We humans tend to believe that the world has always existed in the form in which we know it. History is fine as an object of study, but we rarely make the effort to really situate ourselves in the past. If we ask most pulmonologists who have started or finished their training this century about the origins of inhaled treatment for obstructive lung disease, we might be surprised to find how litt...

BACKGROUND Breast gangrene is rare in surgical practice. Gangrene of breast can be idiopathic or secondary to some causative factor. Antibiotics and debridement are used for management. Acute inflammatory infiltrate, severe necrosis of breast tissue, necrotizing arteritis, and venous thrombosis is observed on histopathology. The aim of was to study patients who had breast gangrene. METHODS A ...

BACKGROUND One of the cardinal principles of homeopathy is the "law of similarities", according to which patients can be treated by administering substances which, when tested in healthy subjects, cause symptoms that are similar to those presented by the patients themselves. Over the last few years, there has been an increase in the number of pre-clinical (in vitro and animal) studies aimed at ...