theses/Dissertations from 1953
Antabuse in alcoholism, Benjamin Robinson
Primary calcium urinary calculi : predisposing factors and the possible use of estrogens in their prophylaxis, Earl Forrest Rose
Use of electric shock therapy in geriatric mental problems, Pauline D. Royal
Carcinoma in situ of the cervix : a statistical study and general discussion, William John Russum
Effect of terramycin on blood coagulation, Kenneth Kazuwo Sato
Adenomatoid tumors of the epididymis, Richard D. Sautter
Evaluation of sympathectomy for hypertension, E G. Schaumberg
Epidermoids of the skull and central nervous system, George William Schossow
Low salt syndrome, Robert M. Sorenson
Acute noncalculous cholecystitis : with special reference to the surgical treatment, Houtz Gillilan Steenburg
Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism : a study of fifty-three cases : including the report of a new case, Jerold Frank Steinhour
Use of oral banthine in the treatment of heartburn during pregnancy, Verlyn W. Steinkruger
Clinical cholesterol variations, Donald E. Taylor
Treatment of tuberculosis with neomycin, Conrad James Thomas
Human bites, Richard Lee Tollefson
Present concepts in therapy of decubitus ulcers, Kenneth R. Treptow
Potassium deficiency in post-surgical patients, Kenneth L. Urwiller
Complications following the use of saddle block anesthesia for delivery, Vernon W. Vogt
Birth and delivery as stress : their relation to adrenocortical function, Sherrill Von Bergen
Use of procaineamide in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias, Howard F. Yost
Theses/Dissertations from 1952
Evaluation of the Bolen blood test for the diagnosis of cancer, Carl Richard Aschoff
Dicumarol in pulmonary embolism, Paul J. Beithon
Agenesis of the corpus callosum : a report of two cases, Robert Leslie Bierbower
Cholin and its use in the treatment of complications of diabetes mellitus, Marvin Dean Bordy
Glucose tolerance test by the Wilkerson-Heftmann blood sugar, Zane Rex Boyd
Effects of ultraviolet hemo-irradiation, David Dean Bronder
Experimental investigation of the effect of chylomicronemia on blood coagulation, Robert E. Butler
Effect of immunizations on the susceptibility to poliomyeltis, John Douglas Carson
Reliability of the copper sulfate test as a test for anemia, Bruce Frederick Claussen
Recent trends in segregation regulations for control of Hansen's disease in the United States, Grace Elizabeth Clements
Effect of lactation on the incidence of carcinoma of breast, David Leroy Edelman
Infectious mononucleosis : etiology and diagnosis, Milton Dwight Faul
Intra-arterial transfusion, John Richard Finkner
Sudden cardiac arrest : a surgical emergency, James R. Frans
Blood sugar determinations : a comparison of different methods - their validity and fallacy, Harold Ellis Gentry
Factors involved in postcholecystectomy states, Harris Breiner Graves
Complement-fixation test in the diagnosis of amebiasis, Earl George Greene Jr
Thrombosis : its relation to chronic venous insufficiency of the lower extremity and its course into crural ulcer and its treatment, Russell Gilbert Gustavson
Role of lysozyme in the pathogenesis of ulcerative alimentary disease, Keay Hachiya
Review of recent literature pertaining to the factors influencing the five year survival rates of breast cancer, Donald R. Hagel
Plasma cell mastitis : a review of the literature and presentation of two cases, George James Haslam
Food poisoning : poultry and poultry products as possible etiological agents, Orin Robert Hayes
Use of the endotracheal catheter in resuscitation of the asphyxiated newborn, Marquis Warren Hineman
Effect of ACTH on experimental chronic glomerulonephritis in the Whelan rat, Kenneth Clyde Hoffman
Relationship of acetylcholine in the placenta to the onset of labor, George F. Hoffmeister
Effect of ACTH on chronic glomerulonephritis in the experimental animal, Leo Adrian Hrnicek
Diabetic neuropathy : with special reference to pathology and pathogenesis, Patricia Alynne Hunt
Fasting : followed by a reducing diet, Robert Hugo Johnson
Etiological aspects of cerebral palsy, Robert Warren Johnson
Phenacemide in the treatment of epilepsy, Stanley L. Johnson
Technique and the clinical application of phlebograms of the lower extremity, Benjamin Keith Karas
Relationship of fetal abnormalities to maternal virus infection, Henry J. Kellogg
Use of cation exchange resins in edematous states, William Clinton Kenner
Effect of physical exertion on resistance to poliomyelitis, Philip Sheridan King
Role of hyaluronidase in fertilization, Phillip Kolnick
Use of tolserol as a diagnostic and prognostic aid in low back disorders, Theodore John Lemke Jr
Curare in deliveries, William B. Long
Pathogenesis of tetany, Thomas H. Luby
Beta-glucuronidase : a review of the literature and a study of its use as a screening test for gynecological cancer, Roger D. Mason
Role of potassium in the refractory alkalosis in post-surgical patients, Georgia Elizabeth May
Thorotrast and its use in mammography, Donald W. McIlece
Commissurotomy in mitral stenosis, Clyde Avery Medlar
Pathogenesis and clinical importance of corpus luteum cysts in the human ovary, Ramona Jean Middleton
Clinical use of cafergot therapy in migraine headache, Warren Robert Miller
Use of anticoagulants in the treatment of frostbite, John G. Minder
Sustenance of circulation by means of an extracorporeal pump and its relationship to cardiac surgery, Donal Harlan Morgan
Serum lipoproteins and their relation to atherosclerosis, James W. Morrow
Effect of cortisone on the erythrocytic sedimentation rate in rheumatoid arthritis, Lester John Nathan
Respiratory measurements in children using the Bennett respiratory ventilation meter, Patricia Jean Neely
Causative factors in intracellular potassium changes, Parry Swan Nelson
Experimental production of rheumatic carditis in rabbits by anaphylactic reaction to horse serum, Salvatore Luciano Nigro
Erythroblastosis fetalis : early recognition : indications for therapy and therapy by exchange transfusion, Merle Lewis Otto
Saddle block anesthesia in obstetrics, Wayne Wilson Owens
Experimental prevention of hematopoietic depression from total body irradiation, John Edward Peckler
Female pseudohermaphrodite, Robert K. Phillips
Paraganglioma versus carotid body-like tumors in the neck, Robert V. Plehn
Albumin-s test in the diagnosis of malignancy, Ernest Howell Price
Spatial vectorcardiography : its relationship to the electrocardiogram, Robert Orville Ralston
Effect of cortisone on cardiovascular lesions produced by anaphylactic hypersensitivity, Hans Rath
Subtotal adrenalectomy for hypertension, Dale Crosser Reynolds
Tobacco smoking : a possible etiologic factor in bronchiogenic carcinomas, William Edward Reynolds
Diagnosis of acute anterior coronary infarction by use of limb leads, George Raymond Rieth
Biological assay of acetylcholine in the human placenta, Kenneth Dale Rodabaugh
Xanthomatosis : with discussion of some of the common types, Gordon B. Roget
Use of benemid in enhancement of serum blood levels of pencillin, Alvin Richard Scheffel
Value of choline in the treatment of atherosclerosis, Gerhard T. Schmunk
Clinical application of potassium therapy, Clayton M. Shors
Choline, phospholipid metabolism and atherosclerosis, Earl Shrago
The Use of exchange resins in medicine, Robert Nelson Smith
The treatment of the leukemias with folic acid antagonists, Kenneth Claire Stout
Cortisone : its role in the treatment of bronchial asthma, Donald Trojan Stroy
Dextra : a plasma extender, William L. Sumption
Therapeutic use of cortisone in ocular disorders, Damaris Elisabeth Suttle
Relation of chronic cystic mastitis to carcinoma, John Rutherford Thompson
A Possible new screening technique for cancer, John Richard VaVerka
Cervical sympathetic block in the treatment of cerebrovascular occlusion, Joseph Raymond Volk
Relation of splenic functions to hematopoietic recovery following radiophosphorus intoxication in the Albino rat, James L. Vose
The Mittelschmerz, Roger Edward Wehrs
Artane in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, Leland Blaine Wilson
Evaluation of five diagnostic tests for the toxemias of pregnancy, Herbert Jerome Winer