of an inquiry into the death of a psychiatric colleague that raised a number of important questions – not least regarding our management of women with bipolar disorder in pregnancy and the postpartum period (North East London Strategic Health Authority, 2003). Dr Daksha Emson took the life of herself and her 3-month-old daughter, Freya. This tragedy took place during a psychotic episode trigger...

literature of the subject suffices to show how well founded this statement is. The disease itself is actually about three times as common in the male sex as in the female. But of forty-nine fatal cases occurring in the female, in the statistics of Kanthack and Kelynack, we find eight put down to puerperal infection? an average of rather more than 16 per cent. On the other hand, the occurrence o...

There are inexpensive and rapid bacteriologic tests available that allow veterinarians as well as dairy producers to make real-time decisions to better manage udder health in their herds. The commercial on-farm culture system (OFCS) that will be discussed include Petrifilm plates (3M Microbiology) and Minnesota Easy Culture System. Petrifilm plates are ready-to-use culture media that are used p...