The Medical journal of Australia
-
Eighteen drug-dependent medical practitioners were studied, and the results of their treatment were compared with the results of the treatment of non-doctor patients of similar age. The result of this comparison lent support to the suggestion that doctors who develop a dependence on drugs tend either to become abstainers or to die.
-
A case of fatal pneumonia caused by adenovirus type 7 in an adult is reported. This virus was isolated from the lung tissue, and typical inclusion bodies were found in histological sections. Death due to adenovirus pneumonia in adults appears to be extremely rare.