The Pathology of Paralysis Agitans.?Ketscher examined the central and peripheral nervous system and the muscles in three typical cases of paralysis agitans. The principal changes found were marked pigmentation and disintegration of the ganglion cells of the brain, degeneration of the nerve fibres of the cord and peripheral nerves, atrophy and hyaline degeneration of muscular fibres, an increase...

The first edition of this work which appeared in 1897 was favourably reviewed in these columns in March 1898. The early appearance of a second edition showed that the book deserved the praise that was then bestowed upon it. The alterations are not many, and there has been no change in the original plan of the book. The text has been carefully revised, and the results of more recent researches h...

Numerical methods are now widely used in the classification of bacteria, and they are also being explored in the field of identification. Identification is the major interest for clinical work, but it should be emphasized that good taxonomies are a prerequisite for satisfactory schemes of identification or diagnosis. Much remains to be done in the taxonomy of bacteria, and for this reason a bri...

Organisms isolated from Cancer; and their Pathogenic Effects upon Animals ?By H. G. Plimmer. ('I he Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol. LXIV, No. 411).?During the last six years the author examined 1,278 cancers, and among this number he found nine in which the cell-inclusions, which he, together with Ruffer Metschnikott' and others, remarked as parasites, were extremely numerous, and in two...

There are several novel features in this book which will commend it to the student of bacteriology and to the clinician. The early chapters are devoted to the description of laboratory work, preparation of media, and the methods of cultivating and staining bacteria. There then follow detailed descriptions of the several varieties of pathogenic organisms. At the end of each chapter there is adde...

background: leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonosis causedby leptospira interrogans. leptospirosis results in decreasedmilk production, abortion, stillbirth, infertility and mortality,which causes financial loss in the cattle industry. objectives:the aim of this research was to perform a serological andbacteriological study of leptospirosis in 6 industrial dairy herdsand 3 feedlots with previous ...

background and objectives: given the growing concern focused on the continuous improvement of the quality of care, safety and customer satisfaction, the ibn sina university hospital (chis) has started an ambitious program for institutionalization of quality management at the establishments under the chis, in general, and the iso certification 9001v2008 of its biomedical analysis laboratories, i...

background and objective: diabetes mellitus is one of the main problems in health systems in the world. diabetic foot infections (dfi) is one of the main complications and the most cause  of non-traumatic lower limb amputation .this study aimed to determine the prevalence of bacteria involved in dfi and their antibiotic resistance in patients with dfi diagnosis. patients and methods: this desc...