over the past two decades, there has been a growing trend in using oral hygienic products from natural resources such as essential oils and plant extracts. nepeta cataria l. is a member of the mint family (labiatae) with several medicinal properties. the objective of this study was to determine the chemical composition and antimicrobial activities of essential oils (eos) from n. cataria leaves ...

introduction : the aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of four intracanal medicaments on enterococcus faecalis (e. faecalis). methods and materials: fifty extracted single-rooted human teeth were prepared with standard method. after contaminating the canals with e. faecalis , the samples were divided into one control and four experimental groups ( n =10). the t...

Anti-infective shortages pose significant logistical and clinical challenges to hospitals and may be considered a public health emergency. Anti-infectives often represent irreplaceable life-saving treatments. Furthermore, few new agents are available to treat increasingly prevalent multidrug-resistant pathogens. Frequent anti-infective shortages have substantially altered patient care and may l...

THE ADVANCE OF SURGERY IN INDIA. In the Caledonian Medical Journal (April 1908) Colonel Kenneth Macleod, f.r.c.s., Hony. Physician to H. M. the King, deals with a subject in which he was much interested during his long tenure of the appointment of Professor of Surgery in the Calcutta Medical College. Under the title Hospitalism in India he describes the advances of antiseptic and aseptic surger...

The present study was conducted with the objective to determine the treatment seeking behavior of parents/caretakers for injuries sustained by children under five years of age in rural Southern India. Out of 325 children, 39.7% were treated by a health personnel, 29% received home remedy while the rest (31.3%) did not receive any treatment. Abrasion (72.6%) was the commonest type of injury obse...