Fern Collecting in Haiti: I

Adiantum capillus-veneris Linn. (Maidenhair fern) in modern phytotherapy

Background and objectives: Maidenhair fern is an herbal medicine belonging to the family Pteridaceae which is extensively found in Atlantic coast as far as Ireland, America and Iran. The fronds of Adiantum capillus-veneris are prescribed for treatment of different diseases. Different phytochemical compositions such as flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, terpenoids, etc...

Orthopaedics in Haiti.

On January 12, 2010, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter scale struck the island nation of Haiti, causing devastating losses of property, life, and limb. Orthopaedic surgeons from around the world responded to the mass casualty disaster and came together to treat many of the injured. That deadly earthquake focused the world’s attention on the Haitian health-care system. Despite...

Notes on Barnsley Fern

An affine transformation on the plane is a mapping T that preserves collinearity and ratios of distances: given two points A and B, if C is the middle of the segment [A,B] then T (C) is the middle of the segment [T (A), T (B)]. Translations, contractions, expansions, reflections, rotations, are all particular cases of affine transformations. In general, an affine transformation T maps a point (...

Congenital rubella syndrome in Haiti

Objective. To determine if there is an unrecognized problem of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) in Haiti, a country without a national rubella immunization program. Methods. During March 2001 and June 2001, screening physicals were conducted on approximately 80 orphans at three orphanages in Haiti that accept disabled children. Children were classified as probable CRS cases based on establishe...

A hospital rises in Haiti.