HERNIOTOMY PLUS LAPAROTOMY SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED UNDER VERY UNUSUAL AND DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.

Case of Successful Amputation at the Shoulder-Joint, Performed under Very Unpromising Circumstances

bone, at the inner margin of the deltoid, and penetrated across for three inches into the pectoral muscle. The face was much scorched and loaded with powder. There was also a wound of an inch long beneath the right eye (which latter suffered much, from receiving a great portion of the fire), and another wound of three inches, over the right parietal bone. Though this man, when put on the table,...

Explaining successful language learning in difficult circumstances

This paper considers the special challenges facing learners of English in developing country contexts, and asks why a few individuals succeed in achieving competence in English where the majority more understandably fail. While research theory has shed light on individual learner differences such as aptitude, motivation and learning strategies, there has been very little empirical investigation...

Smallholder Farming under Increasingly Difficult Circumstances: Policy and Public Investment Priorities for Africa

Editors The MSU International Development Paper series is designed to further the comparative analysis of international development activities in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Near East. The papers report research findings on historical, as well as contemporary, international development problems. The series includes papers on a wide range of topics, such as alternative rural development...

A shell-less chick embryo culturing technique, reproduced successfully under local circumstances.

Establishing acute flaccid paralysis surveillance under difficult circumstances: lessons learned in Cambodia.

The implementation of the World Health Organization's recommended strategies for polio eradication, particularly acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance, can be limited by difficult circumstances beyond the control of immunization personnel. In Cambodia, however, obstacles to establishing AFP surveillance were rapidly overcome using a strategy that improved reporting through active surveilla...