This article considers the representation of adolescent female body and relevance corporeality in Catholicism three Western European films, which have at their centre religious confirmation. These are: Un poison violent (Love Like Poison, 2010, Katell Quilléveré), Corpo celeste (Heavenly Body, 2011, Alice Rohrwacher), Kreuzweg (Stations Cross, 2014, Dietrich Brüggemann). The sacrament confirmat...

OBJECTIVES To review the characteristics of the consultation about the management of mercury exposure and identify the controversial issues on the clinical management of individuals with a history of mercury exposure. DESIGN Descriptive case series. SETTING Hong Kong Poison Information Centre, Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS Persons consulting the Hong Kong Poison Information Centre about individ...

Health continues previous reports published in this journal (1-6). It brings basic annual statistics that include the number of calls received by the Poison Control Centre from January to December 2009, as well as information on callers, patients, and poisoning profi les. In 2009, the Poison Control Centre received 1532 phone calls reporting 1567 cases. Two calls were related to exposure in ani...

BACKGROUND An analysis performed on the collected data from the Local Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) of Jundishapur University revealed that stings are the main causes of poisonings with frequency of 56%, followed by drug poisoning in 31%, and chemical exposure poisoning in 5.5% in Khuzestan, the southwestern province of Iran. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to report t...

INTRODUCTION Exotic pets are increasingly popular in Hong Kong and include fish, amphibians, reptiles, and arthropods. Some of these exotic animals are venomous and may cause injuries to and envenomation of their owners. The clinical experience of emergency physicians in the management of injuries and envenomation by these exotic animals is limited. We reviewed the clinical features and outcome...

In 1983, the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) piloted a project to collect epidemiological data on poison exposures reported to poison centers nationwide.’ Sixteen participating poison centers reported 25 1,012 human poison exposures during that year. Forty-seven centers participated in the National Data Collection System in 1984, reporting 730,224 human poison exposures.2...