Pediatrics Practice at Mayo Clinic—A Historical Vignette

Patton: death of a soldier. Historical vignette.

General George S. Patton Jr. died as the result of quadriplegia sustained in a car crash in Germany in 1945. His x-ray films revealed a fractured C-3 vertebra and a posterior dislocation of C-4 on C-5. The likely cause of death was a pulmonary embolus. Details of his medical treatment are reviewed and compared with therapies that a patient with a similar injury would receive today.

Group practice of pediatrics.

LTHOUGH the joining together of physicians in the practice of medicine has become prevalent in recent years, the philosophy underlying group practice, the advantages to patient as well as to physician, ilave not received much attention in the pediatnic literature. Since our experience has led us to believe that pediatrics can be practiced more effectively in a group anrangement and because grou...

The Practice of Pediatrics

in America. The reasons for its popularity are evident, it is modern but not too modern, it is comprehensive without being encyclopaedic, and it caters for the general practitioner rather than for the specialist. Many of the newer text-books are written by a number of experts each of whom presents a subject from his own point of view and in consequence the broader aspects are lost sight of. Dr....

Historical vignette: introduction of computed tomography in North America.

Intracranial thrombectomy using the Solitaire stent: a historical vignette

INTRODUCTION The endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke has been revolutionized in the past years by the introduction of new devices for mechanical thrombectomy. Several tools were already available in 2008. The majority allowed the recanalization of acutely occluded intracranial arteries with acceptable levels of safety and efficacy, and with occasional failures. CASE PRESENTATION O...