Beware the Semmelweis Reflex

Semmelweis University Budapest

The general pattern of healthy growth is quite similar from one individual to another, but there is considerable individual variability in size attained and rate of growth at different ages, with respect both to the body as a whole and to its specific parts. Both the whole body and its parts, therefore, must be measured, and the study of growth is syno-nimous to a large extent with measurements...

SemmelWeis and his predecessors.

IGNAZ SEMMELWEIS is generally known for identifying puerperal fever as an infectious disease preventable by aseptic methods. While no-one today would contest the importance, the practicality, or the independence of his contribution, its originality has been disputed from the beginning. When Semmelweis first reported his ideas in Vienna, a veterinarian claimed priority for the discovery.' The fi...

Semmelweis University

Beware the Masquerading Malignancy

1 Parviz L. Sadigh, MB ChB Seng-Feng Jeng, MD E-Da Hospital I-Shou University Kaohsiung, Taiwan Sir: A plastic surgeons we often find ourselves operating on all parts of the human body. Indeed, it is this variation, unparalleled among the other surgical specialties, that stands Plastic Surgery out and makes for such a fascinating and captivating choice of career. It is important to remember, ho...

Beware of the glycemia.

in both anterior choroidal artery territories that were compatible with acute ischemic stroke. On perfusion-weighted imaging, cerebral blood flow and volume were slightly increased ( fig. 1 a). There was no abnormality on the FLAIR images, nor was there any arterial occlusion visible on intracranial three-dimensional time-offlight MRI. However, glycemia was low at 2.06 mmol/l. The hypoglycemia ...