McDevitt, D. G. (1970). Brit. J. industr. Med., 27, 67-71. Ampicillin in the treatment of brucellosis: A controlled therapeutic trial. A controlled therapeutic trial has been carried out with ampicillin in the treatment of brucellosis. Sixty-eight people, veterinary surgeons or their unqualified assistants, with serological evidence of brucella antibodies measured by the antihuman globulin (Coo...

We give a historical introduction to item response theory, which places the work of Thurstone, Lord, Guttman and Coombs in a present-day perspective. The general assumptions of modern item response theory, local independence and monotonicity of response functions, are discussed, followed by a general framework for estimating item response models. Six classes of well-known item response models a...

Brucellosis is considered a known widespread zoonotic disease and is endemic in Mediterranean region, like Iran. This study reviewed the clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, and therapeutic regimen in childhood brucellosis in Iran. In this retrospective study, we reviewed hospital-records of 34 consecutive children with a confirmed diagnosis of brucellosis among a total number of 10,86...

BACKGROUND During the last twenty years, the extraction of specific egg yolk (IgY) antibodies from the immunized chickens has been accepted as a useful alternative to the immunization of mammals. The aim of the present study was immunizing the chickens with Human Umbilical Cord Serum (HUCS) and the extraction of specific anti-human globulins (IgG, C3b, and C3d) antibodies from egg yolk in order...

We have to record with the deepest regret the death of Dr. Carey Coombs. He passed away in the General Hospital on 9th December, after an illness of some five weeks' duration. It will be remembered that he was taken ill suddenly in the street at the beginning of November. Though he appeared to make favourable progress, it was realized by those in attendance that his condition was very grave and...

Background: Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria (PCH), an autoimmune hemolytic anaemia caused due to polyclonal IgG anti-P autoantibody binding to red blood cell surface antigens and is characterized by hemoglobinuria, typically after exposure to cold temperatures. Case Presentation: An 84-year-old female patient started developing breathing difficulty off and on with generalised weakness and loss o...

Coombs' positive hemolytic anemia is exceedingly rare in tuberculosis. We herein report a patient with tuberculosis associated with Coombs' positive hemolytic anemia that was responded to antituberculosis therapy. She was admitted to the hospital because of recent-onset fatigue, weakness, nonproductive cough, pallor and scleral jaundice. Coombs positive hemolytic anemia and pulmoner tuberculosi...

Coombs, Donnell, and Kirk (1978. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 4, 497-512), in a study of risk preferences, collected data using both pick 1 and reject $ response modes. Although the preference orders derived from the two response modes were identical, the pick data contained a greater number of inconsistencies than the reject data. In the present study, predictions were derived from unfo...

The Medical Annual for 1923 is a volume which no practising general practitioner can afford to be without. It is particularly rich in articles of practical clinical value. Among many other articles perhaps that by Sir W. I. de C. Wheeler on " General surgical treatment" is the most interesting: he emphasises the necessity for team work, the use of written instructions to sisters in charge of th...