Annular pancreas is a relatively rare congenital diseasecaused by an embryologica1and anatomical disturbance in pancreas It may have no sympforns throughout the life and so occasionally discovered during an unrelevant surgery or autopsy but in most of the cases it shows itself as a duodenal obstruction during the in­fancy and childhood.Very rarely symptoms of the disease my be obser­ved in adul...

The patient, a lady of 33, has had three children. Dr Rattray was called in on 26th June, and found her pale, ansemic, and greatly reduced from haemorrhage. The case was rather difficult of diagnosis, but was treated as a threatened miscarriage by Gtt. vi. Tinct. Cannabis Indicse, thrice daily, and cold water enemata. On 27th, severe and labour-like pains supervened, and in a short time a large...

tions of history-taking, physical examination, and laboratory investigation to diagnosis and management of medical outpatients. BrMedJ7 1975;2:486-9. 2 Sandler G. Do emergency tests help in the management of acute medical admissions? Brson OL, Colton T. Inputs into coronary care during 30 years. A cost effectiveness study. protocols for laboratory investigation and their effect on use of medica...

background the prognostic value of blood culture testing in the diagnosis of bacteremia is limited by contamination. objectives in this multicenter study, the aim was to evaluate the contamination rates of blood cultures as well as the parameters that affect the culture results. materials and methods sample collection practices and culture data obtained from 16 university/research hospitals wer...

in recent years, the application of composite materials in aircraft and space vehicle structural components has become increasingly popular. preventing failure of composite structural systems has been an important issue in engineering design. due to the lack of through-the-thickness reinforcement, structures made from laminated composite materials and adhesively bonded joints are highly suscept...