Some Impressions in West Germany

Acute Meningitis, Some Impressions

case of cerebral malaria on the grounds of the patient's residence in the endemic area, the history of previous attacks of malaria and the finding of an enlarged spleen though the parasite cannot be demonstrated in a blood smear. It has happened that in such cases the administration of 5 gr. of quinine intravenously immediately and sometimes repeated after, has resulted in quick improvement in ...

Some Impressions of British Farming

Cohabiting unions in France and West Germany

This paper compares the non-marital birth pattern in France and West Germany. Since the beginning of the eighties, France witnessed a steady increase in non-marital birth rates, while in West Germany non-marital birth rates have remained at a relatively low level. We attribute these differences to the institutional and legal constraints from both sides of the Rhine which hamper or foster childb...

Some Impressions of the 1914 British Pharmacopœia

of a paper brought before the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society by the writer on November nth. No attempt has been made to treat the matter in minute detail, and only certain outstanding alterations have been dealt with and criticised, and special reference has been made to those subjects which concern medical practitioners. One of the most striking features of the new work is the introduction...

Some Clinical Impressions of a Plague Epidemic

An outbreak of plague occurred in the town of Saklaspur, Hassan District (Mysore State), in March 1946. The first case was an imported one, not immediately recognized as plague. While suspicion was lurking in our minds that it might be plague, cases of ratfall occurred in the town and splenic smears of such rats were positive for B. testis. This finding and occurrence of other cases of human pl...