Historical vignette

Patton: death of a soldier. Historical vignette.

General George S. Patton Jr. died as the result of quadriplegia sustained in a car crash in Germany in 1945. His x-ray films revealed a fractured C-3 vertebra and a posterior dislocation of C-4 on C-5. The likely cause of death was a pulmonary embolus. Details of his medical treatment are reviewed and compared with therapies that a patient with a similar injury would receive today.

Historical vignette: introduction of computed tomography in North America.

Intracranial thrombectomy using the Solitaire stent: a historical vignette

INTRODUCTION The endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke has been revolutionized in the past years by the introduction of new devices for mechanical thrombectomy. Several tools were already available in 2008. The majority allowed the recanalization of acutely occluded intracranial arteries with acceptable levels of safety and efficacy, and with occasional failures. CASE PRESENTATION O...

Clinical Vignette Session A: Vignette Award Finalists

CASE: A 50-year-old female with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, tobacco use and bipolar disorder presented with acute, intense substernal chest pain and heart rate of 170 bpm. She had no previous cardiac history and no similar episodes in the past. She started taking lithium 2 months earlier for bipolar disorder. Her electrocardiogram showed inferior ST depression and an incomplete left ...

Historical vignette: louis emile javal (1839-1907): the father of orthoptics.

Louis Émile Javal was a pioneer in the early history of orthoptics (Figure 1). To anyone knowledgeable about binocular vision, the name Javal conjures up discussions of physiological diplopia, stereoscopes, and fusion training exercises. Javal was a prolific designer of optical devices to use in orthoptic training and ushered in a new era of binocular instrumentation.1–4 Although Wheatstone is ...