William Selinger’s Parliamentarism: from Burke to Weber aims redefine our understanding of what it means live in a free state. It displaces the concept “democracy” as (supposedly) central concern for range canonical nineteenth-century authors, and demonstrates that another concept, “parliamentarism”, stood at core many European liberal writers’ quest liberty. Selinger shows Montesquieu’s descri...

Authors like Francis Fukuyama or Robert Putnam claim that modern societies suffer from a decline of trust. On the other hand political scientists like Margaret Levi or Susan Stokes and sociologists like Karen Cook contend that as nice as trust might be, we can easily do without it. Especially in political life, distrust, vigilance and scepticism seem to be healthier and more fruitful than trust...

Accepted 19 November 2017 DesCripTion A 3-year-old boy presented with global developmental delay, abnormal craniofacial growth and left focal seizures since infancy. He was the first child of a non-consanguineous couple with unremarkable perinatal period. Family history was non-contributory. On examination, he had macrocephaly (head circumference 55 cm, >3 z-score), extensive port-wine stain di...

Presentation Age-related penetrance is seen in HHT. [2] It does not present at birth but commonly presents with recurrent epistaxis, usually in the teenage years. People with the condition develop mucocutaneous lesions, usually involving the nasal mucosa, lips and tongue. These lesions are sharply demarcated red-purple macules, papules or spider-like lesions comprising a mat of tortuous vessels...

To cite: Abangah G, Rashidbeygi M. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013201034 DESCRIPTION A 57-year-old woman presented to the emergency department reporting of fresh rectal bleeding since 3 days ago. She had a history of spontaneous recurrent epistaxis since childhood but had never been fully evaluated. Her family history was also notable for a so...