B Short

Articles by B Short


Cold Induced Thermoregulatory Failure: 1: Physiology and Clinical Features

Abstract This is the first part of a two-part review, which looks at the effects of cold on the body. In this article, the physiology of thermoregulation, the mechanisms of heat loss and the clinical features of thermo­-regulatory failure are addressed. The second article, to be published in the next issue, will review the management… Read more »

By B Short In   Issue Volume 9 No. 1 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/03.2023-66823542/JMVH Vol 9 No 1

Antibacterial Warfare: The Production of Natural Penicillin and the Search for Synthetic Penicillin During the Second World War

B Short Abstract Begun in 1940 during World War II, the research into natural penicillin later involved British, United States and Australian military forces in carrying out the necessary extensive field testing. Penicillin-G and penicillin-V are the two natural penicillins whose chemical structures were ultimately uncovered in the US and Britain, respectively. The difficulties in… Read more »

By B Short In   Issue Volume 29 No. 3 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2021-14945335/JMVH Vol 29 No 3