tro-galvanic battery provides a perfect and instantaneous cure in ordinary cases ; that a record shewing a very large number of cases so treated is available, and that during the hot and wet months some of the medical subordinates request the privilege of taking home the galvanic batteries so as to be able to resort to this method of treatment without loss of time. I have the honor to be, Sir, ...

BACKGROUND Myocardial toxicity following a sting by the Indian red scorpion (Mesobuthus tamulus) is a life-threatening medical emergency. A perusal of the published literature suggests that this problem has seldom been studied systematically. METHODS We retrospectively studied the clinical presentation and echocardiographic findings in 24 patients (mean [SD] age 23.2 [11.7] years; 19 males) w...

Cerebrovascular manifestations are uncommon presentations of scorpion sting in the Indian subcontinent. A prospective study was carried out on 42 patients with scorpion sting in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-05, INDIA, during the period of May 2005 to October 2007. In all the patients detailed history, physical examination...

INTRODUCTION Incidence of scorpion sting is high in west coast of Maharashtra. Scorpion sting gives rise to cardiotoxicity and it is our observation that in spite of using prazosin in initial phases, patients still developed severe cardiotoxicity and dobutamine was effective in reducing the mortality in these patients. So we want to convey this message to many of our doctor friends who practice...

Scorpionism is a public health problem in several regions of the world. The highest mortality, with over 1000 deaths per year, has been reported in Mexico. We analysed the significance of climatological variables to predict the incidence of scorpion stings in humans in the state of Colima (Mexico) for the years 2000-2001. The pluvial precipitation (mm), the evaporation (mm), and the mean, maxim...

1 Instituto Butantan, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2 Departamento de Ensino e Pesquisa, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Doutor Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil, 3 Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil, 4 Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil, 5 Centro de Pesquisas...

Abstract: Background: Our study consists of a the chemical composition essential oil administered to batch rats undergoing scorpion sting. Compared with control batches, nervous state was evaluated by several neurobehavioral tests, namely open classified, dark and light forced swimming. Materials Methods: Determination plant GC/MS its protective effect on system after exposure scorpions. Result...