Vol. 39 N° 2 Pt 2 - Apr/May/Jun - 1971

1- Borstel Institute for experimental biology and medicine


2- Foreword


3- Opening and introducing remarks

Josef Kimmig


4- Leprosy-research at the Forschungsinstitut Borstel

E. Freerksen


5- Leprosy help through leprosy research

H. Kober


6- Participants in the colloquium


A. INTRODUCTORY REVIEW OF LEPROSY RESEARCH

7- The impact of experimental human leprosy in the mouse on leprosy research

R. J. W. Rees


B. PATHOLOGY

8- Pathology and bacteriology of early lesions in leprosy

D. S. Ridley


9- The histologic recognition of the early lesions of leprosy

Chapman H. Binford


10- The bone lesions in leprosy a study based on microradiography and fluorescence microscopy

L. Coutelier


11- Histopathology of skin lesions in leprosy

R. D. Azulay


12- Pathology of peripheral nerve lesions in lepromatous leprosy- a light and electron microscopic study

Job C. K


13- The submicroscopic pathologic anatomy of leprosy

Georg Klingmüller


14- Semi-and ultra-thin section study of lepra lepromatosa

Erhard Fasske


15- Investigations on the physiopathology of the nerve in leprosy

A. Carayon


16- Study of spermatic-lymphatic circulation in leprous patients with gynecomastia

A. Carayon


17- The response of the patient with leprosy toward Mycobacterium leprae injected with lepromin a histopathologic study four hours after injection

Amado Saϊl


C. BACTERIOLOGY

18- Attempts at the cultivation of M. leprae in cell-free, semi-synthetic soft agar media

Toyoho Murohashi; Konosuke Yoshida


19- Observations on in vitro Survival of Mycobacterium leprae

Stefaan R. Pattyn


20- Problems in the cultivation of Mycobacterium leprae related cultivation and biochemical studies with Mycobacterium lepraemurium

Byron S. Tepper


21- The present state of growth of M. Leprae under in vitro conditions

R. Bönicke


22- In vitro behavior of macrophages from healthy persons against M. Leprae and other mycobacteria

J. Delville


D. EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY

23- A survey of the drugs with activity against M.leprae in mice

Charles C. Shepard


24- The activity of various antituberculous drugs in suppressing experimental Mycobacterium leprae infection in mice

G. R. F. Hilson; D. K. Banerjee; I. B. Holmes


25- Comparative tests of glucosulfone sodium (Promin), thiocarlid (lsoxyl), and two INH-Derivatives with Stefansky-leprosy of the white rat

J. Meyer-Rohn


26- New results in the chemotherapy of mycobacterioses

M. Rosenfeld; J. P. Freerksen; E. Retzlaff; S. Hokama


27- Immunosuppressive activity of cyclic imides in laboratory animals

H. Mückter; E. Frankus; I. Graudums; W. Krüpe; M. Heydenreich; G. Osterloh; F. Felgenhauer; F. Lagler; F. Helm


E. EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

28- Histologic changes evoked in mice by Freund's adjuvant, complete with M. leprae

D. C. Jamison


29- Reversal effect of thymus grafts on lepromatous leprosy in thymectomized-irradiated mice

J. M. Caugas; R. J. W. Rees; A. C. M. Weddell; Elisabeth Palmer


30- Thoracic duct lymphocytes in experimental lepromatous leprosy in mice

M. C. Vaidya; A. C. M. Weddell; R. J. W. Rees


F. CLINIC

31- The bases of chemotherapy and immunosuppressive therapy in leprosy

Stanley G. Browne


32- Unusual presentations of leprosy

W. H. Jopling


33- Mechanisms of reactions in leprosy

F. R. Waters; J. L. Turk; S. N. C. Wemambu


34- Psychologic difficulties in the treatment of leprosy patients in a nonendemic country

G. Abel; A. H. van Soest


35- Pattern of leprosy reactions in Uganda

Wanda Blenska


36- Leprosy of the nose, throat and ears, a neglected subject

Ludwig Jaffι


37- Differential diagnosis of leprosy

K. F. Schaller


38- Alpha-1-antitrypsin levels in lepromatous blood serum

A. Baccaredda-Boy; R. Bertamino; E. Nunzi


39- Serum transaminase activity in lepromatous leprosy

E. W. Bücken


40- Maintenance of leprosy endemicity and bacterial positivity of lepromatous patients under treatment with sulfones

L. M. Bechelli; V. Martinez Dominguez


41- Chemotherapy of leprosy

D. L. Leiker


42- Therapy of leprosy with sulfonamides emphasis on the use of weekly doses

D. V. A. Opromolla


43- Blind trial of weekly doses of sulforthomidine (fanasil [roche]) and disulone in lepromatous leprosy comparison of results after thirty months of treatment

J. Languillon


44- Observations on the treatment of leprosy with Lederkyn, DDS and new tuberculostatic substances

W. Mohr


45- The antileprosy agent B.663 (Clofazimine) and the reticuloendothelial system

Michael L. Conalty; Vincent C. Barry; Abdulsultan Jina


46- Treatment of leprosy with lampren (B.663 Geigy)

J. Terencio de las Aguas


47- Sensitivity testing as a means of differentiating the various forms of leprosy found in Nigeria

D. C. Jamison


48- BCG vaccination comparative study of the lepromin response (Mitsuda-test) to the oral and intradermal routes of administration of the vaccine

R. D. Azulay; Hilde Kahn; Achilles Scorzelli; Rolf Meyerheim


49- Immunologic aspects of the lepromin reaction positive "lepromin" reactions with a cow spleen suspension

R. Kooij


50- Tuberculin conversion in leprous families in Northern Nigeria

D. C. Jamison


51- Anti-γ-globulin activity in leprous lesions

E. Waaler; O. Tönder; T. Godal; E.-J. Milde; F. Sagher; J. Sheskin


52- Complement and immunoglobulin determinations in leprosy and lepra reaction

F. Sagher; J. Sheskin; A. Zlotnick; J. L. Turk


53- Cryoglobulinemia in lepromatous leprosy: an immune complex phenomenon

L. Bonomo; F. Dammacco; C. Meneghini; M. LoSpaliuto


54- Some considerations regarding the immunology of leprosy

J. Convit; M. E. Pinardi; F. Arias Rojas


55- Immunologic researches in leprosy diagnostic applications

Fιlix-Pierre Merklen; Francois Cottenot; Jean-Claude Potier


56- Immunochemical and serologic patterns in leprosy

Henning Schmidt


57- Problem of leprosy control in Harrar Province, Ethiopia

Josef Stiller


58- Antigenic properties of some mycobacterial strains isolated and cultivated from leprosy tissue

Alexis Llukevich


59- Five years' experience with thalidomide treatment in leprosy reaction

J. Sheskin; F. Sagher


60- Clinical observations in the treatment of leprosy reaction with cyclic imides

Gerold Jäger; Herbert Fisher; Georg Klingmüller


61- The effects ot thalidomide on leprosy reaction

J. Languillon


62- Thalidomide in the treatment of lepra reactions

J. Terencio de las Aguas


63- Thalidomide in leprosy therapy

W. Mohr


G. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND VACCINATION

64- Factors which might contribute to the spread of leprosy

L. M. Bechelli


65- Further information on the leprosy problem in the world

L. M. Bechelli; V. Martinez Dominguez


66- Disability index for leprosy patients

L. M. Bechelli; V. Martinez Dominguez


67- An epidemiometric approach for planning and evaluating leprosy control activities

Michel F. Lechat


68- On the significance of the lepromin test in Middle Europe

Rudolf Schuppli


69- BCG vaccination of children against leprosy preliminary findings of the WHO-controlled trial in Burma up to January 1970

L. M. Bechelli; P. Gallego Garbajosa; Mg Mg Gyi; K. Uemura; V. Engler; V. Martinez Dominguez; T. Sundaresan; R. Quagliato; M. Matejka


70- Some aspects of the epidemiology of leprosy on the relationship of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases

D. L. Leiker


H. SURGERY, ORTHOPEDICS AND REHABILITATION

71- Review of surgery in leprosy

N. H. Antia


72- The severely deformed foot in leprosy causation, prevention and treatment

Ernest Fritschi


73- Surgery of lower facial palsy in leprosy

J. B. A. van Droogenbroeck


74- Eyebrow transplantation

J. B. A. van Droogenbroeck


75- Subcutaneous achilles tenotomy in the treatment of perforating ulcer of the foot in leprosy

Z. Yosipovitch; J. Sheskin


76- Problems in footwear for the leprosy patient

W. H. Tuck


77- The condition of the peripheral nerve in leprosy under various forms of treatment conduction velocity studies in long-term follow-up

Alexander Magora; Jacob Sheskin; Felix Sagher; Benjamin Gonen


78- Rehabilitation problems in leprosy

A. J. Selvapandian


79- Methods of foot therapy

A. M. Mondl


80- Reconstructive surgery in leprosy deformities

A. J. Selvapandian


81- Discussion


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