Whistle in the bronchus

Educating the Whistle - Blower

Blowing the Whistle

Leniency clauses, offering cartelists legal immunity if they blow the whistle on each other, is a recent anti-trust innovation. The authorities wish to thwart cartels and promote competition. This effect is not evident, however; whistle-blowing may enforce trust and collusion by providing a tool for cartelists to punish each other. We examine the impact of leniency law, and other rules, theoret...

Bronchus tube and bronchus blocker.

Leiomyoma of the bronchus.

The patient was a housewife aged 57 years. In 1942 she suffered from severe metrorrhagia stated to be caused by uterine fibroids. A subtotal hysterectomy was performed in a country hospital, but the pathological details of this are not available. Since this operation and until the onset of the illness to be described, the patient was in excellent health. In July 1949, whilst a front-seat passen...

Whistle for your wind.

Dyspnoea on exertion is the main complaint of patients with chronic obstructive airways disease. Any improvement in their breathlessness and exercise tolerance would substantially improve their quality of life.' Attempts have been made with both drugs and oxygen, but the former have only a partial effect and the benefits of long term domiciliary oxygen are restricted to those with severe hypoxa...