was considered the greatest American surgeon of his time. Among his many writings was a treatise on the genito-urinary organs (1851) containing the first account of the distribution of urinary calculi. He was immortalized in the monumental (8 ft by 6 ft, 6 in) painting by Thomas Eakins known as The Gross Clinic which now hangs in the Jefferson Medical College. Fielding Garrison, in his authorit...

experiment was conducted as split plot in a randomized complete block design with three replications in kermanshah to shed lights on economic analysis of deficit irrigation and integrated application of biological and chemical fertilizer son cultivation of medicinal plant borage (borago officinalis l). irrigation tritments include: a) 30% less water than crop requires invegetative, b) inreprodu...

it is well-established that for a considerable period the united kingdom has spent proportionally less of its gross domestic product (gdp) on health-related services than almost any other comparable country. average european spending on health (as a % of gdp) in the period 1980 to 2013 has been 19% higher than the united kingdom, indicating that comparable countries give far greater fiscal prio...

Background: Coula edulis Bail (Olacaceae), is an evergreen tree growing to a height of 25-38 m. This study aimed at evaluating the antidermatophytic and toxicological properties of the stem bark of C. edulis extract as well as fractions and compounds isolated from it. Methods: The plant extract was prepared by maceration in CH2Cl2-MeOH (1:1 v/v). The fractionation of this extract was do...

OBJECTIVE To examine the role of tobacco use in creating financial hardship for New Zealand (NZ) low income households with children. DATA The 1996 NZ census (smoking prevalence by household types), Statistics NZ (household spending surveys 1988-98), and NZ Customs (tobacco released from bond 1988-98). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Proportion of children in households with smokers and < or = 15,000...