Reports of Two Cases of Fatal Tonsillectomy

Two cases of fatal zopiclone overdose.

Two cases of death due to the ingestion of zopiclone are presented. Quantitative determinations of zopiclone yielded 1.4-3.9 mg/L in the blood, 0.81 and 8.7 mg/kg in the liver, and 13.5 and 133 mg in the stomach contents. Drug concentrations were interpreted relative to the case findings, published data, and a limited evaluation of therapeutic concentrations found in two cases of therapeutic zo...

Two fatal cases of septicaemia due to

Langford and Hansen (1954) have suggested that the genus Erysipelothrix possesses a single species Erysipelothrix insidiosa and that subdivision into further species is not justified; following their terminology E. insidiosa and E. rhusiopathiae in this account are considered synonymous. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is recognized as the pathogen causing the skin lesions of human erysipeloid. Th...

Two Fatal Cases of Cardiac Malaria

Two Fatal Cases of Snake Bite

a snake on the back of the left shoulder while he was sleeping soundly on the ground after a long journey on foot. When bitten the patient did not feel anything amiss except some tingling, which was thought to be due to some insect bite, until the snake was found under a box near by. Unfortunately the snake could not be caught as it went into a deep hole immediately. The snake was stated to hav...

Penetrating spinal injury: reports of two cases.

Penetrating spinal cord injuries caused by stab wounds are rare. Such injuries may result from a direct lesion of the neural elements of the spinal cord, cord infarcts or, more rarely, intradural or epidural hematoma. In the present study, two cases with spinal cord and L4 root injuries caused by a knife are presented. The first case, a 22-year-old male, referred to our emergency outpatient cli...