Pagkt, F. R. S.?The first case was that of a man who fell, about a month ago, on his great trochanter, receiving no other injury than a severe bruise. Mr. Paget insisted on the importance of treating such cases by prolonged rest in bed, as the best means known for averting the acute atrophy of the head and neck of the femur, which too often follows an injury apparently so trivial. After mention...

Within hours after her sudden and unexpected death, I notified the dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, on whose faculty she served, that Barbara had apparently died of a coronary occlusion. He relayed the news around the world. Devoted to improving effectiveness and equity in health care, Barbara received many tributes. Because she died while swimming alone, an autopsy ...

© 2009 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-0628 Journal Compilation © 2009 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Sir, Angiosarcoma (AS) is a rare malignant vascular tumour of the head and neck, which may present as bruise, cellulitis-like plaque, infiltrated plaque, or nodules (1). We report here an unusual patient, who presented with a progressive infiltrated and oedematous plaque of the n...

This essay introduces a new featured section, to be published in Small Axe annually, that explores the critical vocabulary of field Caribbean studies.