Emery and Rimoin's Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics

Medical Genetics. Principles and Practice

The clinical course of HIV infection is described by Redfield and Burke at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; they stress that AIDS is only a late manifestation of the progressive viral illness. The two authors divide the course of the infection into six stages, with consideration of the T4 cell count throughout. This strategy ties in directly with the next chapter by Weber and Weiss on th...

The Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence

from lightning and electricity, on starvation, on asphyxial deaths, on suicide, lunacy and lifeassurance are all most complete and thorough expositions of the subject. The second volume opens with a masterly discussion of 322 pages, on all questions of sexual medical jurisprudence, and following this are some 500 more pages on toxicology. It is hard to say which are the best parts of this work,...

Buddhism and Medical Ethics: Principles and Practice

Medical ethics and Islam: principles and practice.

A minimum level of cultural awareness is a necessary prerequisite for the delivery of care that is culturally sensitive. In this paper we simplify and highlight certain key teachings in Islamic medical ethics and explore their applications. We hope that the insights gained will aid clinicians to better understand their Muslim patients and deliver care that pays due respect to their beliefs.

Pharmacologic Principles of Medical Practice

successfully treated fifteen children with lobar or broncho-pneumonia. "Subsidence of acute signs was rapid and fever disappeared in one to two days. An infant of nine months having failed to improve with penicillin and aureomycin, responded immediately to terramycin (50 mg. /lb.)." Swift recommends an initial loading dose of 50 mg./lb. and a maintenance dose of 25mg./lb. of body weight six hou...