By KenNETH W. Millican, B.A., Cantab., M.R. C.S., London: H. K. Lewis, 1883, pp. 107. This essay is a bold application of the Darwinian hypothesis to explain certain anomalous forms and combinations of disease and disputed points relating to the specificity of disease. The general idea is not altogether a novel one, but Mr. Millican develops it more fully than has yet been done, and attempts to...

Jealous love and morbid jealousy, although inextricably linked, cannot be considered the same: jealous love (trait jealousy) is the behavioral and cognitive-affective precondition of morbid jealousy (state jealousy). Love is jealous when it is devoured by the desire for the exclusive and total possession of the partner, whose unconditional and continued presence is avidly requested. This type o...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Approximately 30% of the general surgical population presents with obesity, and the perioperative implications remain concerning. This review provides recent insights regarding morbid obesity and perioperative complications. RECENT FINDINGS Cardiovascular risk including cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction varies by type of surgery and is not always correlated with BMI. ...