to form a just opinion as to the advisability of inaugurating a state-wide medical inspection of all school children. It seemed worth while to undertake such a study of the school children of St. Louis County for the purpose of adding to our knowledge in this matter. The present investigation was limited to the prevalence of impaired vision, defective hearing and well marked adenoids. Some two ...

The article presents the results of monitoring parasitic protozoa young turkeys in industrial-type farms Central region Russia. Fecal samples, scrapings from floor and passages, contents gastrointestinal tract during slaughter were systematically examined birds different ages. age seasonal dynamics their infection with eimeria, as well contamination environmental objects by protozoan oocysts, e...

Fecal samples of 60 turkey poults that showed chronic progressive symptoms like unthriftiness, loss ofweight, diarrhea were collected from the most rural areas with high rate of turkey population in north andwest part of country for intestinal protozoan parasites. According to the morphological characteristics, likeshape, presence or absence of micropyle, and/or polar granule, the 5 different t...

absence of one of his fingers bore testimony to some severe injury in the past. Mentally, Andrew was retarded or "backward" in development. Although he was eleven years of age, it was necessary to place him in a class doing the work of the second school year.. His mental deficiency was due not only to pedagogical retardation, but also, at least in part, to a physiological arrest of development ...

The obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common and serious condition during childhood. Its pathophysiology remains poorly understood. Although OSAS is related to adenotonsillar hypertrophy in children, adenotonsillar hypertrophy is not likely the sole cause of sleep-disordered breathing in this age group. Rather, large tonsils and adenoids appear to precipitate OSAS in children with un...

In most hospitals, making a microscopic examination to tonsil and adenoid specimens from pediatric patients who present recurrent infections has become a standard practice. However, studies have shown that systematic examination of tonsils and adenoids was not needed for individual aged 21 or less. In this context, we describe the third report of an unsuspected tonsillar sarcoidosis revealed by...