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Most medical personnel will not have seen smallpox, the disease resulting from infection by the variola virus. Hopefully, they never will. The last case of naturally acquired smallpox occurred in…
In the tropics of Australia, the Royal Australian Navy operates two permanent bases and conducts a large number of operations. Despite an overall incidence of melanoma not significantly different to…
On technology: The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). German philosopher On information:…
(Reproduced with permission from Allen and Unwin) SURGERY, SAND AND SAIGON TEA is one of Allen and Unwin's latest releases. This book is a candid and frank look at Australian…
In this her first attempt at nonfiction, Colleen McCullough has excelled. Not only does she tell the life story of a great Australian, but she also explores the question -…
The Military Surgical Section of the RACS An¬nual Scientific Congress was held in Canberra on 10 May and 11 May 2001. The section was convened by Richard Nugent from Canberra.…
It has been called the greatest disaster in the history of polar exploration. Led by Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, two state-of-the art ships and 128 hand-picked men – the…
Ri-Ll G, Gaowa H. Current concepts in chronic mountain sickness: pulmonary hypertension¬ related high-altitude heart disease. Wilderness Environ Med 2001; 12(3): 190-194. High altitude heart disease, a form of chronic…
Vaccines are effective at protecting not only individuals, but also communities. In the last fifty years, global immunisation programs have developed such strong "herd immunity" that some diseases, e.g. smallpox…
The discipline of military medicine necessitates an understanding of the neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of the motor unit. Nerve gases and their antidotes effect the third link, the neuromuscular junction, of…
