Basil the Great’s references to Eunomius

The Resuscitation Greats

John Snow’s work on resuscitation is less well known than his contributions to the scientific foundations of anaesthesia [1]. However, together with his understanding of the physiopathology of respiration, it was not the least of the reasons for his fundamental contributions to anaesthesia. His initial work on resuscitation with asphyxiated stillborn infants, was published in 1841 [2], but, as ...

The Resuscitation Greats

Franz Kuhn (1866–1929), a German surgeon, made a significant practical and scientific contribution towards the development of modern anaesthesia and emergency medicine. He developed modern, scientifically based concepts in close correlation to practical inventions for every day use. All of his studies and developments were patient orientated and led to remarkable improvements in patient safety....

Resuscitation Greats

If you walk into any branch of Waterstones, near the biography section there is a section called “Lost Lives”. This is the result of the increasing numbers of memoirs dealing with various types of abuse in childhood and various degrees of subsequent transcendence. The genre has also less charitably been dubbed “Misery Lit”, and described as “the book world’s biggest boom sector.” I am happy to ...

Pepsinogen BASIL

Antioxidant Activity of Basil

INTRODUCTION The commercial development of plants as sources of antioxidants to enhance health and food preservation is of current interest (Rice-Evans et al. 1997). Epidemiological studies have suggested positive associations between the consumption of phenolic-rich foods or beverages and the prevention of diseases (Scalbert and Williamson 2000). These effects have been attributed to antioxida...