and K h-e was a " rough rider " in a cavaky regme u had given a history of many falls from hoiseoac an x-ray examination was done, which revealed the much-missed diagnosis, viz., a condition of spondylitis deformans of the osteo-arthritic type. The condition was characterised by spinal rigidity of gradually increasing severity accompanied by sensory symptoms referred to the lumbar region and th...

The work of this hospital only began to assume a special character with the arrival, on the 15th October, of a convoy of 673 sick and wounded Belgian officers and men. Among the cases were upwards of 250 suffering from various medical affections, more or less directly connected with the prolonged periods of exposure and fatigue to which the men had been subjected. Thus not less than 133 cases w...

INTRODUCTION Toxoplasmosis can be a life-threatening disease when it occurs in patients with HIV infection. In particular, meningioencephalitis has been regarded as the most common toxoplasmic complication in such patients. However, toxoplasmic meningitis in a patient with HIV infection is extremely rare and purulent or tuberculous meningitis should be considered initially as a disease for diff...

Radical hepatectomy was carried out on a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) located in segment VIII of the liver. The patient was a 56-year-old man who showed positive for hepatitis C antibody and negative for hepatitis B surface antigen. Six months after hepatectomy, a lumbar plane X-ray and computed tomography examination revealed bone metastases in the lumbar vertebrae. The patient ...

Background: Gouania longipetala Hemsl. (Rhamnaceae), has ethnomedicinal use in the treatment of wounds, gonorrhoea, abdominal pain, lumbago, ophthalmia, conjunctivitis, and rickets. However, no scientific investigation of these effects has been established. Our aim was to verify the antibacterial, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of the stem of Gouania longipetala. Methods: The antibac...