Fitz Gerald's “Highest Andes” 1

‘ 1 Tectonics of the Central Andes

Acquisition of nearly complete coverage of Thematic Mapper data for the central Andes between about 15’s to 34’s has stimulated a comprehensive and unprecedented study of the interaction of tectonics and climate in a young and actively developing major continental mountain belt. The paper briefly reviews the current state of our synoptic mapping of key physiographic, tectonic and climatic indic...

Wrycan/Fitz and Floyd Customer Success Story

Fitz and Floyd is a leader in design and manufacture of hand painted ceramic giftware. In 2007, they approached Wrycan, an Altova partner focused on content-centric XML expertise and related software development, for help creating a solution that would allow Fitz and Floyd to interface their existing CRM system to their new Web-based storefront application by MarketLive, the leader in E-commerc...

Reginald Heber Fitz, The Exponent of Appendicitis

Chlamydia and the Curtis-Fitz-Hugh syndrome.

Ten women with acute right upper-quadrant abdominal pain but negative results for biliary investigations had a current or past history of pelvic inflammatory disease. A diagnosis of the Curtis-Fitz-Hugh syndrome was made and was confirmed in five patients by laparoscopy. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was not isolated from the cervical and urethral swabbings of seven patients tested. Chlamydia trachomat...

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome in a man.

A 45-year-old man was admitted for pain in the upper right abdominal quadrant that had been evolving for months. His previous medical history was unremarkable. The physical examination showed a painful and tense abdomen in the right hypochondrium but the rest was pain free. Biological analysis showed an inflammatory syndrome (C-reactive protein 29.54mg/L). Liver enzymology and urine and blood c...