Dear Weekes I suppose you begin to think I have almost forgot there is such a place as Hurst, at least that it is now inhabited by any person I know; however, I assure you that is not the case. I am sorry to hear of the Death of poor Tom Wadg's Wife; it must be a great loss to him; the Puerperal Fever is certainly a terrible disease, and since I have attended Dr. Clarke's78 Lectures on Midwifer...

15th July 1836 My dear Sharpey, The day before yesterday I got a summons from Carswell' to see him in some way or other as soon as possible and when I called on him I found you were the subject of conversation. From what he said I think there is every likelihood ofyour being chosen by the Council of the London University, but of course we can have but a very imperfect notion at present. The Fac...

This study evaluated the effects of age (20s and 60s), viewing distance (50 cm, 200 cm), display type (paper, monitor), font type (Gothic, Ming), colour contrast (black letters on white background, white letters on black background) and number of syllables (one, two) on the legibility of Korean characters by using the four legibility measures (minimum letter size for 100% correctness, maximum l...

Authors' Reply to letter from Cottin et al.Please see related letter http://www.fibrogenesis.com/content/4/1/16.

Humans and some animals are able to recognize themselves in a mirror. This ability has been taken as a demonstration of self-consciousness. Consequently, it has been proposed that the self-recognition in the mirror image, the mirror test, could also be used to determine the potential self-consciousness of cognitive machines. It is shown that very simple machinery is able to pass the mirror test...

A 52-year-old female presented with frequent episodes of falls without loss of consciousness. These episodes lasted for brief period followed by full neurological recovery. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain showed foramen magnum meningioma encasing left vertebral artery. The patient had dramatic improvement after excision of the tumor.

Food banks may be forced to close unless the UK government takes immediate action reduce demand for their services, a food aid charity has warned in letter prime minister. The coordinator of Independent Aid Network wrote Boris Johnson on 4 January highlight effect rising covid cases and emergence B1.1.7 variant provision services.1 The network, which represents over 400 independent UK, called …

In adult and elderly non-epileptic subjects psychoactive drugs may cause an altered state of consciousness and repetitive irritative EEG discharges. The neurotoxic pathogenesis of this drug-induced confusion and the differentiation from absence status are discussed. Dramatic relief by intravenous benzodiazepines is detailed. Recovery is complete and prognosis is excellent on withdrawal of the o...

We present dramatic case of a 3 year-old boy who lost consciousness three weeks post Varicella Zoster virus infection. Cerebral edema was diagnosed with severe respiratory problems. Electrocardiogram showed transient but giant ST segment elevation, possibly secondary to brain damage.

BACKGROUND To investigate the relationship between the depression of spinal motor neuronal excitability and the sedative level induced by propofol infusion, we simultaneously analysed the suppressive effect of propofol on the F wave and the sedative level during propofol infusion. METHODS After spinal anaesthesia, sedation was achieved using a propofol target-controlled infusion (TCI) system ...