Letters clinical data were unknown. On the same day, we contacted and interviewed the patient to investigate risk factors for cholera. The patient reported abdominal pain starting on 6 June and then severe diarrhea (10 to 12 stools per day) until 13 June; on that day the patient went to his general practitioner, who gave him loperamide and suggested a coproculture. The patient never traveled to...

NAKED-EYE human anatomy employs some five thousand technical terms. The wretched student is still urged to acquire about halfthat number though anoverdue attempt is being made to reduce his burden. How many or how few of these words of The Art the medical man carries with him iWto practice no one can say. My own guess is that they amount to under a thousand, but even that is a considerable voca...

I. THE WOLSEY YEARS It is odd that Augustine de Augustinis, M.D., native of Venice but denizen of England for more than twenty years, has not drawn more attention from Tudor historians. Until the publication in 1960 of the first volume of the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (Rome, 1960), which includes Mario Rosa's sketch, only meagre biographical details had appeared in print. And yet Aug...

1. Little over a year ago we wrote to you to reflect upon the message of our sister Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, on the occasion of the Centenary of her death. We had no idea then that we would be writing another circular letter about her so soon. This time it is to consider the meaning and significance of the title Doctor of the Church which, as Pope John Paul II announced rec...

We tested for dengue seroconversion among 104 Israeli young adults who traveled to tropical countries for at least 3 months. Seven (6. 7%) seroconverted during travel; four (3.8%) had immunoglobulin (Ig) M antibodies; one was symptomatic with borderline IgM and a rise in IgG; two others (1.9%) had a rise in IgG titers, without detectable IgM. All four IgM-positive patients had traveled to South...

After the fall of the Roman Empire in AD 476, scientific progress in Europe had come to a standstill. This era between fall of Rome and the Renaissance is commonly known as the dark ages. However, from the 8th till 13th century, scientific and cultural knowledge had flourished in the Islamic world. This period, which began soon after the establishment of the Abbasid Khalifate in Baghdad in the ...

AIM To assess the utility and efficacy of Rome I and Rome II criteria for the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in India. METHODS Patients referred with a diagnosis of IBS by general practitioners answered a questionnaire about clinical features, including those listed in the Rome I and Rome II criteria. All patients underwent investigations to determine the cause of their symptoms....