Electroencephalographic Changes in Ceylonese Boxers

Electroen-cephalographic changes in Ceylonese boxers.

Electrocardiograms in young Ceylonese.

The study comprised 196 healthy young adults (100 men, 96 women) between the ages of 20 and 30 years, many ofwhom were university undergraduates and pupil nurses. A full clinical history was followed by a detailed physical examination, and subjects who were not physically healthy were excluded from the study. A 12-lead electrocardiogram was recorded at least 24 hours after the last meal, with n...

Electroencephalographic changes in epileptics while viewing television.

Ten consecutive epileptic patients who showed abnormal electroencephalographic (E.E.G.) responses to intermittent photic stimulation have been studied while watching television. Though only two gave a history of television epilepsy nine exhibited spike-wave discharges in the E.E.G. during viewing. This effect occurred when the set was functioning normally but was increased in five subjects when...

Endomyocardial fibrosis in the Ceylonese.

Several papers dealing with endomyocardial fibrosis have appeared in recent years, most from Africa (Bedford and Konstam, 1946; Edge, 1946; Gray, 1951; Davies and Ball, 1955), a few from America (Smith and Furth, 1943; Elster et al., 1955), and from Europe (Loffler, 1936; Miimme, 1940). It differs from fibrosis of the endocardium and myocardium accompanying occlusive disease of the coronary art...

Atypical pneumonias in Ceylonese children.

Although cases of primary non-bacterial pneumonia of unknown but probable vinal origin have been reported from Europe and America only meagre references to this condition have been made in Indian medical literature. Shone and Passmore (1943) have referred to an outbreak of pneumonitis associated with autohaemagglutination in Indian army personnel. No such cases have yet been reported from the i...