B??, aged 18, the wife of a Bengalee gentleman, swallowed about half an ounce of strong oil of vitriol at 11-45 a. m. of 6th February, 1868. She had taken no food since 8 p.m. on the previous evening. Immediately after swallowing the poison she felt a severe burning pain extending from the mouth, down the throat into the stoiuaoh, quickly followed by copious vomiting ; the ejected matter consis...

The consumption of soft drinks has increased dramatically over past several decades; the soft drink industry is reported to produce 10 billion 192-ounce cases per year. Over a 50-year period, annual soft drink production appears to have increased fivefold, from 100 12-ounce cans per person in 1947 to nearly 600 12ounce cans per person in 1997. Looking at it another way, the average person in 19...

( Continued from page 218. ) Chap. 24. Diabetes.?In this disease, more benefit was derived by the Bristol Physicians, from Dr. Watt's plan than from any other employed at the Infirmary. Case. Mary Phipps, aitat. 52, a small woman, and much emaciated at the time of admission, made daily from six to seven pints of nearly straw-coloured urine, strongly flavoured with saccharine matter. She was con...

The following are cases of diarrhceaand dysentery successfully treated with the decoction of the native plant " Kalmegh" Andrographis paniculata). This drug belongs to the family of " Acanthacete.," and is very familiar to the native nurses and housewives, who use it in the bowel-complaints of children, and forms a principal ingredient of the compound called " Alooi." It is an annual plant, and...

The most compzehensive theozefical ttempt o link advantage with the fozeign direct investment (FDI) decision has been made by John Dunning in his eclectic fzamewozk. A country's accumulated FDI stock is shown to depend on three sets of advantage, toindicate zespecfively the :why, :where, and ho:w of the FDI pzocess. These are the ownezship oz competitive advantages njoyed by firms oyez rivals a...

Comparative humidity of month (Sat.=1000) ...708 V.?Ravi -390 inch on the 9th, '303 on the 20th, *240 on the 21st, 1*352 on the 22nd, -127 on the 24th, and 018 on the 26th. Total 2*430 inches. VI.? Wind : 1. General direction, S., S.W., S.E., and E. 2. Velocity and pressure. Max. Min. Med. Horizontal velocity in 24 hours 663 miles 143 408 Average rate per hour ... 27 6 5 9 17*0 Tressure in poun...

Tuberculous pericardial effusion is not common; and so the case described is of interest on account of the patient's age, the frequency with which the pericardial effusion required tapping, the relative absence of symptoms during most of the illness, and the stages through which the case passed from gross effusion to relative dryness at autopsy with only about 2 oz. of fluid in a greatly thicke...

This paper provides an overview of the literature pertaining to Wizard of Ox studies with children participants. It presents a new taxonomy for Wizard of Oz evaluations and, whilst focusing on three case studies that have been carried out by the authors, provides a presents a discussion of several ethical and organizational concerns with Wizard of Oz as a method for use with child participants....