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Presents abstracts on gastroenterology. "Corrosive Esophagitis," by James H. Brandenburg, published in the July 1966 issue of the Wisconsin Medical Journal"; "Vagotomy and Pyloroplasty in 150 Duodenal Ulcer Patients," by William Klingensmith Jr. and Patrick Oles, published in the August 1966 issue of the "Texas Journal of Medicine; "Diagnosis by Gastrocamera,' by Pracha Pises, published in the August 1966 issue of the "Pennsylvania Medical Journal"; "An Immunochemical Method for Detecting Carcinomatous Secretion From Human Gastric Juice," by I. P. T. Hakkinen, published in the September 1966 issue of the "Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology."

From the Second World War until the late 1950s the literature on international economic relations contained many arguments for protection and for limited participation in the international division of labor and the world marketplace. With some exceptions, the economic policies of nation-states, both developed and developing, were oriented toward some—but limited—participation in the world economy. In recent years, arguments against "inward-looking" policies have appeared more frequently in the literature, and a body of analysis has emerged which strongly makes the case for "outward-looking" policies. The trend of economic policies has also been to take on a more outward-looking character. The case against inward-looking policies has been partly that inefficiencies in resource allocation occur for nations that shield their economic activity from the competition of international markets. The limits to industrialization processes relying solely for their stimuli on the possibilities of an expanding domestic market have also been more clearly understood, and it is suggested that a larger participation by nation-states in the world economy will give them a more efficient allocation of resources and improved prospects for increasing productivity and sustaining economic growth over time. This paper adds another case study—that of Ireland—to the increasing body of evidence on the consequences of inward- and outward-looking policies for national economic performance. The period covered is 1950-66. A crisis in Irish economic policy occurred in 1956 and, as a result, there is a sharp contrast between economic policies followed in the pre- and post-1958 periods. Beginning in the early 1930s until 1958, Irish economic policies had given a lot of weight to tariff protection and limiting the participation of foreign firms, investors, and personnel in Irish agriculture and industry. The reversal of view was sharp in the fifties as incentives were... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]