Convulsions at Christmas.

Christmas Days

Some of the achievements at festivities and exhibitions are greeted with surprise. It is not always possible to have the privilege of personal inspection, though those in charge of defectives are usually most ready to give of their precious leisure in showingvisitors what is being done.. The following notes giving different accounts of Christmas activities have been kindly sent to us. They may ...

Christmas disease.

Heightened risk of canine chocolate exposure at Christmas and Easter

Chocolate has long been recognised as, and remains, a common cause of intoxication in dogs accounting for 25 per cent of acute presentations for intoxication.1 2 Case numbers in Europe and the UK have been reviewed, mostly based on reports to poisons centres.3–6 Chocolate toxicity results from the methylxanthine theobromine present in cocoa bean products, causing gastrointestinal (eg, vomiting)...

Febrile Convulsions

DEFINITION OF SIMPLE FEBRILE CONVULSIONS In order to appreciate current concepts of febrile convulsions, it is important to consider briefly some of the views expressed by earlier investigators. One of the earliest references to the condition is that of Husler (1921) who stated that febrile convulsions were not related to epilepsy. Faxen (1935) and Herlitz (1942) both agreed that children with ...

Memories of Christmas past.