IN 1878 Striimpell' reported a case resembling multiple sclerosis in which he found abnormal hardness and consistency of the brain. He suggested several possible causes, including hypertrophy or atrophy of the brain, senility, alcoholism, saturnism, and acute or chronic inflammatory processes. In 1883, Westphal" reported two cases resembling multiple sclerosis, but the microscopic examinations ...

If we are to believe the cases" here, many' wonderful cures appear to have resulted, whether produced by the fluid or by suggestion \y,e cannot say. There have been other attempts to cure impotence, debility and senility by use of testicular fluids or extracts, but it appears that the special" virtue of Brown Sequard's orchitine is.due to' the fact that the animal is killed and the fluid extrac...

Oral myiasis is a rare disease in humans associated with poor oral hygiene, suppurative oral lesions, alcoholism and senility, among other conditions. A case of oral myiasis in a 34-year-old white male with advanced periodontal disease and neurologic deficit is reported. Treatment consisted of manual removal of the larvae, one by one, with the help of clinical forceps and subsequent management ...

Over a century ago, Elie Metchnikoff theorized that health could be enhanced and senility delayed by manipulating the intestinal microbiome with host-friendly bacteria found in yogurt. His theory flourished for a time, then drifted to the fringe of medical practice before re-emerging in the mid-1990s as a concept worthy of mainstream medical attention. Metchnikoff also predicted the existence o...

The incidence of psychiatric drug side effects is nearly 20% and hallucinations and delusions happen 4% more with dementia comorbidity and cognitive impairment, increasing age and use of higher dose of levodopa. It is assumed that the main precipitant of psychotic phenomena in Parkinson’s disease is dopaminergic excess secondary to the treatment. Also, cognitive impairment with Parkinson’s dise...

T HE livability of stored bull spermatozoa is decreased by aerobic agitation (Prince and Almquist, 1948). Hydrogen peroxide has been implicated in defects of motility, livability and metabolism in spermatozoa of various species (MacLeod, 1943; VanDemark et al., 1949; Tosic and Walton, 1950; Wales et al., 1959). Investigations not involving spermatozoa have demonstrated that exogenous hydrogen p...

Menopause is a period of cessation menstruation caused by decrease in the hormones estrogen and progesterone causing several symptoms that occur such as night sweats, insomnia, hot flashes, anxiety, fatigue, depression, memory disorders (senility), urogenital symptoms, urinary (dysuria), painful intercourse (dyspareunia). This causes discomfort climacteric women, to reduce discomfort, processed...