Precolumbian West Indian Amulets

West Indian amblyopia.

A series of 21 patients admitted to St Thomas' Hospital, Medical Ophthalmology Unit, with a diagnosis of West Indian or West African amblyopia is reported. Patients were investigated for haematological, biochemical, serological, and radiological abnormalities and particular attention was paid to dietary history. Patients admitted in recent years also underwent neurophysiological investigations....

Syngamus in a West Indian.

With extensive international travel and the presence of a large immigrant population in England, it is important for doctors to be aware of the possibility of rare causes for common complaints in patients from overseas. Case report In March 1975 a 34-year-old businesswoman from Dominica, West Indies, was admitted to the Princess Margaret Hospital, Dominica, for investigation of a chronic cough....

The Secret of West Indian Success

For nearly a century, black immigrants from the West Indies have enjoyed greater economic success than African Americans. Several explanations have been proposed for this trend, but until now, none of these explanations have been subjected to systematic scrutiny. Recent efforts to adjudicate among them indicate that West Indian success can be attributed entirely to the “selectivity of migration...

Precolumbian Fish Farming in the Amazon

Historical Biogeography of West Indian Vertebrates

The vertebrate fauna of the West Indies (1262 species) exhibits high levels of endemism and has a taxonomic composition characteristic of more isolated oceanic islands. Many groups that are widespread on the mainland are absent in the islands, and some of those present are characterized by large adaptive radiations. The growing fossil record of West Indian vertebrates, including mid-Tertiary am...