PROTRACTED CONSTIPATION.

Constipation

Bigg, p.r.c.s.e. London : Balliere, Tindall it Cox, 1902. Pp. 67. Cr. 8vo. Price, 2s. 6d. This is an admirable little book describing in simple language constipation, its causation, widespread prevalence and its treatment. Constipation is a complaint which is not confined to one class nor any one age, it affects all classes of men, women and children. Our author is very sound in his advice, and...

Lethal familial protracted diarrhoea.

24 children with severe protracted diarrhoea from 10 families, in which at least one sibling was affected, are reported. In two families the siblings were from 1st-cousin marriages, in one family both parents had unaffected children from previous marriages, and in another family the mother had a normal daughter from an earlier marriage. The onset of the diarrhoea was on the first day of life in...

Protracted diarrhoea in infancy.

Protracted diarrhoea in infancy

1 of 2 categories according to whether a specific diagnosis was established or not. A diagnosis (category 1) was established in 59 (72 %), the commonest diagnoses being coeliac disease (33 2 %), secondary disaccharide intolerance (12 2%), and cows' milk protein intolerance (11 3 %). Other diagnoses included primary sucrase-isomaltase deficiency, Shwachman's syndrome, ulcerative colitis, ganglio...

Banking Panics and Protracted Recessions

This paper develops a dynamic theory of money and banking that explains why banks need to hold an illiquid portfolio to provide socially optimal transaction and liquidity services, opening the door to the possibility of equilibrium banking panics. Following a widespread liquidation of banking assets in the event of a panic, the banking portfolio consistent with the optimal provision of transact...