PURPOSE To study the effects of surface ablation with mitomycin C (MMC) on keratocyte population. DESIGN Prospective, nonrandomized, interventional, comparative case series. METHODS Thirty two eyes treated with surface ablation with 0.02% MMC were compared with nontreated eyes at Vissum Santa Hortensia, Madrid, Spain. Keratocyte density was measured with the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II (...

Research on imitation in infancy has primarily focused on what and when infants imitate. More recently, however, the question why infants imitate has received renewed attention, partly motivated by the finding that infants sometimes selectively imitate the actions of others and sometimes faithfully imitate, or overimitate, the actions of others. The present study evaluates the hypothesis that t...

to the iron work. Its feet had evidently slipped, and when found by the mother some time afterwards, it was quite unconscious. The head had fallen to one side, tongue was protruded and the face had many petechia over it. There was a good deal of foam round the mouth. A medical man, who happened to be at hand, started artificial respiration, and the restoration of breathing was followed by gener...