Thirteen Months of Sunshine

Tuberculous Choroiditis in an Infant of Thirteen Months *

A review of the literature of recent years dealing with tuberculous choroiditis, discloses very few reports on the subject. Robin and Dickey' reported a case and stated that it was the only one seen in their clinic. Apparently there is little interest in this lesion; tuberculous choroiditis is not frequent or is overlooked. At a clinico-pathological conference in which the case of a young girl ...

Sunshine and the cardiovascular benefits – a dose of sunshine!

Sunshine on MS

tion, and thought that visual solar radiation might provide protection from developing MS. In 1970, a study from Switzerland (which is on a similar latitude in the northern hemisphere as Tasmania is in the southern hemisphere) [5] showed a higher clinical RR in winter and spring months, and a later study (also from the northern hemisphere) [6] of seasonal fluctuations in Gd-enhancing lesions on...

Sunshine or Shield?

How does the use of a secret vote affect the likelihood that legislators will punish their peers? Two contending arguments exist in the literature: some argue that secret voting may be prejudicial, while others argue that it may help accountability. We address this controversy by analyzing the case of the Brazilian Congress, which uses a sequential combination of open and secret voting procedur...

REPORT OF THIRTEEN CASES OF MUCORMYCOSIS

Thirteen cases of mucormycosis in ten diabetics, one leukemic, and one burned patient, and one in an apparently normal person are reported. The presenting form included rhinocerebral in II and cutaneous in two cases. The diagnosis was established by KOH preparation and biopsy and it was confirmed with culture. Rhizopus sp. was the causative agent in II and Mucor sp. in one case. Amphoterici...