In the practice of general psychiatry, art therapy in the form of painting is widely employed. Music and drama similarly provide regular treatment occasions. The use of poetry is less familiar and is little discussed in the literature. This paper reviews a therapeutic liaison, happening largely by chance, which depended ...

We have used a protein-synthesizing in vitro system programmed with the phage message MS2-RNA to investigate the ability of glycyl-tRNAs with different anticodons to read the glycine codons. Under conditions of no competition, when the glycyl-tRNA analyzed was the only source of glycine for protein synthesis, each of the isoacceptors ...

A study of medical journals from 1962 showed a constant preoccupation with style. Editors and contributors on both sides of the Atlantic revile unnecessary obscurity and complexity and the use of jargon, barbarisms, vogue words, and weak impersonal constructions. They bewail the pompous use of verbiage and the "medspeak" typified ...

Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and early Byzantine medical pharmaceutical works show a fairly sophisticated array of simple and compound remedies for burns and scalds. Chief among ancient writings that provide specific botany, minerals, and similar substances used in burn treatment are several Egyptian papyri, the Hippocratic On Wounds, and writings by ...

This paper describes what is known about Briquet's life and character based on obituaries published in medical literature shortly after his death. It reviews his later writings on hysteria and integrates these with the Treatise published in 1859. Finally it summarizes the opinions of his immediate successors such as Charcot, ...

U.S. medical schools were surveyed to determine the extent and nature of instruction in medical writing. Of the 101 schools responding, only 15 offered writing courses. Seven of the 15 offered only brief seminars or workshops. The other eight offered full-term courses (greater than eight weeks or more than 15 ...

Doyle's medical writings represent a valuable contribution to both the scientific and nonscientific aspects of medicine of the late 19th Century. Up to the present, accounts of these writings have been few, and none of them have been evaluative of their scientific merit. Analysis of Doyle's writings on infectious diseases ...

A three-year study was designed to assess general reading and writing skills of 231 entering medical students and to compare these scores with those of clinically oriented reading and writing skills in the same cohort of students three years later. Standardized reading and writing tests were administered to all entering ...

Existing definitions of 'asbestos' and 'mineral fibre' originate from industrial and mineralogical sources and may be confusing when applied to scientific or medical findings. For writing and applying regulations for handling asbestos and mineral fibres, there is a need for a distinct, descriptive and internationally accepted terminology based on properties ...

A small series of a dermal curiosity occurring in children is described. It appears not to have been presented heretofore in medical writings and certainly not in our South African medical literature. The constancy of its presentation suggests strongly a genetic localization for its origin (if not a fanciful one!) ...

The question is raised of whether the Middle Ages held a view of the nature of childhood as distinct from adulthood. Evidence is offered from legal documents, medical writings, and church and monastic chronicles to support the viewpoint that the special nature of the child was perceived (although with great ...

Just as literary conventions and styles evolve, so even do "styles" (acceptable form) in medical writing. The guidelines suggested in this paper for the preparation of various types of figures are based on current standards in scientific and, particularly, medical writing. However, since at any given time there may exist ...

Courses in medical editing and medical English are relatively new and infrequent. We have now provided seven of them for Finnish doctors who wished to publish their work in English, to present papers in English to conferences, to work in English-speaking countries-or who wanted to improve their knowledge of the ...

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Documentation of William O'Neill's suspension from flying for medical reasons along with medical clearance papers.

Much can be done to improve the quality of oral and written communication among physicians, particularly among young physicians. Good communication can be taught. Clear writing is only the reflection of clear thinking. The strong determination to make oneself unmistakable will carry the writer a long way toward his goal; ...