CASE REPORT The patient was a doctor aged 35. He had been fit except for sciatica due to a prolapsed intervertebral disc. His illness began two days before admission to hospital on July 8, 1948, when he developed aching in the limbs and severe headache. He had a rigor 24 hours after the onset and his temperature was then 105° F. There was a little serosanguineous nasal discharge at this time an...

Clinical and serological records of 865 patients with confirmed autoimmune haemolysis (AIH)--a much larger series than any previously reported--were critically reviewed nd analysed. A proposed new classification for AIH based on serological findings differs from traditional classifications in that a new category of "mixed" AIH has been defined in which both "warm" and "cold" autoantibodies are ...

Recently, a new technique for myocardial protection that does not rely on hypothermia has been reported. In this method, the heart is continuously perfused with normothermic hyperkalemic blood cardioplegia during the cross-clamp period. Cardiac arrest is achieved and maintained using high levels of potassium. Hypothermia is not part of this technique; thus, the danger of hypothermia can be avoi...