Objective: Suckling mouse inoculation is an important method that has been used for years to isolate viruses from ticks; however, this usually briefly described in the literature on a case-by-case basis upon successful isolation rather than providing extensive details. Methods: This study describes procedure preparation of tick homogenates identification virus using suckling method. The transie...

We analyzed submission data from a wildlife care group during amphibian disease surveillance in Queensland, Australia. Between January 1999 and December 2004, 877 white-lipped tree frogs Litoria infrafrenata were classified according to origin, season and presenting category. At least 69% originated from urban Cairns, significantly more than from rural and remote areas. Total submissions increa...

Bauer (1954), in reviewing 60 cases of hypothalamic syndrome reported at all ages in the literature, named the principal signs in descending order of frequency as precocious puberty, hypogonadism, diabetes insipidus, psychic disturbances, somnolence, obesity, thermodysregulation, emaciation, convulsions, sphincter loss, bulimia, anorexia and dyshydrosis. Some of the above signs are clearly due ...

Ajodhya, a Hindu lad, aged 1-1 years, born at Dhampore, was admitted into the Srinagar Dispensary on the 29th of November. 1879. He was weak and emaciated. The right knee was hard, considerably swollen and tender to touch. The leg was slightly flexed on the thigh, and the motion of the joint very limited. There was an opening close to the anterior tubercle of the tibia, leading right into the j...

was a large one and for the first two or three days the dressings had to be changed two or three times daily. After a week there was little discharge and the drainage tube was shortened from time to time. The patient left hospital cured after twenty-six days. The abscess was in the right lobe of the liver, upper and anterior portion. Case II.?K. M. C., Hindu male, aged 60. General health bad ; ...

( Continued from page 218. ) Chap. 24. Diabetes.?In this disease, more benefit was derived by the Bristol Physicians, from Dr. Watt's plan than from any other employed at the Infirmary. Case. Mary Phipps, aitat. 52, a small woman, and much emaciated at the time of admission, made daily from six to seven pints of nearly straw-coloured urine, strongly flavoured with saccharine matter. She was con...