[Sanatoria in Split].

In 1904, the first private surgical sanatorium in the Slavic South was founded in Split by Jaksa Racić, M.D., surgeon, urologist and radiologist.

[Fibrosarcoma as a cause of cardiac tamponade].

Primary malignant tumours of the heart are exceptionally rare, what makes them particularly interesting for their research; on the other hand, clinical diagnosing of these tumours is even rarer. The authors present a patient with fibrosarcoma of the heart, which provoked the acute pericardial tamponade. The patient was successfully operated upon.

[Importance of scintigraphy in the treatment of hepatic echinococcus].

Report of 105 cases operated upon for hydatid disease of the liver. In all cases scintigraphy was performed preoperatively. The authors came to the following conclusions: 1) Scintigraphy of the liver shows in a great percentage (73%) of cases accurate localisation, dimension and number of cysts.

[Benign tumors of the stomach].

The authors discuss seven cases of benign tumors of the stomach. The diagnosis was based mainly on x-ray findings. Even though in suspicious cases, a fiber gastroduodenoscopy was indicated.