A method of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in humans in need thereof which comprises administering to said human an effective rheumatoid arthritis treatment amount of compound 2,4-diamino-6-(2,5-dimethoxybenzyl)-5-methylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof.

Self-administerable method of treating periodontal disease by providing a dilute aqueous benzalkonium chloride solution, pumping the solution through an orifice to provide a pulsating jet stream that is capable of penetrating directly into the periodontal pockets associated with periodontal disease, and applying the jet stream to diseased gingival tissue and into the periodontal pockets.

A process and apparatus for procuring and processing cellular material, particularly for use in disease detection from body cavities in which a self-contained pipette structure is used for irrigating the body cavity with a solution, re-aspirating the solution with the samples to be collected; shipping the thus-obtained samples of cellular material to a laboratory and recovering at the laboratory by means of the pipette structure specimens of cellular material for purposes of analysis.

Disclosed herein are certain imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them as the active ingredient for treatment and promotion of healing of peptic ulcer disease by virtue of their antisecretory and cytoprotective properties.

An intrauterine contraceptive device comprising an elongated shank having divergent convoluted portions at its distal end, said convoluted portions being generally sinusoidal in nature, said device having incorporated in said shank a permanent magnet and having a substantial portion of its surface covered with a biologically inert, silicone elastomeric material which may contain an analgaesic or anti-fertility agent which is gradually released in utero. In a preferred embodiment of the invention...

Method of controlling plant diseases, particularly late blight and apple scab, with aminodicyanopyrazines, such as 2-t-butylamino-3-chloro-5,6-dicyanopyrazine; and agricultural compositions containing these compounds.

A method is provided for treating or preventing blackhead disease in birds by administering to birds, especially to poultry, such as turkeys, benzimidazoles having the structure ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is lower alkyl or phenyl-lower alkyl, and R.sup.2 is lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkenylalkyl, phenyl, benzyl and phenylethyl dispersed in a non-toxic physiologically acceptable carrier.

A specific sensitized matrix for diagnosing both infectious and non-infectious disease is disclosed comprised of an insoluble, inert, pliable and wettable matrix having a network of pores, and a protein polymer network immobilized in the network of pores formed of protein carrier molecules, specific antigens or antibodies, and a coupling agent coupling the protein carrier molecules together and the antigen or antibody to the protein carrier molecules. A variety of matrix materials, protein carri...

A method for the treatment of symptoms of Parkinson's disease in animal subjects, including man, wherein there is administered a therapeutically effective amount of at least one ester of dl- or L-m-tyrosine of the formula ##SPC1## Wherein R denotes a lower, straight or branched alkyl having one to three carbon atoms in the form of a base or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid. Said ester is administered by itself with at least one of the compounds s,4-dihydroxyphenyl-.alpha.-methyl-.alpha.-hydraz...

A mammal suffering from ischemic disease such as cerebral apoplexy, cardiac insufficiency, renal insufficiency due to vascular changes, etc. is remedied by administering to said mammal an effective amount of a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of from 4 to 22.