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Harrison's groove, also known as Harrison's sulcus, is a horizontal groove along the lower border of the thorax corresponding to the costal insertion of the diaphragm; it is usually caused by chronic asthma or obstructive respiratory disease. It may also appear in rickets because of defective mineralisation of the bones by calcium necessary to ...
Kurt Huldschinsky (1883 in Berlin – 31 October 1940, in Alexandria) was a German pediatrician of Prussian heritage. He completed his medical studies prior to serving in the Deutsches Heer as a field medic in World War I and later, after the Great War, he became a practicing medical doctor and research scientist, when in the winter of 1918/1919, he successfully demonstrated how rickets could ...
The prominent knobs of bone at the costochondral joints of rickets patients are known as a rachitic rosary or beading of the ribs.The knobs create the appearance of large beads under the skin of the rib cage, hence the name by analogy with the beads of a Catholic Christian rosary.
In developed countries, rickets is a rare disease [62] (incidence of less than 1 in 200,000). Recently, cases of rickets have been reported among children who are not fed enough vitamin D. [63] In 2013/2014 there were fewer than 700 cases in England. [63] In 2019 the number of cases hospitalised was said to be the highest in 50 years. [64]
After working as a research student from 1905 to 1907, Mellanby studied medicine at St. Thomas's Hospital in London, and in 1913 became a medical doctor. He served as a lecturer at King's College for Women in London from 1913 to 1920, during which time he was asked to investigate the cause of rickets.
Parasitic bronchitis, also known as hoose, husk, or verminous bronchitis, [1] is a disease of sheep, cattle, goats, [2] and swine caused by the presence of various species of parasite, commonly known as lungworms, [3] in the bronchial tubes or in the lungs. It is marked by cough, dyspnea, anorexia and constipation.
The Kennedy family’s legacy is being ground into the dirt by its youngest nepo babies, led by Jack Schlossberg, society observers tell The Post. Recent infighting and President Trump’s ...
His research consisted of interviewing victims of the disease, as well as collecting infected animals to study. He was also known to inject himself with pathogens to more accurately document their effects. Ricketts was the first to identify the pathogen responsible for RMSF as a gram negative bacillus, and confirm a route of transmission from ...