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NOAH D. FABRICANT, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1941;34(1):150-163.

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Despite the fact that scientific investigation of the p_H mechanism began more than a half century ago, it is only recently that the interest of practical technologists at large—and rhinologists in particular—has been aroused. The subject of hydrogen ion concentration was poorly defined and lacked a clear, comprehensible nomenclature. With the advent, however, of comparatively new and simple methods for measuring hydrogen ion concentration, it has been possible to awaken the clinician's interest in a type of investigation that has practical application to innumerable and diversified fields. In the realm of medicine, the "p_H influence" is intimately associated with general health. More specifically, in the case of blood it is of paramount importance. The "p_H influence" is not restricted to blood alone, for the p_H of spinal fluid, lymph—in fact all body fluids, including the nasal secretions—has definite clinical significance.

It will be recalled that the p_H scale, a means . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Laryngology, Rhinology and Otology and the Department of Pathology, University of Illinois College of Medicine.

Footnotes
Read before the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Oct. 7, 1940.

This is part 1 of the work that has received the Casselberry Award of the American Laryngological Association for 1941.

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