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Droplets from the ocean of world literature
PubL Hlth, Lond. (1974) 88, 207
Droplets f r o m the Ocean of World Literature A. STRAINER* G. E. Burch, (1972). Am. Heart J. 84, 71 Every home should have a sphygmomanometer and a member of the family trained to use it. (Much as now a clinical thermometer is a household article.) R. J. Snowe & C. M. Wright, (1973). Pediatrics 51, 110 Gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum has reappeared in epidemic proportions in Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. This may well be a national, if not international, phenomenon. Silver nitrate drops are once more used. The rise is of course related to the increase in gonorrhoea. C. Morton, (1973). Health Service Reports, Washington 88, 59 In Norfolk, Virginia, from 1 January to 30 June 1971, for every 100,000 population there were 319 animal bites. Of 957 bites 843 were from dogs, 84 from cats, and 30 from other animals. T. R. Allen et al., (1973). J. Hygiene, Camb. 71, 657 The group reports on an outbreak of common colds at an Antarctic base, seventeen weeks after complete isolation from the outside world. Editorial, (1973). J. Am. Med. Ass. 226, 779 Many geriatric and marginally psychotic patients respond favourably, both mentally and physically, to therapeutic use of mild alcoholic beverages, such as beer and wine, especially if dispensed in group situations(!) E. J. Carpenter et al., (1972). Science, N.Y. 178, 749 Plastic spherules (of polystyrene), averaging 0.5 mm in diameter, have polluted in abundance the coastal waters of southern New England. They are ingested by fish and may cause intestinal blockage in smaller fish. C. F. Jacobs & B. A. Langdoc, (1972). Health Services Reports, Washington 87, 623. In Charleston, South Carolina, cardiovascular death rates are higher in atmospherically polluted areas than in control areas. Z. Stein etal., (1972). Science, N . Y . 178, 708 Prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine of 1944-5 was not related to mental performance at the age of 19. However, differences do exist between large cities and small, town and country, different religious groups, birth orders and post-natal experience. *The editor recommends those interested to consult the original papers and not A. Strainer.
Droplets f r o m the Ocean of World Literature A. STRAINER* G. E. Burch, (1972). Am. Heart J. 84, 71 Every home should have a sphygmomanometer and a member of the family trained to use it. (Much as now a clinical thermometer is a household article.) R. J. Snowe & C. M. Wright, (1973). Pediatrics 51, 110 Gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum has reappeared in epidemic proportions in Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. This may well be a national, if not international, phenomenon. Silver nitrate drops are once more used. The rise is of course related to the increase in gonorrhoea. C. Morton, (1973). Health Service Reports, Washington 88, 59 In Norfolk, Virginia, from 1 January to 30 June 1971, for every 100,000 population there were 319 animal bites. Of 957 bites 843 were from dogs, 84 from cats, and 30 from other animals. T. R. Allen et al., (1973). J. Hygiene, Camb. 71, 657 The group reports on an outbreak of common colds at an Antarctic base, seventeen weeks after complete isolation from the outside world. Editorial, (1973). J. Am. Med. Ass. 226, 779 Many geriatric and marginally psychotic patients respond favourably, both mentally and physically, to therapeutic use of mild alcoholic beverages, such as beer and wine, especially if dispensed in group situations(!) E. J. Carpenter et al., (1972). Science, N.Y. 178, 749 Plastic spherules (of polystyrene), averaging 0.5 mm in diameter, have polluted in abundance the coastal waters of southern New England. They are ingested by fish and may cause intestinal blockage in smaller fish. C. F. Jacobs & B. A. Langdoc, (1972). Health Services Reports, Washington 87, 623. In Charleston, South Carolina, cardiovascular death rates are higher in atmospherically polluted areas than in control areas. Z. Stein etal., (1972). Science, N . Y . 178, 708 Prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine of 1944-5 was not related to mental performance at the age of 19. However, differences do exist between large cities and small, town and country, different religious groups, birth orders and post-natal experience. *The editor recommends those interested to consult the original papers and not A. Strainer.