^ dEsire first to express my appreciation of the compliment Paid rns in inviting me to lecture before the Bristol MedicoCh" lrurgical Society, and to voice the very keen and heartfelt P^asure I experience in meeting once again my former *eachers and fellow-students. I spent six of the happiest ^ears ?f my life at the old Bristol Medical School, first as Sclent and later as Medical Tutor, and ma...

The most poisonous substance known to man, botulinum toxin has successfully established itself as a therapeutic agent over the years. Initially used to treat strabismus, botulinum toxin is now an accepted treatment in a wide spectrum of disorders and has over a 100 potential medical applications. The somewhat loosely-applied term 'wonder drug' could not be better employed to describe the remedi...

T he utility of amino acids in medicine today continues to be explored via clinical research and applications. Amino acids have several roles in the body; as the building blocks of protein, amino acids are found throughout the body. Muscle is by far the most proteinand amino acid–rich tissue in the body.1 Health care practitioners are gaining more knowledge about amino acids, including their me...

Ketosis, meaning elevation of D-beta-hydroxybutyrate (R-3hydroxybutyrate) and acetoacetate, has been central to starving man's survival by providing nonglucose substrate to his evolutionarily hypertrophied brain, sparing muscle from destruction for glucose synthesis. Surprisingly, D-beta-hydroxybutyrate (abbreviated "betaOHB") may also provide a more efficient source of energy for brain per uni...