[Effectiveness and mechanism of action of a new plant complex drug in nonspecific inflammatory processes in the bronchopulmonary system].

The elixir Bronchofit is an aqueous-alcoholic extract from 7 kinds of plants. It is a balanced compound, rich in biologically active substances including essential oils and flavonoids, possessing a wide spectrum of pharmacological activity. On the model of frog's palate the elixir enhanced the transport function of the ciliated epithelium.

[The stimulating effect of prolactin on the neurite growth of sensory neurons in an organotypic culture].

Prolactine was found to promote neurite extension in chick embryo dorsal root ganglia in vitro. This hormone was active at the concentration 10-50 ng/ml provided extensive neurite outgrowth in the bioassay, compared to the control. The liquor from patients with prolactinoma was also found to promote neurite extension.

[Activation of a herpetic infection via corneal transplantation].

Activation of herpes infection in keratoplasty was studied in 26 patients and found to be caused both by operative intervention and the corresponding corticosteroid therapy. The fluorescent antibody technique proved to be the most effective and rapid test for the detection of herpes infection. It is recommended to carry out laboratory control in transplantation of the cornea as well as topical antiviral therapy in the postoperation period not only in patients with herpetic keratitis but also in the subjects operated on for nonspecific leukoma and other diseases of the cornea.

[Laboratory diagnosis of chronic forms of ophthalmic herpes].

The duration and pattern of the course of herpes virus infection of the eye and the method used were shown to influence the effectiveness of the laboratory diagnosis. In the first two weeks of the disease conjunctival scrappings should be examined by immunofluorescence and virus isolation by intracerebral inoculation of mice, at later periods by immunofluorescence of conjunctival scrappings or infected cell cultures. Isolated herpes uveitis should be diagnosed by demonstration of viremia.