An Unexplained Death: Hannah Greener and Chloroform

Background: Reports of major and minor sequelae following lidocaine spinal anesthesia have generated interest in an alternative short-acting intrathecal agent. Of the available anesthetics suitable for short-duration spinal anesthesia, prilocaine is perhaps the most promising agent. However, data comparing the neurotoxicity of these agents are lacking. Accordingly, the present experiments investigate whether prilocaine and lidocaine differ with respect to sensory impairment and histologic damage when administered intrathecally in the rat.

Methods: Ninety rats were divided into three groups to receive an intrathecal infusion of 2.5% prilocaine in saline, 2.5% lidocaine in saline, or normal saline. The animals were assessed for persistent sensory impairment 4 days after anesthetic administration using the tail-flick test. Three days later, the animals were killed, and specimens of the spinal cord and nerve roots were obtained for histopathologic examination.

Results: Prilocaine and lidocaine produced equivalent elevations in tail-flick latency that differed significantly from saline. Histologic injury scores with prilocaine were greater than with lidocaine, but this difference did not reach statistical significance.     

三叉神经痛显微血管减压术后的远期疗效观察

原发性三叉神经痛可能是由于桥小脑角区上血管神经复合体中相关的小脑动脉及静脉压迫三叉神经敏感区而发病。显微血管减压术治疗三叉神经痛已被广泛接受和应用，其治愈率是理想的。然而，从客观上讲还有一部分患者的疼痛未完全缓解，会复发或术后出现并发症，其结果不完全令人满意。但是患者主观满意度究竟怎样，患者亲身感受和对比手术前后的变化，包括复发疼痛的程度，     

广西医学院举办首届学校卫生医师培训班

广西医学院儿少卫生教研室受区卫生厅委托于1985年9月开始举办为期半年的学校卫生医师培训班。来自基层防疫站和学校的31名学     

CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA A REVIEW OF 200 CASES

Schistosomiasis'' japonica is one of the most important parasitic diseases in China. Ever since its dscovery in this eountry (j) its inCidenee、and extent Of enilemiCity haVe bec0删：e inCreaSlngIy evident With imprOvement Of diagnoStiC methodS and a8 a reSUlt Of inVeStiga- 戗On8 made by VariOU8 W0rkerS. It iS Well knOWn that reglonS watered by the Yan或ze RiVer were rampant w托h this di8ea8e. The vast areas of endemlelty lnclude not only the territories im!mediately traversed by the main stream and its lnnumerable tributarie8 but also districts adjaeent to the mammoth bodies of water such as Great Lake（太湖）,Poyanghu t都防湖），and Tung七inghu（洞庭湖）． Thus Kiangsu（江袜），、Chekiang 【浙江），Anhwei（安徽），Kiangsi（江西），Hupeh（湖北）and Hunan （湖南） are the proVinees of high endemicity. Rampaney of the infeStation dOes nOt, hoWever, COnfine to reglOnS of tbe Central and lOWer YangtZe Valley aS eaSeS Of SChiStOSOmiaSiS have been reCOrded il土the central plains Of Szechuan(四J”) (2—4)and sou¨thwest parC of Chin可ihcluding Kwangsi（魔西）(5)and Yunnan（雷南）（艿。8）．     

创伤性尿道狭窄86例报告

我院自1976年至1986年收治创伤性尿道狭窄86例、现报告如下。临床资科一、一般资料:本组86例均为男性;年龄20～49岁69例,占80.23%,其中20～29岁18例,30～39岁26例,40～49岁25例。二、损伤原因及部位:86例中,后尿道损伤19例,均为挤压伤并骨盆骨折;前尿道损伤67例,其中     

印度生物技术企业欲与瑞典开展合作

Biocon公司是印度重要的生物技术公司之一,最近,该公司与Karolinska学院(瑞典最主要的医科大学)签署了一份协议,根据这项协议,双方将在研究、教育领域开展合作。此协议内容包括合作开发产品和共同研究规划。印度生物技术企业欲与瑞典开展合作@张亦农     

总状升麻提取物BNO1055抑制人前列腺癌LNCaP细胞的增殖

作者研究了橙皮苷（HES）对LPS诱导的和感染诱导的致死性休克及TNF—α生成的抑制作用。     

ANGURAR BLEPHARITIS IN WELL KNOWN CLINJ OF RIBOFLAVIN ARIBOFLAVINOSIS - A CAL . MANIFESTATION DEFICIENCY

Sebrell in 1938 (i)五rst suspected that pellagra might be a manifestation of multiple deficiency in which ribofiavin .might play a role. Experiments carrie.d out by him and Butler in the ''same year showed that diets low in ribofiavin content would produce a clinical syndrome, which we now know to'' be char- acteristic of ribofiaviri. deficiency. The w~rk of these authors w.as later confirmed by workers in all partbs of the world. Spies (2)i Sydenstricker (3), Viakil（二）, Gopalan (5), Hou (6), (7), etc. a:re important contributors. The disease has been reported in tIhe United States of America,''England, Africa, India, M.alaya and is quite common in China, especially among soldiers, students, coolies, refugees and prisoners. .     

PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS TO A CHANGING ENV,IRONMENT* (1) SENSATIONS OF HEAT AND MOISTURE

INTRODUCTION Feelings of discomfort may be experienced by persons entering artificially cooled buildings in hot weather. For some years p4st, residents in India, Mal.aya and notably in Shanghai have complained that the cooling of public building,s by means of air-conditioning syst;ems frequently fails to solve the problem of comfort during hot weather. It is a common experience that an acute sense of chilling descri''oed as "cold shock" may be felt on entering an air-conditioned building from the street, whilst on leaving it an overpowering sensation of heat may be encountered.