Tuesday, June 23—2-3 PM
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF
Van Ness Masonic Temple, Third-Floor Auditorium
Nutrition and Metabolism
Moderator:
Edwin H. Ellison, MD, Milwaukee Chairman, Multiple Discipline Research Forum Committee
Panelists:
Willard A. Krehl, MD, Iowa City, Iowa
Laurance W. Kinsell, MD, Oakland, Calif
Michael G. Wohl, MD, Philadelphia
1. The Effect of Subtotal Pancreatectomy on the Growth of Young Mice
Grady L. Hallman, MD, and George L. Jordan, Jr., MD., Cora and Webb Mading Department of Surgery, Baylor University College of Medicine and Veterans Administration Hospital, HoustonIn the management of traumatic pancreatic transection it is frequently more expeditious to remove the distal portion of the gland rather than anastomose it to the gastrointestinal tract. Concern over the effect of subtotal pancreatectomy on the growth of young individuals led to the following experiment. The pancreas distal to the superior mesenteric artery was excised in a group of 30