Holiday Gleanings: I. Cornwall, II. Shropshire

Gleanings from My Researches. Volume I—Kala-Azar: Its Chemotherapy

Plasmodium Biology Genomic Gleanings

The highly A+T rich genomes of human and rodent malarial parasites offer unprecedented glimpses of a lineage that is distinct from other model organisms. Plasmodium is distinguished by the presence of numerous low complexity inserts within globular domains of proteins. It displays several peculiarities in its transcription apparatus, and its DNA repair system appears to favor a certain innate l...

Gleanings from General Practice

David Tinaai, m.D., f.r.f.k.s. ^uiasgowj. London: Ballliere, Tindall and Cox. 1929. Pp. x plus 209, with 3 figures in the text. Price 6s. net. In this little book, Dr. Tindal has given us the fruits of over fifty years' experience of general practice in a big industrial centre in Great Britain. We have often felt that a series of informal discussions and demonstrations by a sound general practi...

Notes from Cornwall

A well-known maxim, used to put hazards into perspective, reminds the patient that treatment can never be completely safe; there's risk involved even in crossing the road. Whoever invented this saying probably lived or worked in the London borough of Camden. The trek to London for the autumn meeting of the British Society of Gastroenterology reinforced my view that I'm better out of the big cit...

Injectable opiate prescribing in Cornwall

AIMS AND METHOD To compare local practice with national guidelines, examine the areas of divergence, and establish complication rates for methadone and diamorphine. Fifty-one patients from Cornwall treated with injectable methadone or diamorphine were interviewed using a standard questionnaire. RESULTS Fewer problems were reported by individuals using injectable diamorphine, though for both dru...