To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette. Sir.?In your issue for March 1927, the article by Mr. Y. S. Rao on the above subject is interesting, though vomiting is a fairly common symptom after administration of morphia. If he has not done so, I would recommend him to try instead Nepenthe (dose 15 to 20 drops orally administered). In my experience this drug only very rarely causes nausea, and ne...

Gregg, a 64-year-old man, has a 40-pack-year smoking history. He presents with a 2-month history of cough and a recent episode of hemoptysis. A chest x-ray film reveals a right lung mass, and computed tomography (CT) of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis confirms a right middle lobe mass with no evidence of metastatic disease. Lung biopsy confirms non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and results of f...

(A paper read before the Liverpool Society of Anaesthetists). '"pHERE are not many subjects in medicine more fruitful • * • than anaesthesia for stimulating discussion. Perhaps this is because in no branch of our science is practice more varied, and it is an interesting fact that with this variety of method the results obtained by competent anaesthetists are very much the same ! But put yoursel...

Accepted 28 February 1996 A 25-year-old woman presented with a history of burning in the epigastrium, delayed postprandial vomiting and a weight loss of 5 kg over six months. There was no history of any gastrointestinal bleeding, altered bowel habits, fever, anorexia, respiratory symptoms, or treatment for tuberculosis. Examination of the abdomen revealed mild epigastric tenderness but no palpa...