Selective Neuronal Death. CIBA Foundation Symposium 126

Tinnitus. Ciba Foundation Symposium 85

The very first edition of this classic text in tropical diseases appeared in 1898 under the authorship of the legendary "father of tropical medicine," Sir Patrick Manson, who nurtured this book through six editions until his death in 1922. For over eighty years students of tropical diseases have turned to its previous editions to familiarize themselves with these important disease entities. The...

Fibrosis. Ciba Foundation Symposium 114

knowledge. It was not unpleasant simply to sit and read, and should be useful to people interested in learning more about the medical beliefs and practices of this period. Mental illness, mental retardation, and substance abuse are important concerns today, but they are not recent phenomena. A consideration of mental disability in a historical context is essential to an understanding of the cur...

Ciba Foundation Symposium on the Cerebrospinal Fluid

Lactogenic Hormones. A Ciba Foundation Symposium

The Ciba Foundation owes its existence to the generosity of CIBA Ltd., but its activities are independently guided by a group of trustees, who organize frequent symposia for the sole purpose of scientific communication. One has come to expect excellence in the published volumes of these symposia, and this volume is not disappointing. Lactation is unique in that the requirements of milk producti...

Brush Border Membranes. Ciba Foundation Symposium 95

paradox tacitly describes the specific and dynamic pathways along which plasma membranes must be moved in cells, and several studies on the nature and regulation of this complex system have been assembled and summarized in this volume, which contains papers and discussions from a symposium on membrane recycling held at the Ciba Foundation in London in January 1982. As is the case with nearly al...