Spontaneous Cure of a Wounded Trachea

[On the spontaneous cure of a case of pulsating exophthalmos].

Spontaneous Cure of a Congenital Recurring Connective-tissue Tumor

A six-months-old girl W;LS aclniitted to St. Luke’s Hospital on Nov. 20, 1020, with the di,cgnosis of recurrent tumor of the interscapular region. The mother stated that the child w;i? horn with a tumor on the back. The growth increased in size and was removed surgically by the obstetrician when the baby was two and one-half months old. The tissue was sent to the State Institute for the Study o...

Spontaneous cure in a case of Tinea nigra.

The authors report a case (in Itajai, Santa Catarina State, Brazil) of tinea nigra in a 4-year-old female child which spontaneously healed. We discuss the clinical and epidemiological aspects of the mycosis and this rare case of spontaneous healing.

Does a spontaneous cure for Chagas' disease exist?

S ix Costa Rican Chagas’ disease patients, with wellknown acute phase history and no specific treatment were exam ined in several occasions during 39, 24, 32, 16 and 14 years, respectively, from the onset. N om e o f the patients presented heart abnormali­ ties as revealed by the conventional E K G and ergometry, exceptfor one o f them with an incomplete block o f the right bundle branch. Also,...

Case of Spontaneous Cure of Spina Bifida, Followed by Hydrocephalus

The mother of this patient states that in the middle of the sixth month of pregnancy a furious fowl flew up against the window, at which she was standing, and frightened her so much that she fell to the ground in a sitting posture. The child was born at full time, and seemed much like other children, except that she suffered from spina