With reference to Dr. Newell's note upon the treatment of small-pox by tincture of iodine, in the current number of the Indian Medical Gazette, the effect of its use in a recent case of mine was so remarkable that I brought the subject before the June meeting of the JBurma Branch of the British Medical Association, and have much pleasure in adding my testimony to the value of this method of tre...

BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to determine the clinical effectiveness of optical and video low vision aids (LVA) and analyze the characteristics of the visually impaired at the low vision clinic of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. METHODS The use of LVA to improve distance and near visual functions was evaluated in 203 new patients from 1998 through 2001 at our clinic. The age, gender, ...

Abstract As the Thirty Years’ War was greatest demographic crisis in Europe between Black Death and two World Wars, it is unsurprising that conflict created number of refugees continent’s history prior to twentieth century. However, limited scholarship on displaced persons 1618 1648 has been exclusively based micro-level eyewitness accounts, diaries, memoirs. This article broadens scope studies...