To THE medical historian two roads at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, would excite a good deal of interest. One is the Africanus Horton Road which leads to the Computer Centre, and the other is Sapara Road along which lies the Department of Nursing. Africanus Horton, together with his colleague, William Davies, were the first Nigerians to qualify as medical doctors' when they simultaneously ...

Veterinary use of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) drug diclofenac in South Asia has resulted in the collapse of populations of three vulture species of the genus Gyps to the most severe category of global extinction risk. Vultures are exposed to diclofenac when scavenging on livestock treated with the drug shortly before death. Diclofenac causes kidney damage, increased serum uric ac...

Purpose: The publication of the compendium Pantegni by Constantinus Africanus in monastery Monte Cassino eleventh century CE was a pivotal moment history medicine Western Europe. work is predominantly based on Liber regalis Haly Abbas (Baghdad, tenth CE). earliest available manuscript (KB 73 J6) handwritten and has been supervised himself. It includes chapter ocular anatomy. In this paper we tr...

This study evaluated the effect of short-term cadmium exposure on brackish water shrimpPalaemonetes africanus. Tests were carried out by exposing the shrimps to the test solutions containing various concentrations of the cadmium (0, 0.1, 1.0, 4.0, 6.0, 8.0, 10.0, and 100.0) mg/l using the semi-static agitation test procedure. Mortality was recorded at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 hours exposur...

A new species, Busoniomimus umbellatus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Malaysia. In addition the female of B. hainanensis Zhang & Li is described from China. A key is provided to males of this genus.

BACKGROUND Paragonimiasis have previously been reported in two zones of the Southwest Province of Cameroon including the Kupe mountain and Mundani foci. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence and epidemiology of paragonimiasis in the peri-urban zone of Kumba, Meme Division, located about 50 km away from the Kupe mountain focus. METHODS Pupils of several government primary schoo...