Fourth international congress of lymphology March 6-10, 1973, Tucson, Arizona

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T1 - Fourth international congress of lymphology March 6-10, 1973, Tucson, Arizona

AU - Witte, Marlys H.

AU - Witte, Charles L.

N1 - Funding Information: ma1f unction, changesi n lymph dynamicsa fter administrationo f diuretic drugs, and the importanceo f intrarenall ymphatic-venouss hunts.C ardiaclymph and pericardial fluid dynamicsw ere studieda fter obstructiont o coronary venousd rainage and inducede xperimentaml yocardiali nfarction. The gross anatomyo f pulmonary lymphaticsw asv ividly portrayedb y intraoperativec inelymphangiographiny patients undergoingc ardiacs urgery.L ymphaticb ackflowf rom thet horacicd uctt o pulmonary lymphatic vesselsa nd transport of intratracheallyi nstilled particlesb y pulmonary lymphaticsw ere subjectso f other reports.D iscussionf ocusedo n the importanceo f lymphatic valves in establishingu nidirectional fluid flow, normal and abnormal patternso f lymphd rainagein thep ericardiuma nd others erousc avitiesa ndi n thel ung, and propulsivef orcesi n the lymphc irculation. Severala wardsw ere maded uring the courseo f the meeting.T he annual Bracco Industria ChemicaA ward consistingo f $2500f or the outstandingc ontributiont o Lymphologyi n 1971w asg ivent o F. C. Courticef or his papere ntitled“ The Effecto f lschaemiao n Acid Phosphatase/,& Glucuronidasea nd Lactic Acid Dehydrogenasien Lymph from Hind Paw of the Rabbit” (Lymphology5 67, 1972)T. he awardf or 1972 wasd ividedb etweenT . V. Kalima for a sequenceo f reportsb eginningw ith the“ Struc-turea nd Function of IntestinalL ymphaticsa ndt heI nfluenceo f ImpairedL ymph Flow in the Ileum of Rats” (Stand. J. Gastroenterol.6 suppl. 10 1971)a nd to Olszewskfi or his contribution,“ On the Pathomechanismof Developmenot f Post-surgicaLl ymph-edema” (Lymphology6 35, 1973).A speciala ward of the InternationalS ocietyo f Lymphology,t he Asellius Medal, was presentedto J. B. Kinmonth for his recently publishedb ook, “The Lymphatic?. A Gold Ring engravedw ith the heado f Asellius for the best presentationd uring the Congressw as awardedt o L. Clodius for his scintillatings ymposiumo n “The Basic and Clinical Aspectso f Lymphedema”.T he Congressi tself was supportedb y funds from the National Cancer Institute (CA 14949),A merican Heart Association, Arizona Cancer Society, Arizona Regional Medical Program,E li Lilly, Meade-Johnson,R oche Laboratories,a nd the Claudia Gips Foundation. The Proceedingso f the Congressa re now being preparedf or publication. Only a few years after William Harvey discoveredt he circulation of the blood, Gaspar Asellius discoveredth e lymphatics ystemW. hen askedi n the twilight of his careert o entert her agingc ontroversya boutt his newlyd iscoveredc irculation,H arvey responded“,It is uselesfso r you to spurm et o gird myselft o anyn ewi nvestigations eeing that I am now not only ripe in years,b ut also weary.I t seemsto mei ndeedt hat I am entitledt o ask for my honorabled ischargefr om duty.” Only in the pastf ew decades hast hereb eena concertede ffortb y cliniciansa ndb asics cientisttso takeo n thec hallenge (which Harveyd eclined)t o studyt his elusive“ third circulation.” The 4th International Congresso f Lymphologyo nly “scratchedt he surface”o n thev asta mounto f information about the microcirculationt hat still lies hidden within the lymphaticn etwork. The 5th InternationalC ongresso f Lymphologyw ill meetin Rio deJ aneiro and Buenos Aires, February2 -8, 1975.

PY - 1973/11

Y1 - 1973/11

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U2 - 10.1016/0026-2862(73)90087-3

DO - 10.1016/0026-2862(73)90087-3

M3 - Article

C2 - 4768615

AN - SCOPUS:0015687931

SN - 0026-2862

VL - 6

SP - 377

EP - 381

JO - Microvascular Research

JF - Microvascular Research

IS - 3

ER -