The Ochoa syndrome is the association of a non-neurogenic neurogenic bladder with abnormal facial muscle expression. Patients are at risk for renal failure due to obstructive uropathy. We report a family of three siblings, with an emphasis on the abnormalities in facial expression. Careful examination shows an unusual co-contraction of the orbicularis oculi and orbicularis oris muscles only whe...

Butler (I 948) described a simple operation for entropion; a triangular piece of tarsal plate and conjunctiva, base down and apex almost at the lid margin, was removed with blunttipped scissors "to avoid damage to the muscle fibers" (of orbicularis oculi). Kwitko (i 964) described a very similar procedure. The operation reported here has been in use at the Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton, for som...

Resurfacing of the medial canthal region and bony nasal dorsum is a problem frequently encountered after tumor excisions. Traditional flaps used in this region from the glabellar and frontal areas are bulky, and donor site scar may be unsightly. A medial pedicled orbicularis oculi myocutaneous flap is an alternative. A total of 12 flaps have been used to resurface the defects secondary to basal...

On 24 October 1950, fourteen people met at the invitation of the abbé Arthur Maheux in the Institut d’Histoire et de Géographie, of the Université Laval in Quebec City to form the Société canadienne d’histoire de la médecine (SCHM). Among them were physicians, historians, and archivists. Dr. Sylvio Leblond (1901-1990), internist and instructor of medical history at Laval, was elected president ...

It is increasingly acknowledged that soil biota may influence interactions among plant species; however, little is known about how to change historical influences of previous land management on soil biota, the so-called 'biotic soil legacy effect'. We used a two-phase plant community-soil feedback approach to study how plant species typical to original (i.e. undisturbed) and degraded fen meadow...

This paper presents new records and noteworthy data on the following taxa in SE Europe adjacent regions: diatom alga Stauroneis neofossilis, parasitic fungus Anthracoidea arenariae, horsetail Equisetum hyemale, liverwort Harpanthus flotovianus, mosses Fissidens exilis Rhizomnium punctatum, monocots Epipactis helleborine subsp. orbicularis, Himantoglossum calcaratum rumelicum Schoenus nigricans ...

This article deals with the problem of species independence Carex sordida. Closely related sect. Carex, C. sordida, atherodes, and drymophila, were analyzed based on material from Asian Russia. Based morphological characteristics, it was suggested that sordida is more closely to atherodes than drymophila. Molecular analysis using matK plastid gene ITS2 ETS nuclear ribosomal spacers confirmed a ...