Epidemic dropsy is a disease occurring in epidemic or endemic form characterized clinically by (edema, erythema, cutaneous nodules, diarrhoea, cardiac failure, glaucoma and/or abortion in pregnant women. Pathologically there is an extensive dilatation and engorgement of the capillaries in the skin and the internal organs. Its ajtiology has been traced to the use of adulterated mustard oil, the ...

Ferox Trout are large, long-lived piscivorous Brown Trout (Salmo trutta). Due to their exceptionally large size, Ferox Trout are highly sought after by anglers while their life-history strategy, which includes delayed maturation, multiphasic growth and extended longevity, is of interest to ecological and evolutionary modelers. However, despite their recreational and theoretical importance, litt...

Background: Kachur (Curcuma Zedoaria Rviosc.) is a perennial herb found in tropical and sub-tropical countries such as India, Thailand Japan. Various parts of this plant are used Ayurveda having properties like Rochan, Deepana, Krumigna, Yakurit uttejaka, Anulomak, Raktashodhaka, Sothaharah, etc. other folk medicines for the treatment different aliments diarrhea, flatulence dyspepsia many more....

Percussion of the abdomen as a means of distinguishing between tympanites and ascites dates back into antiquity, but percussion of the thorax starts with Auenbrugger (Fig. I) whose Inventum Novum ex Percussione Thoracis Humani (Fig. 2) was published in I76i, the same year as Morgagni's great work on pathological anatomy. Auenbrugger's discovery of percussion was not entirely fortuitous for his ...