Contents:

A Life Insurer's Interpretation of Survival Rates.- The Concept of Disability.- Geographical Differences in Underwriting.- Antecedents of Disease. Insurance Mortality Experience.- The Role of the Electrocardiogram in Underwriting.- Magnitude of Silent Coronary Disease.- The Significance of Heart Size in Diagnosis and Prognosis.- The Prognosis of Chronic Cor Pulmonale.- Closed Valvuloplasty for Mitral Stenosis.- The Stroke - Pathogenesis, Course and Prognosis.- The Significance of Asymptomatic Mild Intermittent Proteinuria.- Prognosis of Hemorrhagic Disorders and of Benign and Malignant Diseases of the White Blood Cells.- Underwriting Mental Illness.- The Long-Term Prognosis of Diabetes Mellitus.- Endogenous and Exogenous Factors in the Etiology and Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus: Heredity, Obesity, Civilization.- Author index.