Anorexia nervosa is one of the important problems of the adolescent gynecology. We report on a patient aged 17 years with anorexia nervosa associated with gynecological problems. This paper presents sociocultural and medical aspects of anorexia nervosa.

P OTASSIUM is ani effective agent for the control of arrhythmias assoeiate(I with digitalis aiid lhvl)opotassennia and of manyA arrlhythmias of obscure etiology.1The thera)eutic effect of potassium in cardiac irregularities caused by digitalis has been ascribed to a digitalis anld )otassium "'anitagonlism." For a demonstration of this antagonism, potassium was administered intravenously to pati...

H modifies to a considerable degree the effects of various drugs. Among those investigated in the past have been central nervous system stimulants and depressants, hormones, epinephrine, acetylcholine, insulin, thyroid, ethyl alcohol, Dicumarol, oxygen, carbon dioxide, procaine, and cocaine. However, the effect of hypothermia on the action of digitalis has not been extensively investigated. Mos...

To assess the possible role of digitalis in the etiology of arrhythmia following cardiopulmonary bypass, serum digoxin or digitoxin was determined serially by radioimmunoassay in 24 chronically digitalized patients undergoing open-heart surgery. After an initial fall during bypass probably secondary to intraoperative fluid, serum digitalis rebounded, rising to or surpassing the preoperative val...

The dried leaf of Digitalis purpurea L. (foxglove leaf) was introduced as botanical drug into the London Pharmacopoeia of 1650 and remains actually in all Occidental Pharmacopoeias (digitalis purpureae folium). During last year’s, some specimens of Digitalis L. genus collected in the Northeast region of Portugal were identified by us as natural hybrids Digitalis thapsi L. x Digitalis purpurea L...