Niere,Blase

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Vier Fälle von Blei-Vergiftung nach Einnehmen von „Silberglätte” als Abtreibungsmittel

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Überempfindlichkeit gegen Äther

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Vergiftung mit nitrosen Gasen beim autogenen Schweißen im Schiffsraum

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Methylchlorid-Vergiftungen

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Evidenzbasierte Empfehlungen der „European League Against Rheumatism“ zur Diagnostik und Therapie der Gicht

Gout cannot be regarded a benign disease, as it is unfortunately often misunderstood. In view of the lack of recent evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of gout, the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) decided to commission a task force to develop such recommendations. A literature search was performed to comprehensively assess the clinical and epidemiological aspects, diagnostic tools, as well as effectiveness of therapeutic measures and the overall management. Subsequently, consensus among the participating experts should be achieved by applying a Delphi process. As a result of this project 10 recommendations for diagnosis of gout as well as 12 recommendations with respect to the management of the disease could be elaborated. Gout can be regarded as a disease with excellent prognosis in the light of the diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities available. However, this only holds true if all these possibilities are applied in the appropriate manner in daily routine. It constituted the primary goal of the EULAR project to deliver a substantial contribution to improve routine care of affected patients.     

Historical notes on the terms "glaucoma" and "cataract" (author's transl)]

The Greek term "glaucoma" has nothing to do with the disease we call glaucoma today and that we use to translate incorrectly with "grüner Star" throughout the German-speaking countries. The Greek adjective "glaucos" does not mean green but gleaming, sparkling. It signified the discolouring of the pupil in glaucoma. It was later replaced by the pathogenetic term hypochysis, Latin suffusio, denoting the supposed "trübe Feuchte" (opaque humour) that was taught to gather and congeal in front of the crystalline lens. Later on "glaukosis" was reserved for incurable cases, disease of the crystalline lens itself, which was looked at as the "organon visus" up to Felix Plater. The word "cataract"--waterfall--does not exist in Greek medicine. It appears in Salernitan medical science around the year 1000 as a synonym for hypochysis, the disease we call cataract today and which has been identified as opacity of the lens since Brisseau (1705). The nature of "incurable" glaucoma, later considered as a disease of the vitreous body, was clearly recognized as a consequence of intraocular increase of pressure only by v. Graefe.