Genteel ladies of the Victorian age were prone to attacks of “the vapors”. Smelling salts, whose pungent odor revived them, was a most necessary constituent of any first aid kit of the time. Syncope, a faint, a vasovagal attack, are all labels for this common condition. A faint occurs when the blood pressure suddenly drops [...]
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Changes may occur in the cells of the cervix. This is known as dysplasia and can be recognised on the Papanicolaou smear. It is believed these changes may be pre-malignant so that treatment at this stage could prevent the development of cancer. Cancer-in-situ is also detected by the smear. This is cancer at its earliest [...]
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Men have sought the fountain of youth since the dawn of history. The medicine man of the Stone Age, in addition to being a specialist in driving the evil spirits away, also tried to restore virility to aging men. Records from early medical history show a variety of herbs used to retard aging processes and [...]
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If you fast for ten to 14 days in accordance with instructions given in Chapter 2, your blood pressure will probably drop to normal in that period. After the fast is completed it is of great importance to adopt intelligent eating habits, if you wish to prevent the recurrence of high blood pressure. Your diet [...]
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From anterior to posterior the iris is organised in the following layers: 1. Endothelial 2. Anterior marginal layer 3. Vascular layer = Stroma 4. Posterior marginal layer = Dilatator layer 5. Epithelial pigment = Stratum pigmenti iridis 6. Retinal layer = Pars iridica retinae 1. The question of the existence of the Endothelial layer is [...]
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Everybody knows what a fever is, but many people don’t know what it means. One common error is to assume that the higher the fever, the sicker the child. It is also commonly believed that fever is a child’s enemy, that it should be fought and the temperature brought to normal as soon as possible. [...]
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For about the first month of life, or longer if the baby is born prematurely and is catching up, the baby will do little besides eat, sleep, and dirty nappies. An infant has a small stomach and can’t eat very much at a time, but he or she is busy growing and developing and needs [...]
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Muscle control There may also be functional changes in the control of those very important muscles which keep the airways open when a breath is taken in. If these muscles are weakened or if they become unsynchronized with inspiratory and expiratory efforts, then the pharynx may collapse. Alcohol Many snorers are both surprised and disappointed [...]
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Cholera Edward Chadwick, a barrister, pioneered the concern with water, drainage and sewage disposal, but it should not be thought that the battle was won without a fight. Years of opposition and debate were centred around the vast sums of money involved in the engineering needed. Such measures were also seen by some as infringing [...]
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Susan was reasonably well as a child, apart from frequent colds and chest infections. At the age of 21, however, she suffered a bad bout of diarrhoea when travelling abroad. Although she recovery from this, her bowels never really returned to normal. A mild form of diarrhoea stayed with her so that she needed to [...]
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