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At Federation in 1901, Australia retained separate State veterinary services responsible for the control of endemic animal diseases. By 2010 the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments and the livestock industries had coordinated a structure with supporting activities and shared finances that p...
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PMID: 21933170
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This study provides an historical and statistical analysis of archival data from the Hawthorne illumination experiments.
Previous accounts of the illumination experiments are fraught with inconsistencies because they have been based on secondary sources. The general c...
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PMID: 22046725
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After describing the dossier of the medical works attributed to Cleopatra in the MD. Grmek fund deposited at IMEC (Institut Mémoires de l'Edition Contemporaine, Abbaye d'Ardenne, Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, near Caen), this paper reports some recent papyrological discoveries (P. Oxy. 71.4809, th...
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PMID: 21936215
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We recall OP room accidents, which are not directly dealing with the operation....
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PMID: 21936219
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Some examples of anatomo-radio-clinical (or medico-historical) collation, studied in the Dupuytren Museum of Paris, among osteoplastic conditions, including hyperostosis frontalis interna, fibrous dysplasia of bone, osteochondromas, angioma of bone and osteosarcomas, demonstrate how that triad allows...
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PMID: 21936216
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The eminent Greek anatomist professor Miltiades Papamiltiades contributed considerably to the study of lymphatic system and to the development of a new staining technique in exfoliative cytology. Born Greek and French in spirit, his work written in French language and scattered in articles, communica...
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PMID: 21936218
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This article describes a fragment of history on the growing impact of genetics on the practice of medicine over 50 years, as experienced by a medical geneticist who helped to provide services to patients at risk of genetic disorders. It is a personal account influenced by a fascinati...
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PMID: 21639797
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This new analysis of 194 DNA exonerations, representing 171 criminal events, examines the types of evidence and DNA testing that have been used to free the victims of wrongful conviction. In 43% of the exonerations, the true perpetrator of the crime was identified through postconvict...
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PMID: 21721941
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I Marie Curie designed a mobile x-ray room "radiologic car". Marie Curie had an x-ray machine installed into a car and demonstrated how to use its dynamo for electric power production necessary for the x-ray machine to work. She had 20 cars with moving radiological lab made and trained 150 people to...
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PMID: 21905607
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THE ANCIENT TIMES: Many early civilisations left testimonies about ancient times and resuscitation, as well. Some of them did it successfully and some of them did it less successfully; however, all of them wished to help a dying person and to bring him back to life. The first trustworthy note can be...
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PMID: 21905608
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We outline our contemporary understanding of CR-PTSD, the evolution of the diagnosis throughout the history of modern warfare, its impact on the mind and body, and its treatment. PTSD has become the mental health issue of our time....
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PMID: 21905450
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The history of coronary artery bypass graft surgery is an amazing story that evolved from a basic understanding of the etiology of coronary artery disease to highly sophisticated methods of restoring blood flow to the myocardium. Adjunctive techniques of anticoagulation, coronary artery imaging, and...
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PMID: 21821188
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The ancient Japanese bone-setting therapy originated from the ancient Chinese bone-setting therapy. This paper gave an introduction to three works published in Edo-period of Japan. Each of them has been regarded as the cornerstone of the Japanese bone-setting therapy: KOUSHI Houyoku Honetsugiryojicho...
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PMID: 22007591
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With his unique comprehension, theoretical contribution and technique of acupuncture, Professor HE Pu-ren has devoted himself into the career of Chinese Medicine for 70 years. Besides the professional contributions, his academic spirit and idea of humanities are also handed down to the next generatio...
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PMID: 21972644
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This historical account, based on a survey of 250 medical articles written during and immediately after World War II, reviews the immediate treatment of frostbite in the American and German ground troops in Europe from 1941 to 1945. The American management was simpler and more conservative than the e...
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PMID: 21977710
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The aim of this article is to examine the experiences of the first 25 years of undergraduate nurses at the University of Edinburgh using a quantitative historical methodology.
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PMID: 21093121
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A review of the surgical cases of Harvey Cushing, MD, at The Johns Hopkins Hospital provided insight into his early work treating breast cancer metastasis to the central nervous system (CNS). At the time, neurologic surgery was in its infancy. Metastases of breast carcinoma to the CNS were recognized...
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PMID: 21844440
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Shrines associated with the deity Tongnaab in the Talensi region of northern Ghana formed the centre of a precolonial regional cult that encompassed a variety of peoples in the savannas of the Volta basin. Despite attempts by the British colonial state to destroy the shrines and to suppress ritual ac...
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PMID: 21810041
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In spite of its plenitude the scientific works of the important German psychologist Ernst August Dölle (1898-1972) are little adapted till today, mostly they are being reduced to his studies about dichotomy and duplicity. But on base of his diaries of the year 1968 the authors can -...
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PMID: 21837611
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The meaning of epiphenomenalism for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy is analyzed. It may be concluded that Ernst-August Dölle was one of the first researches to describe and to use the Alpha and Omega of epiphenomenalism.
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PMID: 21837612
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We recapitulate the information gathered during the last 60 years on naturally occurring and induced epialleles and paramutations in plants. We present the major players of epigenetic regulation and their importance in controlling stress responses. The effect of diverse stressors on the epigenetic s...
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PMID: 21515434
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