Trigeminal neuralgia (Fothergill's disease) in the 17th and 18th centuries

On the incidence of congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The clinical picture presented by hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in the child is so distinctive that it seems improbable that such a condition, had it been as common as it is now, should have failed to attract attention before Hirschsprung's' presentation of two cases in 1888. There has been, therefore, on the one hand, a tendency, initiated by Osler2 in 1903 with his reprint of the case reporte...

Venetian Rule and Control of Plague Epidemics on the Ionian Islands during 17th and 18th Centuries

During the 17th and 18th centuries, measures were taken by the Venetian administration to combat plague on the Ionian Islands. At that time, although the scientific basis of plague was unknown, the Venetians recognized its infectious nature and successfully decreased its spread by implementing an information network. Additionally, by activating a system of inspection that involved establishing ...

Postherpetic Neuralgia and Trigeminal Neuralgia

Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is an unpredictable complication of varicella zoster virus- (VZV-) induced herpes zoster (HZ) which often occurs in elderly and immunocompromised persons and which can induce psychosocial dysfunction and can negatively impact on quality of life. Preventive options for PHN include vaccination of high-risk persons against HZ, early use of antiviral agents, and robust ...

Alchemy and chemistry in the 16th and 17th centuries

identified as potassium nitrate) played a prominent part in the history of chemistry, as it stimulated experimental investigation of the vital component of air. This research programme was carried out in England in the second half of the seventeenth century, mostly by Robert Boyle and John Mayow. The latter's theory of nitro-aerial particles as the component of air necessary to combustion and r...

pain lateralization in trigeminal neuralgia