In MemoriamDavid Wagenknecht Deborah Swedberg With great sadness, we mark the passing of David who edited SiR for 33 years, from Summer 1977 to 2010. He died on October 12, 2021 after an extended illness. During his editorship, journal flourished, publishing a range voices both inside and adjacent province Romanticism, which had effect broadening deepening field, he accomplished with utmost mod...

In the fall of 1830, a fair and handsome youth from Framingham, Massachusetts, joined the senior dass of Yale College. He was destined to become not only one of its most distinguished members, but also to shed luster upon the two recently founded professional schools in divinity and in medicine. The personal characteristics that, in degree at least, set him apart from his dassmates were earnest...

Circulation. 2016;134:499. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.023662 August 9, 2016 The patient is a 52-year-old male corporate executive who comes to the office as a new patient, having just been relocated by his company. He gives a history of smoking (1 pack per day for 25 years), hyperlipidemia, and hypertension, and he currently is taking a statin, an angiotensin receptor blocker, a β-blocker,...

Bell's palsy is a facial paralysis that affects one side of the face accompanied with facial weakness. The condition is less common in children, but if it appears the possible causes are trauma, infections, tumor, inflammation or it may be idiopathic. In the 8 year old treated patient the condition appeared because of stressful situation, experiencing dreadful fright. The facial muscle weakness...

Galen was a brilliant anatomist and pioneer of experimental physiology. His many important discoveries exerted a profound influence on medicine during the next 1400 years. However, his wish to solve all the problems of health and disease led him to speculate and draw mistaken conclusions which were widely believed until after the Renaissance.