SYNOPSIS A patient suffering from Weber-Christian panniculitis was found at necropsy to have similar lesions in the visceral adipose tissue. When the lesions occur internally, diagnosis during life is complicated by the difficulty of examining visceral adipose tissue and the disease may often go unrecognized, but patients suffering from Weber-Christian panniculitis should be investigated bearin...

In 1948 Ormond reported two cases of unheralded anuria due to idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis. Previous documentation of the condition had been scanty, but since then over a hundred similar cases have been reported. The patient, usually an adult, at first has only vague symptoms such as abdominal discomfort, anorexia, loss of weight, or nausea. The diagnosis is made usually only when signs ...

Authors like Francis Fukuyama or Robert Putnam claim that modern societies suffer from a decline of trust. On the other hand political scientists like Margaret Levi or Susan Stokes and sociologists like Karen Cook contend that as nice as trust might be, we can easily do without it. Especially in political life, distrust, vigilance and scepticism seem to be healthier and more fruitful than trust...