Cases of Fatal Otorrhœa

Acriflavine in Otorrhœa

Th? treatment of a case of chronic otorrhcea is, indeed, a very ticklish problem to deal with both in hospital and in private practice. It very often tires out the patience of the sufferer as well as the doctor. In private practice the use of somewhat irritant ear drops, such as boric acid, spirit drops or other spirituous preparations is very difficult and often not possible with many weak and...

Aspiration of Liver : Fatal Cases

I T free or even fatal haemorrhage may result. 1 have no doubt that most Indian surgeons have had experience of this unfortunate occurrence, and it is a pity that more results of this nature have not been recorded as a guide and warning to others. It is a terrible accident to occur, and the fatal issue may be due not so much to a very large haemorrhage having taken place as to the amount of blo...

[Fatal cases in winter sports].

[Study of fatal cases of Friedreich's ataxia].

A study of 82 fatal cases of Friedreich's ataxia showed that over half the patients died of heart failure while nearly three-quarters had evidence of cardiac dysfunction during life. A high incidence of diabetes mellitus (23%) was another finding, and four patients developed diabetic ketosis terminally.

Two cases of fatal zopiclone overdose.

Two cases of death due to the ingestion of zopiclone are presented. Quantitative determinations of zopiclone yielded 1.4-3.9 mg/L in the blood, 0.81 and 8.7 mg/kg in the liver, and 13.5 and 133 mg in the stomach contents. Drug concentrations were interpreted relative to the case findings, published data, and a limited evaluation of therapeutic concentrations found in two cases of therapeutic zo...