[Scientific raisins from 125 years SMW (Swiss Medical Weekly). Clinical and physiological results of cerebral angiography. 1935].
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Cerebral Angiography↗
Biomedical subjects
E Moniz
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Prefrontal leucotomy in the treatment of mental disorders. 1937.
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History, 20th Century↗
The influence of a relative support group on carers' emotional distress.
Research has shown that the supporters of relatives with dementia suffer high levels of stress and strain and it is the severity of stress which determines whether the dependent remains in the community or becomes institutionalized. This study evaluated the outcome of a 6-week, closed group, educational programme on reported levels of stress and strain on five supporters. Results showed an increase in the severity of problems presented by the carers whilst there was a decrease in their emotional distress. However, these results suggest that the carers in the present study were experiencing much higher levels of stress and strain than those of supporters in a larger investigation, where the eventual outcome was institutionalization of the dependents. The implications for the future of community care are discussed and a large scale survey of carers, including monitoring of eventual outcome for dependents, is recommended.
Dementia↗
Alternating Horner's syndrome: is it or isn't it?
Two cases of so-called alternating Horner's syndrome are presented. Pupillary testing with cocaine and hydroxyamphetamine failed to reveal whether the problem was due to a lesion that shifted and thus had a truly alternating effect or whether it was due to a one-sided lesion that was at times hypoactive and at other times irritative.
Adolescent↗
Removal of hepatitis B surface antigen from a contaminated applanation tonometer.
Hepatitis B surface antigen was found in the conjunctival fluid of 43% of hepatitis B surface antigen carriers and could be detected on the tonometer tip after tonometry in one of four hepatitis B surface antigen carriers whose conjunctival fluid was positive for hepatitis B surface antigen. The Goldmann applanation tonometer tip was contaminated by immersion into solutions containing high concentrations of hepatitis B surface antigen (average 15,000 cpm). Prompt rinsing of the contaminated tonometer in running tap water for ten seconds proved sufficient to remove all detectable hepatitis B surface antigen from the tonometer.
Conjunctiva↗