The name ‘‘asthma nervosa’’ [1] is linguistically incorrect. Asthma is a Greek neutral noun in a language that tries hard to keep its genders apart. Nervosa is a Latin adjective and this language also does not mix the genders: nervosa is feminine (as are anorexia and bulimia, two conditions for which nervosa is appropriate). Therefore, we should refer to asthma as nervosum (both neutral). This ...

Diplolepis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) are gall wasps that induce conspicuous galls on Rosa spp. (Rosaceae). These species distributed globally and in Europe some especially common founder organisms of biological communities composed different insects. However, the ecological niches these have not been studied detail. We modelled potential distributions using locations four most abundant Iberian P...

Bulimia nervosa, a mental illness 4 times more common than anorexia is characterized by binge-eating followed compensatory purging behaviors, which include self-induced vomiting, diuretic abuse, laxative and misuse of insulin. Patients with bulimia nervosa are at risk developing medical complications that affect all body systems, especially the renal electrolyte systems. Behavior cessation can ...

The purpose of this study was to assess characteristics of individuals who died from anorexia nervosa by assessing the frequency with which anorexia nervosa is listed as a causal factor related to the death of individuals in the USA. Data from over 10 million death records (all National Center for Health Statistic registered deaths in the USA for 1986-90) were examined for mention of anorexia n...

The effect of digitalis in patients with sinoatrial node dysfunction was studied. Atrial pacing studies were performed while His bundle -electrograms were recorded in fourteen patients with sinus bradyeardia, syncope, or related symptoms. Measurements were repeated after 0.01 mg/kg ouabain, followed in some by 1 mg atropine. Ouabain produced a significant shortening of sinoatrial recovery time,...

a serum phosphorus if ATPase enzyme is available. Maintenance plasma levels range between 10 and 40 m,ug/ml with a mean value of 25 mrjug/ml. There is overlapping of maintenance and toxic serum levels in the higher ranges. Values over 45 m,ug/ml warrant careful evaluation for digitalis intoxication. Maintenance plasma levels can be achieved with or without the usual digitalizing dosage if time ...

Digitalis purpurea (foxglove) has been used for centuries. It was among the herbal remedies used in ancient Rome, and in the 16th century it was used in Ireland, Germany and England for ‘dropsy’ and other medical conditions. In 1785, William Withering reported on his study of digitalis extract used in 163 hospitalized patients, concluding that its beneficial action was due to effects on the pow...

The characteristic arrhythmias induced by digitalis glycosides in patients with atrial fibrillation are illustrated, and their mechanisms are described. The two effects of the drug which are most important in the genesis of such disturbances are: production of A-V nodal block and arousal of subsidiary pacemakers. These properties account for slow ventricular responses, escape beats, and nonparo...

We report a case of a 27 year old female with a known progressive major depression, who ingested an unknown amount of leaves of Digitalis purpurea (Figure 1) for attempted suicide. The patient developed nausea, emesis and a reduction of color vision. Furthermore, the ECG showed atrioventricular block II° (Wenckebach, Mobitz) with the necessity of pacemaker implantation. The therapeutic range of...

T IS undisputed that the administration of digitalis to patients with many forms of congestive heart failure results in an improvement in both the clinical state and in the abnormal circulatory dynamics that are characteristic of heart failure.'-6 The effects of digitalis in subjects without heart failure are less well defined. Although some glycosides augment the contractile force of nonfailin...