Further Observations on Quarantine

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 pink disease.

Further Observations

Initiation and termination of tachycardia was studied by electrical stimulation of the heart in 14 patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) not related to acute myocardial infarction (group A) and in six patients in whom the tachycardia occurred within 24 hours after the onset of acute myocardial infarction (group B). Results favor re-entry as the mechanism of tachycardia in group A patients....