AMERICAN MEDICINE AND THiE PUBLIC INTEREST. By Rosemary Stevens. New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1971. xiii, 572 pp. $18.50. In this second volume of a planned trilogy, Rosemary Stevens presents a sclholarly analysis of the evolution of specialization in American Medicine. In pointing out the transformation of the average doctor in a slhort span of time from relative scientific i...

Nettie M. Stevens is one of the first women who contributed to genetic research. She discovered the role of sex chromosomes in sex determination during the first decade of the twentieth century. However, her discovery has rarely been recognized, and her scientific reputation was eclipsed by that of T.H. Morgan, who was credited for the establishment of modern genetics. Her name is absent from m...

To cite: Khoo ABS, Ali FR, Yiu ZZN, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016214926 DESCRIPTION A 36-year-old Sri Lankan man had a 10-year history of epilepsy, which was well controlled on sodium valproate. Having run out of his regular medication on vacation, he started taking his sister’s carbamazepine. He presented to the emergency department ...

The causes of Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) can be categorized as iatrogenic, infectious or idiopathic. Drug-induced SJS is associated with various antibiotics, anticonvulsants, and other drugs. However, no previous reports have mentioned an association between chlordiazepoxide, a benzodiazepine sedative, and SJS. Here, we present a case of SJS induced by chlordiazepoxide overdose. This case r...

Nokelainen and Stevens introduce strategies of concealment among animals and plants.