[Appearance of mast cells in the placenta of pregnancies delivered at and before term]. / Wystepowanie komórek tucznych w lozyskach z ciazy zakonczonej porodem w terminie i porodem przedwczesnym.

Histologic material included 90 placentas of normal pregnancy and 36 of preterm deliveries. The particular attention was paid to mast cells in connective tissue of placental villi. Samples were fixed in 4% acid formaline and stained both with acridine organ and routine technique. Mast cells were found adjacent chorionic vessels in placentas delivered at term. The same feature was observed in preterm delivered placentas.

[Prevention and epidemiology of trichomonal vaginitis in women treated in gynecological departments]. / Profilaktyka i epidemiologia rzesistkowicy pochwy kobiet leczonych w oddzialach ginekologicznych.

The purpose of the work is to present the results of prophylactic actions used in the Departments of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Medical Academy in Bia l ystok giving reasons for changes and modifications concerning the present state of procedures. At the same time, attention has been paid to some epidemiological factors of trichomoniasis in women treated in gynecological departments for various diseases of the female genital organ. Women treated in the Departments of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1974-1975 were included in these studies. Total number of the investigated women was 9000 but those with trichomoniasis were 610. There were presented the results of procedures at the admittance rooms of the Gynecological Departments in which examinations and treatment of trichomoniasis, in reasonable cases, were carried out before admitting the patients to proper gynecological treatment were presented. The whole of the evaluation was based on our own scheme of microbiological procedures.