Professor Ramsay and the Bittite Inscriptions

Hidden Inscriptions in the Laurentian Library

Following the discovery of a series of geometric designs on the floor of the Biblioteca Laurenziana in Florence we analyse the “Medici panel”, which consists of a circular rosette containing a set of inscribed elliptical disks, with a view to regenerating the pattern. The geometry is shown to be surprisingly complex. We were able to determine a numerical solution for synthesising the pattern. A...

Sir William Ramsay

Traces et inscriptions de connaissances

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau...

Ramsay Hunt syndrome

The strict definition of the Ramsay Hunt syndrome is peripheral facial nerve palsy accompanied by an erythematous vesicular rash on the ear (zoster oticus) or in the mouth. J Ramsay Hunt, who described various clinical presentations of facial paralysis and rash, also recognised other frequent symptoms and signs such as tinnitus, hearing loss, nausea, vomiting, vertigo, and nystagmus. He explain...

The Code Blue Professor and The Bloodgas Professor

One important new use for computers is in medical education. These two programs are designed to help teach how to handle cardiac emergencies using the most recent American Heart Association's Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) guidelines. The Code Blue Professor reviews the recent changes in the ACLS guidelines and simulates nine different code situations, asking the user to supply the next s...