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IN YOUR BACK YARD; CASTOR BEAN A MEDICINE AND A POISON
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Mink oil comes from minks, so you might guess that castor oil
comes from Castor canadensis, or beavers. Although beavers are making
a comeback to Ohio, castor oil isn't as prominent in the medicine
cabinet as it once was.
My parents' generation seemed to have used it for just about every
malady, but it's only been used once in my household.
My wife was due to deliver our first child and was not happy.
After listening carefully to make sure there was only one baby in
there, our obstetrician said go home, take some castor oil, and call
her in the morning. We didn't last until morning, but did ...
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Solitary fibrous tumor of the meninges
Magazine article from: Neurology India
; ...rare mesenchymal tumors arising from the meninges, which clinically and radiologically...Davis DH. Solitary fibrous tumour of the meninges: A lesion distinct from fibrous meningioma...meningioma and solitary fibrous tumour of the meninges. Am J Surg Pathol 1997;21:1354...
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Indolent extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of the meninges producing chronic cerebral venous occlusion
Magazine article from: Neurology India
; ...suggestive of a B cell marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) of the meninges (Non Hodgkin lymphoma [NHL]). Post-operatively, his...PCNSL involves the parenchyma more frequently than the meninges (12:1).[2] The majority of PCNSL are high-grade B...
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Ultrastructure of Canine Meninges After Repeated Epidural Injection of S(+)-Ketamine
Magazine article from: Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
; ...evaluates the ultrastructure of canine meninges after repeated doses of epidural S...the same times. The spinal cord and meninges were processed for histopathological...ultrastructural description of the canine meninges is currently available. There were no...
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When to suspect bacterial meningitis; Bacterial infection of the meninges is potentially treatable if diagnosed early. Rapid diagnostics are essential, putting extra pressure on the clinician.(FEATURE)
Magazine article from: Clinical Advisor
; ...prognosis. Bacterial infection of the meninges is the worst-case scenario but...or pneumonia). Infection of the meninges and subarachnoid space occur when...mater, arachnoid space, or dural meninges are broached by an invasive pathogen...
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Bacterial meningitis: signs, symptoms, and therapy: bacterial infection of the meninges is potentially treatable if diagnosed early, making rapid diagnostics essential and increasing pressure on the clinician.(Cover story)
Magazine article from: Cortlandt Forum
; ...prognosis. Bacterial infection of the meninges is the worst-case scenario but...or pneumonia). Infection of the meninges and subarachnoid space occurs when...mater, arachnoid space, or dural meninges are broached by an invasive pathogen...
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Maternalizing the meninges: A pregnant Arabic legacy
Magazine article from: Neurology India
; ...invest the central nervous axis (CNA) are the so-called meninges that to the early Arabic observers seemed nothing less than...maternal. The Arabic reveric gets aborted the moment the misnomer meninges take over, a gaffe that usurps the forest for the trees...
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Decompression of the perioptic meninges for relief of papilloedema in benign intracranial hypertension.(Original Article)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
; Byline: P. Subburam, V. Loganathan, G. Rajan, M. Natarajan Benign intracranial hypertension usually runs a self-limiting course with a good prognosis;[1] but the long term prognosis with regard to vision is subject to variation in opinion[234] Greer[5] has reported permanent visual loss in 10
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Extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease involving the meninges.
Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal
; ABSTRACT Rosai-Dorfman disease is an idiopathic histiocytic proliferative disorder characterized by sinus histiocytosis and massive lymphadenopathy. Extranodal involvement has also been reported. We report the case of a 57-year-old woman presenting with seizures, focal motor deficits, and
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Effect of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria and bacterial toxins on meningeal permeability in vitro
Magazine article from: Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
; ...meningeal permeability. Methods. Spinal meninges of M. nemestrina monkeys were mounted...decreases permeability through the spinal meninges. To address this question, we used...mannitol and sufentanil across monkey spinal meninges before and after addition of S. aureus...
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Meningitis and encephalitis.(Children In Hospitals...)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Pediatrics for Parents
; ...Meningitis refers to the swelling of the "meninges" which are the protective coverings...itself. When both the brain and the meninges are swollen, the condition is referred...organism is carried to the brain and meninges by the blood stream. As the meninges...
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