In 1975, E. R. Robinson conducted the hallmark study of the behavior of classical nova light curves before eruption, and this work has now become part of the standard knowledge of novae. He made three points; that 5 out of 11 novae showed pre-eruption rises in the years before eruption, that one nova (V446 Her) showed drastic changes in the variability across eruptions, and that all but one of ...

cysts or oedema, and should prove of great value in research, as in detachment of the retina. ' Professor Goldmann also gave a short talk and demonstration on the aqueous veins which he had discovered shortly after, but independently of, Ascher. We left with the happiest memories of the quiet courtesy of Professor Gold-mann, and with great respect for his ingenuity in diagnostic instrument design.

^ By Suuoeon John O'Neill, M. D., M. Ch., Civil Surgeon, Shahpur. Forty miles distant from the shallt>ur Sadr is the village of Nowshera, approached by a road which in its last twenty miles runs a rough and uneven course over the hilis. Last winter, while inspecting the dispensary there, a man suffering from stone entreated me to afford him relief. He was in a pitiable condition, and could only...

Operative vaginal delivery has been described since the Middle Ages. During this time, however, labour would be sustained over several days and intrapartum death almost inevitable. In these circumstances, intervention involving the use of surgical instruments or even kitchen utensils would serve purely as an attempt to avoid maternal mortality. The establishment of forceps-assisted delivery as ...

PURPOSE To introduce a new method for removal of a giant nonmagnetic intraocular foreign body using micro alligator forceps. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eleven patients underwent pars plana vitrectomy and lensectomy. The micro alligator forceps were used to grasp and extract the giant nonmagnetic intraocular foreign body through a sclerocorneal tunnel. RESULTS All patients underwent surgical remov...

Background: Instrumental vaginal delivery is an age-long obstetric practice used to expedite vaginal delivery or avert recourse to caesarean delivery. Objective of the study is to compare maternal and neonatal outcomes of vacuum and forceps application in instrumental vaginal delivery. Methods: This is a retrospective observational study. Retrospective study of 70 consecutive ventouse and 70 co...

introduction: failure of teeth to erupt from gingival tissues at usual developmental time is called delayed tooth eruption (dte). delayed tooth eruption lead to prolonged fixed orthodontic treatment and its eventual complications. the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of laser-assisted (808 nm) surgical uncovering, on the tooth emergence and orthodontic treatment of dte. m...

third molar eruption is an unpredictable event. occasionally, mandibular third molars undergo angular changes in young adults. this rotational drift is of unknown etiology, is not predictable and may facilitate the eruption or may make the impaction worse. a rare case is presented with severe rotational drift of a mesioangularly impacted mandibular third molar.

Background: Pregnancy-specific dermatoses represent a group of pruritic skin diseases unique to pregnancy and the most common types are polymorphic eruption of pregnancy and pemphigoid gestationis. It is difficult to obtain a histopathological diagnosis for polymorphic eruption of pregnancy and pemphigoid gestationis in the lack of immunofluorescence because of their similar clinical presentati...

OBJECTIVE To compare maternal and neonatal effects of assisted vaginal delivery by forceps and vacuum extraction. METHODS A prospective randomized study. One hundred eligible women requiring assisted vaginal delivery in the second stage of labor were randomized to deliver by forceps or vacuum extraction. RESULTS All of those allocated to forceps delivery actually delivered with the allocate...