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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 mountain sickness, has been well established in both Tibet and Qinghai provinces of China, although little is known regarding this syndrome in other countries, particularly… Read more »
Introduction The Australian Army’s 1st Brigade is based in Darwin and has a high readiness posture in line with extant requirements. The units of the Brigade include tank, armoured reconnaissance, medium artillery, and combat engineer regiments as well as a mechanized infantry battalion, a combat service support battalion and a command support unit. Individuals posted… Read more »
Introduction The Australian Army’s 1st Brigade is based in Darwin and has a high readiness posture in line with extant requirements. The units of the Brigade include tank, armoured reconnaissance, medium artillery, and combat engineer regiments as well as a mechanized infantry battalion, a combat service support battalion and a command support unit. Individuals posted… Read more »
Introduction CS is the generic name for the lacrimating agent 0-chlorobenzylidene malonitrile (2- chlorobenzalmalonitrile). which was originally developed in 1928 by B.B. Corson and R.W. Stoughtonl.2. CS is normally a solid, which is disseminated either dissolved in a solvent liquid (acetone, methylisobutylketone or methylene chloride) or in a particulate form as a smoke.1 The latter… Read more »
One of Australia’s doctor-soldiers from World War One, Dart went on to become one of the greatest of all Australian scientists. As Captain Raymond Dart, and as a skilled German Linguist, he was posted to the Internment Camp at Bourke, in the north-west of New South Wales; and subsequently as a Medical Officer to Army… Read more »
What a difference three months makes! When I wrote editorial for the August edition of Australian Military Medicine, I was thinking ahead of the tenth AMMA conference and my vision for the future for the journal. What none of us had planned for were the events of September 11 and its aftermath. September 11, 2001… Read more »
The emergence of military medicine was very late during mankind’s long history of war-like activities. In the valley of the River Neander, near Dusseldorf in Germany, a species of man was discovered characterised by a retreating forehead and massive brow-ridges. He was a very uncouth and primitive man; nevertheless, he found time to wage a… Read more »
Introductory Note on Sources In the absence of access to original material (not to mention a lack of knowledge of Latin and Middle English), this article is based on information from the first volume (of four) of a history of British naval medicine, written by Dr John Joyce Keevil MD, BCh, MRCS, LRCP, DTM&H.1 Born… Read more »
Many who practice outside major centres are confronted with inescapable decisions with potential neurosurgical overtones. The final operative decision itself- to operate off not – has to be made in many instances by the sole doctor “on the ground”, almost never a neurosurgeon himself or herself. The challenges of acute head injury, of congenital malformations… Read more »
Abstract The use of Biken Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine (JE-Vax) by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for service personnel deploying to JE endemic areas has consumed a significant proportion of the total ADF vaccine budget. Consideration of the benefit this has provided may be obtained by a cost-benefit study. The risk to ADF personnel in… Read more »
The menstrual cycle is an integral component of life for most women, and it exerts its influence for a major portion of their lives. Much research has been directed to the hormonal changes across the cycle, and their potential to alter a female’s physical, physiological and psychological wellbeing. The physiology of the menstrual cycle and… Read more »
