we review abscess management by ibn al-quff in the 12 century, described in his book al omdaa (arabic version). he explained in detail how an abscess presents, access for drainage, the proper preparation by the surgeon and patient for a procedure, and technical guidelines. it is considered advanced in ensuring the best results of managing this pathology. much of his advice is already in use, an...

A Hixdu woman, aged 30 years, came to the hospital with severe pain in the ear, temperature 102.4?F., and headache. The middle and external ear were swollen, red, painful and tender. The patient could not lie on the affected side and was in a grave condition. She was given opening medicine, fever mixture and hot fomentation, and the swelling was painted with tincture of iodine and ichthyol, and...

MARGINAL, blepharitis is a relatively 'common and partic.ularly intractable inflammation of the lid margins, -usually attributed to~ infection' with staphylococcus awreus. I-n the past a vdy4ety of, treatm-ents have, been -tried,, includ-ing the application to the lid margins' of ointments (e.g., hyd. ox. flav., ung. y ,am. dil., un.g. zinc et ichthyol.', ung. sulph-onamidIe, etc.), of d-ye sol...

The definition of beat knee used throughout this paper is given in the First Schedule to the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations, 1948. Beat knee is defined there as " a subcutaneous cellulitis or acute bursitis arising at or about the knee ". Coal-miners who kneel at their work sometimes acquire this painful condition, which usually necessitates sick leav...

Routine screening of rainbow trout and other non-salmonid fish species from traditional pond farms in Lower Saxony, Germany, indicated a low incidence of cataract and other optical changes. The cataract problem and more severe eye changes, although present in freshwater fish farming, seem to be less prevalent than in marine production of Atlantic salmon. Cataracts have been a subject of increas...

The gill parasitizing monogeneans Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae and P. bini are pathogens which represent a major threat to eel farming. Legislation and selection of anthelmintic resistance make parasite eradication using conventional anthelmintics difficult and emphasize the needs for development of alternative control methods. Conditioning of fish tank water with aluminium chloride (up to 25 m...