An investigation was planned to inquire into the aetiology of neonatal jaundice other than that proved to be due to haemolytic disease. The course of the work evolved on three lines: first, a two-year period of case collection at the Birmingham Maternity Hospital; second, a comparison with another hospital reputedly having a much higher incidence of jaundice and, third, a long-term follow-up to...

Each year since 1958 the reported number of cases of infectious syphilis has risen and the year 1961 was no exception. There have been variations in different parts of the country but, although the total is still small by the standards of some other countries, the proportionate increase is considerable. In 1960 the number of these cases was 994, of which 819 were in males and 175 in females. In...

Do populations grow as countries become richer? In this study we estimate the effects on population growth of shocks to national income that are plausibly exogenous and unlikely to be driven by technological change. For a panel of over 139 countries spanning the period 1960–2007, we interact changes in international oil prices with countries’ average net-export shares of oil in GDP. Controlling...

As can be seen from Table 1 the reduction in both maternal and foetal mortality in the 16 years since 1945 has been gratifying and to assess the reasons for this improvement a series of 425 cases of confirmed placenta praevia has been critically analyzed. At the same time the opportunity was taken of studying the factors contributing to maternal and foetal deaths to see if any further improveme...

All cases of first episodes of brain infarction occurring in the population of Rochester, Minnesota, from 1960 through 1979 were categorized as hemispheric or brainstem (including cerebellar) on the basis of clinical criteria, autopsy evidence, and the results of computed tomography (from 1973 on). Hemispheric infarction was 5 times more frequent than infarction of the brainstem and/or cerebell...

In his recent book, Palliative Care: The 400-Year Quest for a Good Death, [1] Harold Vanderpool traces the emergence of medical palliation to a proclamation by Sir Francis Bacon in 1605 challenging physicians to offer and continually improve palliative medical care and treatment for dying persons. Florence Nightingale also contributed significantly to the evolution of what we call palliative ca...

BACKGROUND Surgical excision is the gold standard for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), however its application is limited in specific cases. Superficial radiotherapy (RTx) is an alternative treatment option, but long-term follow-up data are limited. OBJECTIVE To determine the outcome of superficial RTx of cSCC in correlation to histological differentiation grade and tumor localizatio...

Since 1960 we have diagnosed phaeochromocytoma (paraganglioma) in 10 children. The cases include a 15 year old girl who over a three year period presented with multiple paragangliomata and an associated malignant carotid body tumour. All children were hypertensive, eight of 10 presenting with severe headaches. Diagnosis was based on finding a raised urinary vanillylmandelic acid excretion and p...