To the Editor, Aretaeus of Cappadocia is a controversial figure in the history of ancient Greek medicine. Whether he was a victim of plagiarism or a plagiarist initiated a heated debate about his dating, which fluctuated from 1st BC c. to 4th AD c., although most scholars prefer 2nd AD c. (1). Nevertheless, no one denied that he was a physician who formed the most accurate descriptions of disea...

gar Dispensary on the 5tli December 1876. He stated that about two days previously, while he was ascending a hill, he fell down and hurt his right side which had since then become very painful. On examination the following symptoms were observed : ? He was very weak and emaciated ; countenance pinched and expressive of great pain ; skin dry and warm ; pulse small, weak and regular, beating 70 p...

Relative effects of Beef Quality Assurance (BQA)-related defects in market beef and dairy cows and bulls on selling price at auction was evaluated during 2008. The presence and severity of 23 BQA-related traits were determined during sales in Idaho, California, and Utah. Overall, 18,949 unique lots consisting of 23,479 animals were assessed during 125 dairy sales and 79 beef sales. Mean sale pr...

A highly emaciated 37-year-old female had swerved while cycling to avoid an oncoming car and fallen on her face. The following day she died. at home. She had not been examined by a physician. Because of the circumstances, intracranial injuries were suspected and a medicolegal autopsy was performed. However, no fatal injuries to the brain or other organs were found, and the cause of death appear...

ditions :? Aroor Singh, Hindoo, aged 28 years, presented himself for treatment at Ferosepore Dispensary on February 15th, 1884, suffering from extensive scrofulous disease of the right knee joint of long standing. On admission he was fearfully emaciated ; the knee joint was greatly enlarged and inflamed,, and a foetid discharge issued from its many sinuses. On account of patient's debilitated c...

The authors describe a five year-old plump looking female child with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus, hepatomegaly and growth retardation. Contrary to the usual phenotype of thin emaciated appearance in type 1 diabetes mellitus, the presence of above features should make one suspect Mauriac syndrome. Since the basis of this syndrome is poor metabolic control, early recognition is imp...

Gr. S., a3t. 18, was first admitted to Ward 28 in the Hospital, July 1897, complaining of a swelling of the abdomen which had been noticed for sixteen months. The patient had never menstruated, but stated that at the age of fifteen she had some swelling of the abdomen, which, however, gradually disappeared. Before admission the abdomen was tapped three times, on May 1st, June 10th, and July 15t...

Its importance lies in the fact that it bites both humans and livestock, and in the process transmits the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma which causes sleeping sickness in humans, and nagana in livestock. The disease, also known by the general name of trypanosomiasis, often kills or, at the least, produces morbidity in its victims which results in low productivity. Affected cattle quickly lose ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The Far-North region of Cameroon has been considered free of tsetse and trypanosomiasis for the past three decades. But recent reports by pastoralists indicate its reappearance in the region. This study was aimed to confirm the existence of cattle trypanosomiasis and determine its prevalence, and to establish pastoralists knowledge and practice (KP) of the disease in Ndi...

of Intra-uterine Peritonitis in the Fcetus. -The patient who had borne the child had the following history, as drawn np by Dr Mackay, House-Surgeon to the Maternity Hospital: ?" A. B., 25 years of age, second pregnancy, was, after a normal labour, delivered on 4th December (4.45 a.m.) of a female child weighing 6 lbs., which only lived an hour The patient, a pale emaciated woman, was found to h...