Exchange transfusion is a hazardous procedure with a mortality of 4-7 5%. (van Praagh, 1961; Boggs and Westphal, 1960). Various complications may lead to sudden death in which hyperkalaemia, hypocalcaemia, acidosis, citrate toxicity, circulatory overloading, hypothermia and embolism have been incriminated (Farquhar and Smith, 1958). The mode of death in these cases, whatever the aetiology, is u...

Endotoxins, generally produced by gram-negative bacteria, are responsible for harmful effects in many diseases. These toxic compounds of nonprotein nature are part of the intact bacterial cells as opposed to the protein exotoxins found in cell-free broth cultures. Reviews concerning endotoxins have been published by Burrows (l), and by Westphal et al. (2). This report deals with the isolation, ...

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 ...

Kazuhiro Yamamoto,1,* Daniel Friedrich,1 Tobias Westphal,1 Stefan Goßler,1 Karsten Danzmann,1 Kentaro Somiya,2 Stefan L. Danilishin,3 and Roman Schnabel1 1Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut) and Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstrasse 38, D-30167 Hannover, Germany 2Theoretical Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology...