Medical history of British Columbia: some aspects.

Medical history of British Columbia: some aspects.

thrombosis will not occur. If the flow is poor, heparin will not help. Prevention of most of the complications from femoral artery puncture could probably be achieved by the following precautions. (1) Never catheterize an artery in a patient with poly-cythaemia. (2) Puncture the common femoral artery, not the external iliac. (3) Do not use excessive or prolonged pressure to arrest bleeding, par...

Some epidemiological aspects of Down's syndrome in British Columbia.

If an infectious illness causes congenital malformations then those malformations would be expected to occur in clusters as does the infection itself. There is some evidence that chromosomal abnormalities may be non-randon-that is, that cases occur in clusters (Robinson and Puck, 1965; Hecht, Bryant, Gruber, and Townes, 1964; Day, 1966). Many workers have speculated on the cause of this "nonran...

Cleat Development in Some British Columbia Coals

Many coal seams contain coalbed methane (CBM) yet most of the world’s production comes from the San Juan Basin in the United States. In fact CBM production from this basin of about 0.9 tcf/yr accounts for about 80% of the CBM production in the US (1.2 tcf/yr) and about 60% of world production. Success in the San Juan Basin is not because of increased gas content in the coals compared to coals i...

Some Medical Aspects of the History of Fort Sam Houston.

Aspects of Medical History

IT is my privilege today to be the one chosen to welcome you to another year of work at the hospital. Believe me, I do so with real pleasure and with the sincere wish that, within these walls, you students may acquire that understanding of human nature and knowledge of disease which must be the rewards of love of medicine and diligent study. Some of you will be returning to familiar surrounding...