DR. SAYRE'S OPERATION.

Dr. John Brown and the account of Ailie's operation.

John Brown was born in Lanark, Scotland, on 22 September 1810 into a family which included several outstanding physicians. He pursued his medical studies at Edinburgh, where his preceptor was the illustrious James Syme. It appears that Syme had quarreled with Robert Liston, then a high priest in the British surgical hierarchy, and, as a consequence was denied the post of Chief Surgeon at the Ro...

Dr Google or Dr Lazy?

Sir, I was recently on call for nephrology, and something happened. I was rung by a first year junior doctor at 1 am, saying that a patient's 'MEWS score was 6'. The patient had had a renal transplant that day. A score of 6 is very high. It should trigger a rapid senior review, and possible intensive care re-ferral. Modified early warning score (MEWS) is an electronic early warning score based ...

PATHOLOGY OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Dr: Khitam Dr: Sazan Dr: Kifah Dr amear

BLOOD VESSEL DISEASES Blood vessels have a primary function of nourishing various organs and tissues of the body by supplying them with blood. Vascular diseases are manifested clinically through three mechanisms that are reflected through the diseased vessel (s) as 1. Progressive narrowing of the lumen associated with progressive ischemia of the relevant tissues. 2. Thrombosis associated with p...

Dr. Wallace and Dr. Stone reply.

DR. ABBASALI SANADGOL

Dr. Abbasali Sanadgol is an associate professor in rangelands and forests research institute, IRAN, He is retired now. He earned his undergraduate and master degrees in natural resources and range management in 1976 and 1992 respectively from natural resources faculty of Tehran University and worked as a natural resources and range management researcher for 29 years at education and research ag...