Systematic physical culture or sports cause adaptation (specific adaptation) of the body to stress. Such is based on morphological, metabolic and functional changes that occur as a result training in various organs tissues, improvement nervous, hormonal autonomic cellular regulation functions. All these determine effects. They are manifested functions ensure implementation this (trained) muscul...

The sophistication of bedside intensive care unit (ICU) monitoring equipment and the precision of its displayed values may tempt clinicians to accept these data without question. However, critically ill patients place substantial demands on these measurement technologies. Although the technology is governed by rigorous industry standards, it is not foolproof. To ensure accuracy and recognize an...

81 We agree with the views expressed by the illustrious speaker Mr. Denis who claimed that osteosynthesis is a necessary procedure in the face of the failure of conservative or non-surgical treatment. Now, there are no hard-and-fast criteria that tell us what we should understand by a failure or an insufficiency. What for some is an adequate result, for others is unacceptable because it causes ...

a drug to a pregnant woman. ' A further reason is undoubtedly the difficulties (often more imagined than real) in performing interdisciplinary research. None the less, progress is being made, and several monographs on the clinical pharmacology ofpregnancy have recently been published.2 This series is aimed at practising clinicians who prescribe drugs for women who are, or who may become, pregna...

The subject of infant feeding is one well worn by previous discussion, but there is always something to be gained by reviewing the accepted facts and presenting again the controversial matter. My task is to deal with the subject in a general way, and as there are papers by other speakers on breast-feeding (Waller, 1952) and artificial feeding (Smellie, 1952) I shall do my best to avoid anything...

Sir Victor Horsley, a British neurosurgeon, pioneered epilepsy surgery and, in 1886, published the reports of successful cortical resections that resulted in a significant reduction in epileptic seizures in three patients (Horsley, 1886). At that time, V. Horsley assisted by J.H. Jackson (epileptologist) and D. Ferrier (neurophysiologist), identified the region to be resected by the location of...