The following most remarkable account of one of Dr. Burdon Sanderson's important experiments on the subject of pyaemia is taken from the British Medical Journal:?" Dr. Sanderson then proceeded to exhibit a dog, into the abdominal cavity of which six drops of a pysemic transudation liquid had been injected three hours before. The animal was in a state of profound collapse, accompanied with vomit...

A 17-year-old, nationally ranked, male tennis player (AH) had been experiencing heat cramps during tennis match play. His medical history and previous physical exams were unremarkable, and his in-office blood chemistry profiles were normal. On-court evaluation and an analysis of a 3-day dietary record revealed that AH's sweat rate was extensive (2.5 L.hr-1) and that his potential daily on-court...

4th Case. giment, a student of the military class, arrived at the cholera hospital in No. 5 barrack from the health camp at Perunkullia. He had been one of those who had drank the canal spring water. lie told me that he was very well when they marched out from Roorkee on the evening of the 19th; that after dinner (4 p.m. ) of the 20th he had felt unwell; that lie started to walk it off and was ...

A case of interstitial myositis associated with a localised lipoatrophy is reported. The patient is a 24 year old man who presented with severe painful cramps and fasciculations localised to one limb. The rarity of both disorders, and their likely common autoimmune mechanism, suggest that this is not a chance association.

The prevalence of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) was determined in 1600 women belonging to various socioeconomic groups in Karachi. Of the total, 33% had PMS, whose prevalence was high in lower socioeconomic group living in socially deprived areas. A direct association of PMS was noted with parity, being low in low parity group. Major complaints were pain in lower abdomen, cramps and backache with...

a draughtsman, aged 39. During the twelve years before ^mission, the patient had eight right-sided Jacksonian attacks, ^hich were preceded by a feeling of spatial disorientation. They ?Ccasionally lasted for hours, and were then terminated by '^consciousness when he had reached a condition of exhaustion. addition to the Jacksonian attacks he experienced bouts of $?vere, and at times unbearable,...

to him the same night. Heretofore he had complained of pain all over the body. With the disappearance of the fever, the pain subsided ; but he began to be distressed with cramps in both ihe upper and lower extremities from the 12th, 011 which date he again passed four worms. The cramps continued, but with less severity, till the end of the month. On the 13th, he passed two ; 011 the 15th, one ;...

The approach of the physiotherapist to each form of dystonia is individual and has to be specific. There is not one single method but several strategies related to the different clinical forms. Although there is no standard programme applicable to all forms of cervical dystonia, we can distinguish a number of guidelines for the different clinical forms. In the myoclonic form, emphasis is placed...