FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON ADRENALINE MYDRIASIS AT THE MENOPAUSE

Intraocular adrenaline maintains mydriasis during cataract surgery.

Cataract surgery is performed more easily if mydriasis can be maintained until the intraocular lens has been inserted. Intraocular irrigation with adrenaline is thought to be of benefit in this respect, and is used by some surgeons but not others. This prospective double blind controlled trial assessed the efficacy and safety of using perioperative adrenaline during extracapsular cataract surge...

Further Observations on Plague

Further observations on metronidazole (Flagyl).

Unexpected cases of icterus gravidarum in infancy have in many instances been traced to drug absorption from the maternal circulation. After consulting with paediatricians, it was considered advisable to investigate under hospital supervision the effect, if any, of metronidazole ("Flagyl") on the foetus and later on the breast-fed infant. In Edinburgh a "mother and baby" survey on 96 patients c...

Further observations on subarachnoid haemorrhage.

This paper is a direct sequel to that of two of the authors (McKissock and Walsh, 1956) in which evidence was produced to suggest that surgical treatment for ruptured intracranial aneurysm led to a lower mortality rate than the 50% which had been widely accepted as the death rate under conservative treatment. In that paper was collected a series of 108 cases of ruptured aneurysm treated medical...

Further Observations on the Metabolism of Carotene

It is now well established that carotene is a precursor of vitamin A, and its transformation into the vitamin is a function of the animal organism. During studies of the mechanism of this change, attention has been focused mainly on the liver, the storehouse of vitamin A in the animal body, and at least one investigator has claimed that the change takes place in the liver through the action of ...