SERGENT???S WHITE LINE IN SOLDIERS

Duodenal ulcer in soldiers.

IN, the last war peptic ulceration was responsible for as many discharges fro!U the armed Forces as were actual wounds and was only surpassed by psychiatric casualties. This is in contrast to previous wars including the 1914-18 war when this disease was not a serious problem. Peptic ulcer remains one .of the major medical prpblems in the Army, for men may be required to serve in outstations abr...

Pertussis in Soldiers, Israel

trophoresis. Patterns were compared visually with reference patterns (6). From January 1, 2003, to March 31, 2004, a total of 44 of 124 male rectal swabs were positive for C. trachomatis. Of those, 38 were identified as belonging to the L2 serotype, which confirms the diagnosis of rectal LGV. Epidemiologic information was retrospectively obtained by clinicians through review of medical records,...

Blood Volume in Wounded Soldiers

Blood volume tests made on a number of soldiers recovering from hemorrhage have shown that in many instances dilution of the blood occurs very slowly. The principal reasons for this seem to be (a) an initial lack of reserve fluid of the tissues, and (b) the absence of any subsequent attempt by the body to make up this fluid deficiency. By putting such patients on a large fluid intake by mouth a...

Child Soldiers in Armed Conflict

The contextual separation of lateral white line patterns in chameleons

While many animals display different colour patterns that signal different messages, some species use various tactics to separate between colour and pattern displays. The common chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) is capable of rapidly changing and separating among displays of colour patterns and ornaments. We used chameleons to study the contextual role of separation among colour and pattern disp...