Ueber Episkleritis periodica fugax

Hippokrates Ueber die Krankheiten III

irrelevant. Chemistry and the relations between science, technology, and industry are well surveyed by Crosland and Cardwell respectively. Forbes's essay on mathematical cosmography is not a comprehensive account but the story (albeit interesting) of a few German cartographers. Compared with other recent collections of essays in the history of science, this volume parades no party line: witness...

A multidirectional epicrania fugax.

Dear Editor, Epicrania fugax (EF) has been recently classified as a primary headache in the Appendix of the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition, beta version (1). EF is characterized by a brief paroxysmal pain following a lineal or zigzag trajectory across the head surface. EF pain typically moves between two distant points through the territories of different nerves...

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Oral clonidine for proctalgia fugax.

A report is made of the successful use of oral clonidine for proctalgia fugax by the author on himself. The author, a 30 year old otherwise healthy man, has been having attacks of proctalgia fugax for several years. He had hitherto left the condition untreated. Last year, in a severe attack, he tried oral clonidine 150 micrograms twice a day and found it to be dramatically effective. He was com...

Amaurosis fugax in young adults.

EDITOR,-We read with interest the article by O'Sullivan et al.' The nine presented patients went through extensive investigations, including echocardiograms in all cases. Yet, no evidence of an embolic or atheromatous aetiology was found. Unfortunately, the authors failed to mention whether the echocardiography was transthoracic or transoesophageal. We had experience with a 29-year-old woman, w...