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 1947
Status of thiouracil in treatment of hyperthyroidism, Albert Frederick Degner
Psychosomatic disorders encountered in internal medicine and their relation to organic disease, Lloyd Londrosh Downing
Factors influencing wound healing, Robert Wayne Ehrlich
Cardiac function tests, Louis Leroy Ericson
Etiological aspect of essential hypertension, William Nathan Fawell
Male climacteric, Robert Ellsworth Fitch
Bundle branch block, David Wright Flory
Brucellosis : with special emphasis on diagnosis and treatment, Robert John Foley
Processes of ageing, Cletus Troy Frerichs
Parathyroid function and hyperparathyroidism, Donald Delby Haase
Diagnosis of peripheral nerve injuries and the surgical treatment of divided nerve ends, Burton Ray Hall
Hirsutism, Robert Wiese Hanisch
Evolvement of the present day treatment of hydrocephalus, Howard Edward Hansen
Nutritional edema, Harold Elmer Harvey
Rational treatment of glaucoma simplex, Walter Carlton Harvey
Paralytic ileus : etiology and treatment, Charles Frank Heider
Polycystic kidney diseases : pathogenesis and clinical aspects, Charles Gordon Hermann
Basic personality type of the chronic alcoholic, Edward Emil Houfek
Vomiting of pregnancy, Gerriet Arthur Janssen
Mental disorders of the menopause : with particular reference to involutional melancholia, Aldis Adelbert Johnson
Refrigeration anesthesia, Verner Stanley Johnson
Role of arteriolospasm : the posterior pituitary, and acethylcholine in the toxemia of pregnancy, Arthur E Hertzler Knox
Multiple sclerosis, Robert Reese Koefoot
Surgical treatment of hypertension, Carl Donald Koutsky
Rheumatic fever : problem in the Armed Forces of the United States, Willard George Kuehn
Epidemiology of poliomyelitis : including a survey of cases in Douglas County, Nebraska, during the 1946 season, Edwin John Loeffel
Clinical significance of variations of the blood cholesterol, George Walter Loomis
Formation and utilization of plasma proteins and the changes they undergo in normal and toxemic pregnancy, Robert James Lynn
Thrombotic phenomenon : considerations of the mechanism of its production and the clinical implications, Esar Gordon Margolin
Symposium on anti-histamine agents, Thomas Joseph McGuire
Trigeminal neuralgia, Patricia Elizabeth McIllece
Bacteriology and the chemotherapeutic susceptibility of the alpha-hemolytic streptococcus as found in subacute bacterial endocarditis, Lee David Meese
Cardiac pain in angina pectoris : its mechanism and treatment, Homer Curtiss Merrick
Etiology and epidemiology of infectious hepatitis, Lyle David Milliken
Bursitis and its treatment, Marvin Christensen Nelson
Physiology and treatment of severe burns : with special reference to burn shock, Arthur Morris Pederson
Indications, contraindications, and mortality of cesarean section, Samuel Huntington Perry
Hemoplastic skin grafting, Byron Douglas Petersen
Evolution of the treatment of peritonitis following appendicitis, Kenneth Pierson
Enzymatic basis of chemotherapy, Kenneth Dwight Rose
Myasthenia gravis, Myron Ethan Rubnitz
Role of sulphur containing amino acids in the treatment of liver disorders, Donald Herbert Sallenbach
Enzymatic activity in disease, Herbert Samuel Salzberg
Treatment of shock : the effect of environmental temperature, Robert Henry Scherer
Lipotrophic substances, Frederick Paul Schnell
Control of the production of the antidiuretic vasopressins, Gilbert Carlyle Schreiner
Undescended testis, Melvin Mendel Schwartz
Rheumatoid arthritis, Milton Simons
Pernicious anemia : its etiology, symptoms, signs, findings, pathology and treatment, Merle Eugene Sjogren
Hypothalamus and the central control of body temperature, Maxcy Jean Smith
Progressive pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, Wesley Austin Soland
Pathogenic disturbances in the primary hemorrhagic diatheses : with a new modification of their classification, Wayne Orin Southwick
Bacteriophage : its nature and use in therapy, Leon Ethelbert Steiner
Enzymology of malignant tumor, Paul Abraham Stoesz
Historical, experimental, and clinical status of urine and gastrointestinal extracts in peptic ulcer, Oliver Matthew Storsteen
Present status of compulsory health insurance, Frank Darwin Sundstrom
Role of the anterior pituitary in diabetes mellitus, Ernest Otto Theilen
Treatment of the nephrotic syndrome, Edwin Jay Westfall
Significance of the electrocardiogram in the diagnosis of ventricular enlargement, John Gantt Yost
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, Clarence Zimmer
Theses/Dissertations from 1946
Body temperature in health and disease, John Anton Adamson
Acute poliomyelitis : its epidemiology and treatment, Charles William Arnot
Relationship of chemotherapeutic agents to enzymes, John Lucian Barmore
Post-operative bed rest, William Claire Barritt
Review of sympathectomy for relief of hypertension, Lloyd Leslie Barta
Therapeutic measures in acute rheumatic fever, Jack Louis Berman
Physiological and pathological aspects of tremor, Lucien Harding Blattspieler
Biochemistry of muscle contraction and its aberrations in nutritional muscular dystrophy, Kenneth Adams Blinn
Eclampsia with emphasis on treatment, William Carl Boelter
Prognosis of acute diffuse glomerulonephritis, Joseph Kent Boughn
General survey of the human rickettsial diseases, Roger William Boulden
Impotence in the male, Edward Robert Brousseau
Study of liver function tests, Byron Lester Brown
Etiology of obesity, Vernon George Bugh
Pelvic endometriosis, Billy June Carter
Mechanism of production of heart sounds, Wallace Leroy Chambers
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, Robert Ashley Chesnut
Etiological factors in mental retardation : with special reference to the moron group, Kenneth George Chinburg
Pathogenesis of edema, Frank Dixon Conlin
Ureterosigmoidostomy, Edwin Davis
Tonsils : their uses and abuses, James Allen Davis
Oral administration of penicillin, Jack Samuel Debusk
Treatment of carcinoma of the prostate with estrogens and orchiectomy, William John Dickerson
Therapeutic abortion : legal and medical aspects, Merton Leon Ekwall
Plasma proteins, Jack Clayton Filkins
The Enema : a survey of its physiological function, Marvyn Gliss Francis
Medical treatment of thyrotoxicosis, Richard Elliot Geesaman
Psychodynamics of war neuroses, Harold LeeRoy Guard
Pineal body, Dale Caldwell Hathaway
Comparison of mechanical and manual methods of artificial respiration, Robert Herman Heise
Lead poisoning, Edward John Hinrichs
Primary cervical dystocia, Robert Charles Holm
Osteogenesis and the repair of fractures, Leo Thomas Hood
Diabetes in pregnancy, George Marlin Horner
Functions of the adrenal cortex, Theodore Franklin Hubbard
Some basic concepts of allergy, Robert Hunter Hughes
Gastric hypoacidity : clinical and physiological aspects, Richard Arthur Jones
Transfusion reaction, Richard Warren Kalmansohn
Alloxan Diabetes, Donald C. Kent
Clinical use of curare, Ray Ernest King