Diphtheria, the Uncontrolled

Diphtheria

Gentlemen,?I have occasionally heard a man, about to read a paper upon some subject, commence by expressing his sense of his unfitness for the task he has undertaken. I have, I must confess, looked upon this appeal, ad misericordiam, with much suspicion, believing the writer, did he not in his own heart believe himself particularly well-fitted for the work, would not have undertaken it. To-day,...

Diphtheria

Diphtheria: the patch remains.

This study analysed the number of patients admitted with diphtheria to a teaching hospital in the state of Assam in India over a period of five years and compared the disease characteristics and management with outcomes and incidences of diphtheria reported in the literature. It was a retrospective analysis of data elicited from clinical records of patients admitted to hospital. A total of 101 ...

The pathology of diphtheria.

Diphtheria is an acute, communicable disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The disease is generally characterized by local growth of the bacterium in the pharynx with pseudomembrane formation or, less commonly, in the stomach or lungs; systemic dissemination of toxin then invokes lesions in distant organs. Acute disease of the upper respiratory tract usually involves one or more of the...

The uncontrolled proliferation of technology.

T he development of new technology in cardiology has generated the rapid and expansive proliferation of new diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that have not been fully tested. Physicians trained in a particular technique are often unwilling to address the potential of technologic obsolescence. The following problems currently exist in determining the effectiveness of new technology: 1 ) Init...