NOTES ON TRENCH FOOT

Recent cases of trench foot.

Two cases of cold injury to the lower extremities, 'trench foot', are presented. The management is essentially conservative, but in cases of severe damage, particularly in elderly people, amputation must be advised.

Foot notes.

I have just moved from south London to a small town in Norfolk. 'Oh, you don't want to do that,' people said. 'You'll miss all the facilities.' I guess they were talking about the off licence that stayed shut for weeks at a time, on account of security problems.

William Osler and investigation on trench nephritis.

The first alarming reports about a new disease called "trench nephritis" affecting soldiers of the British Expeditionary Forces in Flanders appeared in British medical press in 1915th. Soon, the Medical Research Council initiated a special research investigation on trench nephritis at St. Bartholomews Hospital and the results of these studies were discussed during the Royal Society of Medicine ...

Notes on Lactuca saligna in Iran

In the identification process of weed materials available in "IRAN" herbarium, a specimen belonging to the genus Lactuca (Asteraceae) had the following characteristics: Plant annual, many stemmed from base; stem erect-slightly procumbent, slender, glabrous, whitish and leafy. Basal leaves dried; stem leaves ca. 7 × 0.5 cm, glabrous, linear-lanceolate, entire at margin, sessile, auriculate, auri...

Notes on a Case of Fungus Disease of India (Mycetoma or Madura Foot)