Reprint of September 1954 article, Public Health Rep. 69(9):487. : In commemoration of the Bicentennial of the United States, PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS in each issue an article of historic significance to public health.

Clinicult, a selective medium for culturing Neisseria gonorrhoeae, was field-tested in a gonorrhea screening program in Seattle, Wash., in 1973. The results with this medium and with the Transgrow and Thayer-Martin culture systems were compared as to...

Data are presented on the characteristics of all patients with end-stage uremia who were treated in Connecticut hemodialysis programs over a 7-year period. Of the total of 353 patients, 103 patients died, 37 had successful transplants and discontinue...

The enormous commitment of resources to ambulatory health care services requires that flexible and easily implementable management techniques be developed to improve the allocation of health manpower and funds. This article develops a feasible model ...

The results of a survey of 10,200 visits to 11 Boston hospital emergency rooms during a 9-day period in March 1972 are presented. The survey was designed to provide data on emergency room use to permit more informed planning by public agencies concer...