Dissidio, stasis e società dipolari

Medici e società. Bartolomeo Sella nel Piemonte dell'ottocento

volume by Vincent Barras and Louis-Courvoisier, La medecine des lumie'res (2000), a study of the famous Lausanne physician Samuel-Andre-Auguste-David Tissot. The revival of interest in an individual such as Jurine is thus symptomatic of a recent surge of activity in the history of Swiss French medicine. Although contributors acknowledge that Jurine's fame during his lifetime was a product of hi...

Repetition & Stasis

Faecal stasis in proctocolitis.

Six cases of faecal stasis in active proctocolitis are reported. In each case the left colon was severely diseased but the right colon was unaffected. X-ray studies showed retention of barium in the right colon for as long as five weeks. In two patients subacute intestinal obstruction developed and in three patients constipation was a major symptom during the active phase of colitis.

Cardiovascular Multimodality Imaging: It is Time to Get on Board! A “Società Italiana di Ecocardiografia e CardioVascular Imaging” Statement

IntroductIon Along with the growth of patients at cardiovascular risk, a new wave is hitting the world of health care. Over the recent decade, noninvasive and invasive imaging technologies have been protagonists of a dramatic evolution. This process, as a Tsunami, may overwhelm the way the physicians were used to work until now [Figure 1]. The greater availability and reliability of current ima...

Progression, Regression, or Stasis?

How optimistic sHould we be about the profession of software engineering and our current ability to credibly deliver quality systems within expected cost and schedule? In this issue, you’ll find a selection of articles that cover recent research on software quality assurance, all of which go beyond the “traditional” verification and validation (V&V) toolkit to look at recent advances focused sq...