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According to Prehn's sign, the physical lifting of the testicles relieves the pain of epididymitis but not pain caused by testicular torsion. [ 4 ] Negative Prehn's sign indicates no pain relief with lifting the affected testicle, which points towards testicular torsion which is a surgical emergency and must be relieved within 6 hours.
Phren, however, is not exclusively applied to humans. In Empedocles' system, Phren is a general psychological agent to which moral blame and praise can be extended, [ 4 ] that darts through the universe as effluences, steers and controls the cosmos in the process and is the measure of what is harmonious and what is fit to exist. [ 5 ]
The fetal origins hypothesis (differentiated from the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease hypothesis, which emphasizes environmental conditions both before and immediately after birth) proposes that the period of gestation has significant impacts on the developmental health and wellbeing outcomes for an individual ranging from infancy to adulthood.
Nikolsky's sign is a clinical dermatological sign, named after Pyotr Nikolsky (1858–1940), a Russian physician who trained and worked in the Russian Empire. The sign is present when slight rubbing of the skin results in exfoliation of the outermost layer.
Brudziński's sign or a Brudziński sign is any of three medical signs, all of which may occur in meningitis or meningism. All three are named after Józef Brudziński . [ 1 ] In English, the name is often written without the diacritic (like many borrowed words) (Brudzinski) and is pronounced / b r uː ˈ dʒ ɪ n s k i / .
The word schizophrenia translates as "split mind" from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν, "to split") and phrēn, phren-(φρήν, φρεν-, "mind"). [24] Bleuler coined the term to more aptly describe the separation of function between personality, thinking, memory, and perception in his patients. [25]
Macewen's sign or Macewen sign (/ m ə ˈ k j uː ə n / mə-KEW-ən) is a sign used to help to diagnose hydrocephalus [1] (accumulation of excess cerebrospinal fluid) and brain abscesses. Tapping ( percussion ) the skull near the junction of the frontal , temporal , and parietal bones will produce cracked pot sound.
Klaus Kinski (German: [klaʊs ˈkɪnskiː] ⓘ, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski [2] 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) [3] was a German actor. [4] Equally renowned for his intense performance style and notorious for his volatile personality, [5] [6] [7] he appeared in over 130 film roles in a career that spanned 40 years, from 1948 to 1988.