AMBULANCES IN CIVIL PRACTICE.

Enteric Fever in Civil Practice

on Enteric Fever in the European Army of Madras," it is stated that " the rarity or absence of enteric fever among other classes of Europeans in India is also a fact of great importance." Death announcements in the public papers from typhoid among the civil population are by no means unusual, and, judging from my own experience, gained in civil practice, I can confidently state that the disease...

Helicopter ambulances in critical care.

The origins of aeromedical transport lie in the ferrying of wounded soldiers to hospital. This paper outlines the history of aeromedical evacuation and examines American military and civil experience.

Design for ambulances.

SIR,-Dr. 1). V&el (4 May, p. 301) raises several interesting points concerning the choice of a system for long-term cardiac pacing, but I do not think it is correct foi comparisons to be made between a nationwide survey of implanted pacemakers and the results obtained at one special centre using the induction method. It is a simple matter to select another centre using implantable pacemakers wi...

Civil commitment in New York City: an analysis of practice.

Why the gap? Practice and policy in civil commitment hearings.

The failure of civil commitment procedures to meet statutory requirements is one of the more reliable findings in the applied social sciences. Most states now require specific legal procedures and behavioral standards for involuntary hospitalization. Nonetheless, empirical studies have demonstrated that commitment hearings are rarely adversarial and clinical concerns continue to take precedence...