During my first year of studies at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, our teacher, Eugène Bloch, introduced us to quantum physics, which at that time was little taught in France. Like he, I was of Alsatian extraction and knew German. He strongly advised me to read Sommerfeld’s admirable book Atombau und Spektrallinien . In the course of this reading, I became particularly interested in the ...

A great number of organic and inorganic substances pollute the water of the Rhine. The greatest concentration is formed by the chlorides, as their quantity exceeds that of the suiphates by about 50 per cent. At the German—Dutch frontier, the mean annual value of the chloride charge of the river amounts to approximately 350 kg/s C1. About 40 per cent, or 130 kg/s, of this quantity are residual s...

Case report. A 14-year-old schoolboy was bitten by an Alsatian dog, sustaining a puncture wound over the dorsal surface ofthe terminal interphalangealjoint of the right little finger. Primary closure of the wound was performed without wound toilet and no antibiotics were given. One week later the wound was infected and flucloxacillin was prescribed. He continued to have considerable pain, swell...

The Natural History of Canine Hemangiosarcoma Canine hemangiosarcoma is among the most challenging and mysterious diseases encountered in veterinary practice. It is an incurable tumor of cells that line blood vessels, called vascular endothelial cells. Hemangiosarcoma is relatively common in dogs; it is estimated that this type of cancer accounts for 5-7% of all tumors seen in dogs. Considering...

BACKGROUND Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is a chronic autoimmune subepidermal blistering disease of dogs, cats and humans. OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to describe the clinical, histological and immunological features and treatment outcomes of canine MMP. ANIMALS Sixteen dogs were diagnosed with MMP based on the presence of mucosal- or mucocutaneous-predominant vesiculation and/...

Cross-cultural comparisons of dog behavior and dog-keeping practices are limited. The current study compared the questionnaire responses of German Shepherd owners in Hungary and the United States of America (USA). Owners provided information about their dog-keeping practices, as well as reports of their own German Shepherds’ behavior and temperament. Cross-cultural differences and similarities ...

OBJECTIVE We tested the hypothesis that delayed afterdepolarization (DAD)-associated rhythms in German shepherd dogs with reduced anteroseptal left ventricular (LV) sympathetic innervation derive from abnormal beta-adrenergic receptor effector coupling. METHODS AND RESULTS In anteroseptal LV midmyocardium of afflicted dogs, beta-receptor density was greater than that in normal dogs (P < .05),...

Abstract: The presence of dogs has been identified as a risk factor for human Leptospirosis. The aim of this study was the survey of the current state of leptospiral infection in dogs in Ahvaz. Sera from 100 rural dogs of villages around Ahvaz and 49 urban dogs referred to veterinary hospital of shahid Chamran University were detected for antibodies against serovars canicola, icterohaemorrhagia...