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The writer Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is known for his poems, dramas and the "epic or dialectical theater" he founded. He was retrospectively postulated to have had rheumatic fever because of heart problems and neuromuscular symptoms in his youth. Based on current rheumatological knowledge, it
The cytotoxicity of bleomycin in vitro has previously been shown to be enhanced by hyperthermia. This study demonstrates in vivo a synergistic interaction between local hyperthermia (43 degrees C, 45 min) and bleomycin (15 mg/kg) against implanted mammary tumors of C3H/He mice. Hyperthermia was
William C. Gorgas spent the first twenty years of his career dedicated to the daily tasks of rural patient care. When assigned to Havana, his practicable application of Walter Reed's demonstration of Yellow Fever transmission resulted in the elimination of Yellow Fever within eight months. His
While parents' construction of and actions around child growth are embedded in their cultural framework, the discourse on child growth monitoring (CGM) has been using indicators grounded in the biomedical model. We believe that for CGM to be effective, it should also incorporate other This paper explores the gendered dynamics of intra-household bargaining around treatment seeking for children with fever revealed through two qualitative research studies in the Volta Region of Ghana, and discusses the influence of different gender and health discourses on the likely policy
BACKGROUND
Liu-He-Tang (LHT) has been used to treat adult respiratory tract infection with productive cough and fever for a thousand years in ancient China. Adults with respiratory tract infection of human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) can have symptoms similar to those managed by LHT.
Robert Robertson was born in Scotland and trained to be a surgeon. In 1760, he served briefly on a whaling ship and then entered the Royal Navy. He subsequently had many postings, several of them to the tropics. He recorded his observations on fevers, scurvy and other illnesses. After 23 years of
A 33-year-old man with ulcerative colitis (UC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis presented with worsening shortness of breath, nonproductive cough, and intermittent fevers after he was found to have a WBC count of 27,000 cells/μL on an outpatient laboratory evaluation. He reported feeling
A 57-year-old man was admitted for 1 month of accelerating hemoptysis and hematemesis. Two weeks earlier, he first presented with fevers and hemoptysis of 2 weeks' duration and was diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia treated with 5 days of ceftriaxone and azithromycin. He improved and was