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Home-Brew the Blockbuster

Photo A. The six-meter Blockbuster. A lthough I enjoy ragchewing, DX-chasing, contesting, satellite work, and just about every conceivable aspect of amateur radio, the activity I enjoy most of all is home-brewing, especially home-brewing with a purpose. This article describes a reasonably ambitious effort which was precipitated by a very distinct purpose: I wanted to become more competitive in ...

Studies of drugs given before anaesthesia. XIX. The opiates.

Using Ridit analysis, a comparison was made of the overall effects of what are generally considered to be equianalgesic doses of sixteen opiates, with respect to their desired and toxic effects when given as premedication to a standard population. Four mixtures of opiates, the non-opiate diazepam and saline were also included in the analysis. Results with all individual drugs have been previous...

Richard Hugh Brew

year. He was born at Ballyvaughan Rector}/, Co. Clare, the only son of Richard St. John Brew, an officer who died at the early age of 27, and was educated at the medical schools of Dublin and at Edinburgh, where in 1884 he obtained his diplomas of L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., and L.M. Edin. After a short assistantship at Chesham, he practised in Birmingham, but moved to Chew Magna shortly after his marr...

Chemical Brew of Criminal Behavior,The

Studies of drugs given before anaesthesia. XVII: The natural and semi-synthetic opiates.

The sedative and toxic properties of morphine, and five semi-synthetic opiates (diamorphine, dihydromorphinone, dihydrocodeine, oxymorphone and oxycodone) have been determined by giving them, in a double-blind trial, as pre-anaesthetic medication to a standard female population. Diamorphine and dihydromorphinone produced the best sedation whilst dihydrocodeine was least efficient in this respec...