THE LOST PELVIS.

Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Pelvis

The primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) belongs to a group of highly malignant tumors and is composed of small round cells of a neuroectodermal origin. Categorized in the same tumor family as Ewing sarcoma, the PNET is most likely to occur in bones and soft tissues. However, a small number of PNET cases arising in the pelvis have been reported as well. We present three cases of pelvic PNET: ...

Architecture, City and Mathematics: The Lost Connection

The connection between architecture and science and sound based on mathematical relations has continued to develop[ since the rise of the Western classical civilization that originated in Ancient Greece. The mysterious Pythagorean cosmology pursued as secret esoteric knowledge was related to the search of rhythm, proportionality and harmony. Even somewhat earlier, Greek mysteries were based on ...

Osteomyelitis of the pelvis.

Four cases of osteomyelitis of the pelvis are reported to demonstrate the several clinical syndromes to which this disease can give rise. Extensive surgical drainage and antibiotic treatment led to recovery in all cases.

The Human Pelvis

The Naegele Pelvis

The year nineteen hundred and thirty-nine marks the centennial of the publication of one of the significant contributions to obstetric literature, for it was just a century ago that Franz Carl Naegele published his treatise, Das schr2ag verengte Becken.3 For this reason it is gratifying to learn that during the present year a centennial edition, in English, is to be published by Dr. A. F. Hellm...