THE history of the practice of medicine in Persia has been widely studied. Everybody knows at least by name the great clinicians Avicenna, Rhazes, and Haly Abbas. Even a few who lived after the Mongol Invasion are not unknown. The story of surgery in these regions is also better known now than it was thanks to a magnificent reproduction with miniatures in colour of Sharaf-ul-Din's translation o...

expanding world of molecular biology, increasing the level of complexity several-fold and redefining much along the way. It is obvious, then, that a short and readable book dealing with the basics of rheumatology, yet doing so without sacrificing necessary detail in its brevity, would be invaluable to the student, general practitioner, or related professional. Lecture Notes on Rheumatology is s...

background and objectives: bacterial vaginosis is a risk factor for obstetric infections, various adverse outcomes of pregnancy and pelvic inflammatory disease. the objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in women attending gynaecology outpatient department (o.p.d) and sexually transmitted disease (s.t.d.) clinic and to assess the role of gardnerella vagina...