Service Report from Pennsylvania

Report of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane

Careful statistical tables are given, relating to the number of cases since the foundation of the hospital. The form of Insanity mostly prevalent is Mania, the number being 3,359. There are 20 patients registered as havinfy suffered from delirium ; but we do not recognise this as a variety of Insanity, and cannot separate it from the form of madness it usually accompanies. Everything appears to...

Report on Capital Juror Decision-Making in Pennsylvania

Western Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. Annual Report for 1879

proved, 39 as unimproved, and 56 have died, leaving under treatment at the close of the official year 609 persons?a number exceeding that at the same period of 1878 by ten. The condition of the patients is favourably reported on, and the extensive improvements described as completed or in progress in the arrangements of the building prove the care with which the well-being of the inmates of the...

Ecballium Elaterium Poisoning in Pediatric Emergency Service: A Case Report

Background Ecballium elaterium is the only species belonging to the genus Ecballium of Cucurbitaceae family. It is native to the Mediterranean region. Despite its side effects, E. elaterium has still been being used as an alternative treatment agent for sinusitis, cirrhosis, rheumatic diseases and hemorrhoids for its anti-inflammatory and cathartic actions. Herein we discuss a pediatric case sh...

An assessment of ammonia emissions from dairy facilities in Pennsylvania.

A survey of 715 Holstein dairy farms in Pennsylvania was used to construct demographics for the average Holstein dairy farm. The average Holstein dairy farm was composed of 69 lactating cows; 11 nonlactating, pregnant cows; 44 heifers; and 18 calves. Milk production averaged 27.3 kg (60.0 lb). Crop area averaged 73.6 ha. Milk production, crop area and type, average county yields, and herd anima...