A minor scrape at Wounded Knee

Knee Dislocation from Minor Trauma in Morbidly Obese Patients

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Taking a corneal scrape and making a diagnosis

COMMUnIty EyE HEaLtH JOURnaL | VOL 22 ISSUE 71 | DECEMBER 2009 This article aims to provide a comprehensive guide to taking a corneal scrape and making a diagnosis. However, there are settings in which there are either limited or no laboratory facilities available to the ophthalmologist; for example, at primary level eye care centres in rural locations. In these circumstances, microscopy may st...

The wounded worm

The ability to heal wounds is an ancient and conserved function of epidermal epithelial layers. The importance of skin wound healing to human life and biology has long been evident, however many of the molecular mechanisms underlying wound repair remain little understood. In the past several years, analysis of the C. elegans innate immune response to fungal infection of the epidermis has led to...

Infection in conflict wounded.

Although mechanisms of modern military wounding may be distinct from those of ancient conflicts, the infectious sequelae of ballistic trauma and the evolving microbial flora of war wounds remain a considerable burden on both the injured combatant and their deployed medical systems. Battlefield surgeons of ancient times favoured suppuration in war wounding and as such Galenic encouragement of pu...

First Aid to the Wounded