T he greatest expression of the circulation of this implant technique was represented by the national and international congresses held by the historic GISI (Gruppo Italiano Studi Implantari, Italian Implant Study Group), founded and directed by Giordano Muratori. From 1970 to 1997 the GISI congresses saw the participation of the most distinguished experts, documented by their published confere...

worth has at length conferred upon the profession the welcome boon of issuing his long-contemplated work on gout. Amid all the high-sounding phrases and the straining after scientific precision with which modern medicine abounds, it seems suggestive of Arcadian simplicity to read a book by an author of Sir D. Duckworth's eminence, in which are upheld the importance of treatment, the validity of...

on laboratory aids in surgical diagnosis and m-oonosis illustrated by three coloured plates; followed 'by one on anaesthesia. Ether is strongly recommended, and of chloroform the author "is obviously frightened. This is not to be wondered at, seeing that lie considers death to occur from cardiac failure, though, as is usual with those who bold these opinions, he ,11ns his faith 011 artificial r...

I could also have called this text a discussion about championships –– prvenstva in Croatian –– but the current social priorities of such a more Croatian title would have immediately categorised it in the anthropology of sport. My idea was to write in a general way about the priorities of our profession, and not about sports contests. Priority is precedence, but also a right to that very priori...

A text-book which has reached a fifth edition in thirteen years ought to be good either on its own merits or by comparison with others. It is unfortunately the case in this country that the popularity of a text-book depends as much on its reputation for enabling students to pass examinations as on its real worth as a means of education. Thus, in surgery, it might happen that the work of a capab...

INTRODUCTION Section 6002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the Sunshine Act, requires that manufacturers report payments or other transfers of value made to physicians and teaching hospitals [1,2]. The tracking of such payments goes into effect on August 1, 2013, and the new rules could affect radiologists. In this column, I pose and answer several questions rega...