An even more advanced case was presented by Frederick Eccleson, a student. Eccleson was on the Dean’s List—the negative Dean’s List for failing students. Although bright, he was flunking out of the scientific institution he had entered with such great expectations a year before. In high school, Eccleson’s heart would suddenly beat at an incredible [...]
Theodore Muysenberg came to me with a suspected dust allergy. He was treated with extracts of house dust, a procedure commonly employed to desensitize patients to this source of allergic reaction. Soon after receiving his injection, however, he would be overcome with headache and fatigue and would have to lie down in my office until [...]
A fracture, a broken bone, and a fractured bone are all terms for the same condition. Since children’s bones are still growing, their fractures are different in some ways from adult fractures -especially in very young children. For example, broken bones heal more quickly in children than in adults. Also, any fracture that heals in [...]