first published in 1657 by James Cooke (other editions in 1679 and 1683) under the title Select observations on English bodies of eminent persons in desperate diseases, Hall's posthumous casebook gives a rare glimpse into the social interrelations that helped constitute a country doctor's clientele. But more important, it provides a feel for the day-today practice of seventeenth-century humoral...

To cite: Ourique C, RegoCosta F, Torres-Ramalho P. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2017-219204 DESCRIPTION A Caucasian woman aged 56 years presented to emergency room (ER) department with leucorrhoea and fever since 48 hours. She was a smoker, had no diabetes history, no prosthetic material and denied use of injected drugs. A month before, the pat...

Ixora pavetta Andrews, (var.: I. Parviflora Vahl.) is a small tree or evergreen shrub belongs to the family Rubiaceae, and is used for many ailments, especially for the treatment of to treat chronic wounds, urinary diseases, skin infection, pulmonary troubles, liver disorder, hair tonic, sedative, diuretic, diarrhoea, dysentery, leucorrhoea and veneral diseases. Preliminary phytochemical screen...

The present attempt is to review and compile updated information on various aspects of Lawsonia inermis (Linn), a plant used all over the world. This plant is commonly known as Henna or Mhendi and abundantly available in tropical and subtropical areas. Ancient history of India describes its diverse uses and also plays appreciable role in Ayurvedic or natural herbal medicines. Henna has been use...

Case report-Subjects-Three cases are described oflong-standing vaginal candidosis due to Candida glabrata. These had failed to respond to local and systemic antifungals. In each case the infecting strain appeared resistant to a range of azole drugs in vitro. Clinical course-Case one-This patient recovered following prolonged treatment with oral itraconazole in combination with oral and vaginal ...

Ligneous inflammation is a rare systemic disorder which can affect the conjunctiva, the female genital tract, the upper and lower respiratory system, the gingiva, and the ears [1–3]. The ocular mucosa is the most common site involved. It can be diagnosed by the examination of biopsy material histopathologically. In histopathologic examination, chronic inflammatory changes, which contain amorpho...

n-octacosanol is a normolipidemic aliphatic primary alcohol obtained from the plant Tinospora cordifolia Miers. In the present study, the plant stems were collected from five accessions namely Anniyalam, Chennai, Hassan, Vishakhapatnam and Bangalore between June and August. Later a simple HPTLC method has been established for determination of n-octacosanol in methanolic extracts of all these ge...

Amaranthus tricolor Linn. belonging to the family Amaranthaceae is well known for curing a variety of ailments such as cough, throat infections, toothache, eczema, piles, diarrhea, gonorrhea, leucorrhoea and impotence. The present study deals with the pharmacognostic evaluation including examinations of morphological and microscopic characters, ash values, powder analysis, extractive values, mo...

Ethylene glycol is an intermediate in the synthesis of a number of commercial chemical products, including polyethylene terephthalate resins, unsaturated polyester resins and polyester fibers and films. It is also a constituent in antifreeze, deicing fluids, surface coatings, heat transfer fluids, industrial coolants, hydraulic fluids, surfactants and emulsifiers[1]. General population, or cons...

BACKGROUND Acanthus montanus (Nees) T. Anderson (Acanthaceae) is a shrub widespread in Africa, the Balkans, Romania, Greece and Eastern Mediterranean. It is used in African traditional medicine for the treatment of urogenital infections, urethral pain, endometritis, urinary disease, cystitis, leucorrhoea, aches and pains. In southeastern Nigeria, the root is popular and acclaimed highly effecti...