The following papers were presented at an international symposium on the mechanisms and treatment of nausea and vomiting in man held in Oxford in 1984.
Marcelle Megret has assembled a comprehensive collection of radiographie images during her work in the field of com- puted tomography of the cranial skeleton.
It will be a long time before the quality of this profusely illustrated book is overtaken and the present spate of books on the subject of obstetric ultrasound may, as a result, suffer a numerical set-back - especially with translation into English which will "e;deliver the milk on everyone's doorstep"e;.
Technical advances in the field of mammography and better interpretation of the photographs have led recently to a more precise and reliable means of diagnosis, especially for findings which are difficult to analyse.
Computerization of the radiological image (digitization, com- puted tomography), the diagnostic contributions of ultra- sonography, and the advent of magnetic resonance imaging all herald a new era in radiology.
The protection of human health and food and fiber resources against the ravages of pests of many sorts is a continuous struggle by all people in the world.
Wer sich mit der Entwicklung des Gesundheitszustands und der Gesundheitsversor gung in unserer Gesellschaft befaßt, wird zunächst sicher eher eine "objektivistische" Perspektive bevorzugen.
This second volume of Basic and Clinical Aspects of Neuroscience is devoted to the various transmitter systems of the brain (classical and neuropeptides).
Functionally stable internal fixation is of particular relevance to maxillo- facial surgery, because it obviates the discomforts and inconveniences of intermaxillary fixation.
Even the earliest applications of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and tomography to medical inquiries, using experimental apparatus that was primitive by today's standards, demonstrated the extraordinary potential of the NMR method.
Radiology Today 3 presents papers and panel discussions from a multi- national faculty at the biannual Salzburg Symposium, which this time covered three important topics: critical diagnostic pathways in gastro"e; intestinal and genitourinary radiology, interventional radiology of the abdomen, and cost containment in radiology.
The quantitative analysis of blood flow within central and peripheral blood vessels has attracted more and more interest, for with the rapid developments in vascular surgery and the introduction of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, it is becom- ing increasingly important to be able to measure regional blood flow in man.
Significant progress has doubtlessly been made in the field of cere- bral protection compared to earlier centuries, as recently reviewed by Elisabeth Frost (6).