detailed, and the conclusions to be drawn, refer O'dy to cietinism as prevailing among the Chitrali and Gilgiti races. It will be found necessary when applying these results elsewhere, to take into consideration such factors racial differences, habits of life, climatic conditions, etc., which are of importance in determining the prevalence of the disease. (1) For convenience of discussion I pro...

Raiti, S., and Newns, G. H. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 692. Cretinism: early diagnosis and its relation to mental prognosis. A total of 141 cases of hypothyroidism diagnosed within the first two years has been reviewed. The best mental development was achieved when treatment was begun within the first three months of life. At this time hypothyroidism presents mainly with symp...

Introduction Sternal involvement is seen in less than 1% of skeletal tuberculosis. Sternal TB was first reported in 1918 [1] and until 2007, fewer than 35 cases are documented in English literature [2]. Even in tubercular endemic belts, there are only limited and isolated case reports [3]. We report two cases of tubercular abscess of sternum in otherwise healthy individuals. Both cases were dia...

Stygoporus oregonensis Larson & LaBonte is a little-known subterranean diving beetle, which, until recently, had not been collected since the type series was taken from a shallow well in western Oregon, USA, in 1984. Here we report the discovery of additional specimens collected from a nearby well in the Willamette Valley. Sequence data from four mitochondrial genes, wingless, and histone III p...