Rehabilitation Literature 1950-1955

Analysis of the leprosy literature indexed in Medline (1950-2007).

Some 19 201 leprosy-related articles were identified in the Medline database for the period 1950-2007. These were analysed for distribution and evolution of a number of variables: publication years, languages, document types, journals, authors, major aspects and countries involved, and author addresses. Next to a number of tables presenting the actual results, some noteworthy trends and possibl...

Rehabilitation of attention disorders: a literature review

Impairments of attentional functions are very frequent and can be expected to occur in 80% of all braindamaged patients (van Zomeren, Brouwer and Deelman, 1984). Impairements give rise to a specific problem per se by slowing down the patient's reactions in everyday life, increasing irritability, and, especially after damage of the right cerebral hemisphere, by leading to a complete neglect of o...

'Epidemic neuromyasthenia' 1955-1978.

A record of fifty-three patients admitted to the Infectious Diseases Department of the Royal Free Hospital between April 1955 and September 1957 suffering from 'epidemic neuromyasthenia' establishes the fact that the condition was endemic in the general population before, during and after the outbreak among the staff of the hospital. A further outbreak occurred in North Finchley between 1964 an...

Stefan Jentsch (1955–2016)

Stefan Jentsch, whose unusual creativity and trailblazing work changed forever the fields of ubiquitin biology, DNA repair, splicing, and autophagy, sadly passed away in Munich on October 29 after a short and severe illness. Stefan was born in Berlin on May 29, 1955. Following his school and university years, Stefan embarked on his graduate thesis in his still-divided hometown and joined Thomas...

Istanbul, August 1955