Hommage à : Claude Lefort (1924-2010)

Hommage to reactive psychosis.

When looking back in the history of psychiatry, the concept of reactivity had very variable impact on ethiological considerations. If classification of mental disorders is taken as a proxy, it seems that this impact is presently at the lowest that it has been in the last hundred years. The author gives a short historical overview of concept of reactive psychosis, followed by a description of th...

In Memoriam: Robert M. Chanock, MD, 1924–2010.

The world of biomedical science lost a revered leader on July 30, 2010, with the death of Robert M. Chanock (Figure 1), age 86, at Copper Ridge residential care center, Sykesville, Maryland, from complications related to Alzheimer’s disease. Bob Chanock’s impact on infectious diseases in the last half of the twentieth century was unparalleled. In a 1967 reference to Bob’s first decade at the Na...

Benoit Mandelbrot 1924 -2010: A Greek among Romans

Gynecologic Malignancies Post-LeFort Colpocleisis

Introduction. LeFort colpocleisis (LFC) is a safe and effective obliterative surgical option for older women with advanced pelvic organ prolapse who no longer desire coital activity. A major disadvantage is the limited ability to evaluate for post-LFC gynecologic malignancies. Methods. We present the first case of endometrioid ovarian cancer diagnosed after LFC and review all reported gynecolog...

Claude Bernard's revised edition of his Introduction à l'étude de la médecine expérimentale

Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. It is, therefore, appropriate that he should trace the history of their unwelcome symbiosis with man. He contends with justification that their importance to history is undoubted and extensive, because an awareness of their prevalence helps us to comprehend certain human social habits and manners. It is also useful knowledge when perusing the literature, non-scien...