Isidore of Seville, Eels and Disulfiram

[Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805-1861)].

Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire studied anatomy and congenital abnormalities in humans [2] and other animals in nineteenth century France. Under the tutelage of his father, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore compiled and built on his father's studies of individuals with developmental malformations, then called monstrosities. In 1832, Isidore published Histoire générale et particulière des a...

Disulfiram Treatment of Alcoholism

P to the completion of this well­designed scientific study, which was conducted at nine Veterans Administration Medical Centers, the medication disulfiram (Antabuse®) was controversial in the treatment of alcoholism. The controversy over its efficacy was rooted in the lack of sophisticated scientific data on which to base its effectiveness. Fuller and colleagues used state­of­the­art clinical r...

Loop Current Response to Hurricanes Isidore and Lili

Recent hurricane activity over the Gulf of Mexico basin has underscored the importance of the Loop Current (LC) and its deep, warm thermal structure on hurricane intensity. During Hurricanes Isidore and Lili in 2002, research flights were conducted from both National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) WP-3D aircraft to observe pre-, inand poststorm ocean conditions using airborne exp...

Arabidopsis research heats up in Seville.

Adverse Effects of Disulfiram and Patient Compliance

Use of Disulfiram under supervision in well-motivated alcoholics is effective in reducing relapse rates. Several adverse effects, some of them life-threatening, have been reported due to the drug. An awareness of the adverse effects is useful to keep a follow up and sustain patient compliance with the drug. This study of 158 out patients on daily oral disulfiram revealed that though many patien...