Cell-Wall Polysaccharides of Developing Flax Plants.

Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) fibers originate from procambial cells of the protophloem and develop in cortical bundles that encircle the vascular cylinder. We determined the polysaccharide composition of the cell walls from various organs of the developing flax plant, from fiber-rich strips peeled from the stem, and from the xylem.

[Morphological characteristics of reparative processes in tuberculosis and the effect of pesticides].

The paper deals with the results of a comparative morphologic, toxicologic and biochemical study of the character of reparative processes in destructive forms of pulmonary tuberculosis, specific features of non-coordination of collagen metabolism depending on the cumulation of organochlorine and organophosphorus pesticides and in the absence of their residual quantities in the patient's body on admission to a hospital and during current antibacterial therapy. The resected and removed lungs and blood of 1063 patients were used for the study. Specific features of a tuberculosis course, the duration and effectiveness of antibacterial therapy, the character of reparative processes, characteristic features of collagen metabolism and collagenosis, the character and dissemination of residual changes due to therapy were established in the compared groups of patients.

[Treatment of the residual cavity after partial pneumonectomy in tuberculosis].

Effectiveness of treatment of the residual pleural cavity after partial resection of the lungs was studied in 142 patients. Complex therapeutic treatment (trans-thoracic++ puncture therapy, filling with autologous blood ) and reoperations facilitated clinical healing of 127 patients (89.5%).

[Effectiveness of therapeutic and surgical treatment after delayed detection of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis].

The authors studied the results of antibacterial therapy in 647 and the results of surgical treatment in 837 patients. Complex modern antibacterial therapy led to recovery of only 65% of patients, in 20-25% of patients tuberculosis progressed with the formation of chronic forms, lethality was up to 13.0%.