Protozoal diseases in man

Coinfection with HIV and tropical infectious diseases. I. Protozoal pathogens.

The brunt of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic has been borne disproportionately by resource-poor regions of the world, where tropical infectious diseases continue to hold greatest sway. As a result, our understanding of the epidemiological, biological, and clinical interactions between HIV and tropical pathogens has lagged, compared with our understanding of the interactions betw...

Filterable Virus Diseases in Man

Laenniec had written his great work on Auscultation: a work the result of his own elaborate researches, and is the basis of our knowledge of disease of the lungs and heart in the living; even supplying the nomenclature for the pheniomena observed which is current to this day. As has been said of him: "He unlocked the secrets of the heart and lungs, and by his great researches made a thorough in...

Virus Diseases of Man

Diseases Peculiar to Civilized Man

Arthritis is a group of diseases, the handling of which by the medical profession is no cause for pride. The approach to the problem of arthritis by the profession has been based upon premises which are definitely false and this monograph by two of the most distinguished authorities in their respective fields is an heroic attempt to put the treatment of chronic arthritis on a rational basis. It...

Virus Diseases in Man Animal and Plant

in 15 per cent of these cases. The internal carotid artery was the site of the aneurysm in 35.4 per cent of the patients, while the remainder were almost equally divided between (1) the anterior cerebral and anterior communicating arteries, (2) the middle cerebral, and (3) the basilar and vertebral arteries. The aneurysms are classified into three categories; mycotic, 6; arteriosclerotic, 22; a...