newer conceptions of whooping cough and poliomyelitis vaccines, the rapid method of culturing diphtheria bacilli, and the xise of placental extract in the prevention of measles are all presented. It includes chapters on such diseases as the principles of contagion, serum reactions, common infectious diseases and general management of contagious diseases. Maladies such as the common cold, influe...

The progress of medicine leads to the creation of new medical specialties. Such is the case of internal medicine, from which, among others, rheumatology, geriatrics, cardiology and pulmonology developed. Dynamic progress of oncology and of its main specialties – oncological surgery, radiotherapy and clinical oncology (oncological chemotherapy) – led, on one hand to the emergence of the new spec...

As it is understood today, several external and internal factors are required for the development of skin disease. The human body should be considered not only as a unit, controlled and coordinated by the hormones of the cerebral cortex, but it is also in close connection with the environment. That is to say, the fact that whether a person is healthy or ill, results from the dynamic relationshi...

To apply the quotation from Tupper with which Dr. Still begins his book, there is much of the " clear-running wine of conviction," with but little of the " scum and lees of speculation," and the convictions expressed here are so definitely based upon facts observed as to be in their turn convincing. Dr. Still has brought to the study of paediatrics an industry and enthusiasm which would have ca...

Congenital skeletal anomalies are rare disorders, with a subset affecting both the cranial and appendicular skeleton. Two categories, craniosynostosis syndromes and chondrodysplasias, frequently result from aberrant regulation of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling pathway. Our recent work has implicated FGF signaling in a third category: ciliopathic skeletal dysplasias. In this work, ...

Background. Since 2000, studies, experiments, and clinical observations revealed high prevalence of periodontal diseases among children and adolescents. Therefore, this paper was designed to provide an update for dental practitioners on epidemiology, microbiology, pathology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal diseases in children and adolescents. Methods. This paper reviews the...

ONE of a series of 'Concise Medical Textbooks', this book is intended primarily for students but also as a handbook for physicians and nurses. The whole field of cardiology is covered with clarity and brevity, yet for the interested student there is a surprising amount of relevant detail. A multitude of diagrams illustrate the text and often throw into sharp contrast items which might otherwise...