Jacksonian Epilepsy: Operation, Relief

Craniotomy, with the Implantation of Egg-Shell Membrane, for Jacksonian Epilepsy

the membrane a microscopic section showed that the membrane had been replaced by a layer of adipose tissue permeated by blood-vessels. The subject of this note was a young married lady, who, some ?eleven years ago, sustained a compound fracture of the skull, caused by the accidental falling of a roof-tile. She was very seriously ill after the accident, being unconscious for a period, with the f...

Neurosyphilis masquerading as hemiparesis and Jacksonian epilepsy in an HIV positive patient: a case report.

BACKGROUND Neurosyphilis is a common but often missed disease worldwide, mainly because it has many manifestations making its diagnosis difficult. It is often missed among HIV patients as the search for other co-infections such as toxoplasmosis often overshadows its consideration. OBJECTIVES To describe one of our cases of neurosyphilis in HIV, raise awareness about the reality of neurosyphil...

Ovarian Epilepsy and Its Treatment by Operation

Lesion of the Cauda Equina: Operation—Relief of Symptoms

lri this country comparatively few cases of lesion of the ^auda equina have been observed and subjected to treatment ^ ?Peration, it seems desirable to place this case upon record, ?ugh perhaps it does not distinctly add anything to our a*her imperfect knowledge of the distribution of the lumbar sacral nerve-roots. The symptoms and diagnosis of ^lQng of the cauda equina have been admirably disc...

Knowledge and power: a critique of an international relief operation.

Exploring an alternative way to approach famine relief interventions, this paper draws on the work of French philosopher Michel Foucault and David Keen's recent work on south-west Sudan. It suggests that different discourses on 'famine' can lead to the dominance of certain kinds of institutional practices, and the prioritisation of special kinds of knowledge, at the expense of other modes of un...