Cauliflower ears, opium, and Errol Flynn.

"Cauliflower ears" in a patient with anterior uveitis.

"Cauliflower Ears" describes the appearance of swelling of the auricular cartilage resulting in gross distortion of the auricle. The underlying pathology is inflammation of the auricular cartilage. We report a case of a patient who presented to the ophthalmology clinic with an ocular inflammation, whose subsequent diagnosis of replapsing polychondritis was clinched with the finding of "Cauliflo...

Opium

of opium. Indeed, there can be few (if any) officials in authority, either in India or China, having, or who could be reasonably expected to possess, more than a very general impression regarding the subject. Yet, in many districts in India, the use of opium is as common as in China itself. On the other hand, there are numerous medical officers, who, from personal experience and observation, of...

Reenactment as Untruth: Errol Morris and the Thin Blue Line

As a Guggenheim and MacArthur fellow, Errol Morris ranks among the most academically-minded documentarians. His films explore difficult philosophical issues of truth and meaning, which he is always eager to discuss at length in interviews and in his high-profile New York Times column. In all of these venues, he frequently returns to a question of great interest to cognitive scientists: to what ...

History of the Opium Habit, and Opium-Poppy Culture

Opium and Its Alkaloids

PROLOGUE This manuscript reviews the history and pharmacognosy of opium, and describes the chemistry, pharmacology, and therapeutic uses of the major opium alkaloids. An abbreviated form of the material found in this paper is presented in a threehour lecture format to third year PharmD students as part of their study of analgesics and related compounds in the modular offering entitled Neurology...