The authors states that the practice of hexing is not just a nearly extinct phenomenon of isolated rural communities of the deep south of the United States but is evident in large urban areas in the northeast and west. He describes the psychological mechanisms of voodoo as practiced in West ...

The DID measures the degree of delegation existing in a dental practice at a given time. Its four elements are: 1) the delegable tasks, 2) the personnel involved, 3) the task frequency, and 4) the task time. The formula yields the ratio of the Maximum State of Delegation to the ...

This is one of several articles specially prepared for this issue of Science in recognition of Habitat: The United Nations Conference on Human Settlements now taking place in Vancouver.

The prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBSAg) carriers in the Europe and North America 0.1 - 0.2%, but can exceed a few per cent in South-East Asia and Africa. The HBSAg carrier state is considered to be connected with sociaohygienic conditions but it is evident that genetic factors also ...

The experience of two colonoscopy units in managing 88 patients referred with 114 suspected colonic polyps are presented. Almost a quarter of the suspected polyps were artefacts, while some actual polyps were not visualized at the initial colonoscopy. All but 10 of the confirmed polyps were successfully snared. Morbidity was ...

The enthusiastic acceptance of acupuncture by the people of the United States is partly indicative of the limitations of Western medicine. This paper is the result of a two year study using acupuncture in the field of otolaryngolgy to treat those patients whose illnesses have not responded to conventional Western ...

Phallolysin, a high-molecular weight, thermo- and alcohol-labile toxin with haemolytic activity, was demonstrated in Amanita phalloides. Phallolysin was isolated from cold aqueous toadstool extracts by precipitation with 40% ammonium sulphate, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE cellulose, gel chromatography on Biogel P-30 and electrofocussing in Ampholine. Electrofocussing in a flat pH gradient ...

The characteristics of prepaid group practice in the United States are described. In this organized system of medical care, hospital use and surgical rates are significantly lower than in fee for service practice. The physician in prepaid practice has an orderly predictable professional life, is free of the usual financial ...

Papers, mainly 1910-1933, of Jay Kinney, a director of forestry for the United States Indian Service, entirely relating to his management of tribal forest lands in Wisconsin. Included are correspondence, memoranda, reports, statistics, and notes pertaining to repeated charges of mismanagement by the Menominee Indian Mills at Neopit, Wisconsin, as ...

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Designed as an introduction to the habitat requirements of the wood duck Aix sponsa, which will assist in the development of a species management plan, this document has been provided by the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, based on a leaflet issued by the US Department of Agriculture. The wood ...

The characteristics of prepaid group practice in the United States are described. In this organized system of medical care, hospital use and surgical rates are significantly lower than in fee for service practice. The physician in prepaid practice has an orderly predictable professional life, is free of the usual financial ...

This website provides, in full, a chapter excerpted from the book entitled "Ecosystem Management: Applications for Sustainable Forest and Wildlife Resources" edited by M.S. Boyce and A. Haney, 1997. The hierarchical framework is a regionalization classification and mapping system for stratifying the Earth into progressively smaller areas of increasingly uniform ...

The Hyperbaric Medicine unit based at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary provides 24 hour emergency treatment of decompression sickness (bends), carbon monoxide poisoning and elective therapy for certain wounds and infections. The site includes information for divers, patients, health care professionals and the general public. The site also contains contact details, basic ...

This is the third article in a series which looks at how nurses in acute units can manage the behaviour problems presented by people with dementia. It concentrates on wandering, and suggests reasons why people with dementia may wander, distinguishes different types of wandering patterns, and gives some pointers for ...

Haemofiltration and its variants are simple procedures which allow the management of patients with renal failure in intensive therapy units without the need for continual support from renal specialists. In order for non-renal specialists to manage the practical aspects of these treatments logically, safely and successfully it is important to ...

Since the late 1990s Australian employers have recruited an increasing number of overseas-trained doctors (OTDs) to hospital and "area of need" general practice positions. While assessment standards vary by state and field of medicine, most OTDs are appointed without a formal assessment of their medical knowledge and clinical skills, with ...

Opportunity 2000 is an initiative designed to increase the role of women in the workforce and to promote equal opportunities in the workplace. The NHS Management Executive has set up a women's unit to put Opportunity 2000 into practice and to develop more 'women-friendly' working practices. The unit has produced ...

Dr R M S McConaghey traces the development of State control in the provision of medical services and also describes the rise in status of the general practitioner, from the early apothecary-surgeons.Mr Paul Vaughan describes the history of the British Medical Association and its development from the Provincial Medical and ...

The title of Enoch Powell's book was incorrectly stated in the issue of 10 February, page 671. The correct title is A New Look at Medicine and Politics.

The cooperation between the National Library of Medicine and various agencies of government and professional societies is producing a number of useful tools in the recurring bibliographies. Because the MEDLARS system is still in a state of flux, the demand bibliographies are slow in reaching the patron, but the results ...