Einstein PC: Upper abdominal pain associated with vomiting. Risk factors: overweight, heavy smoker. OE: expansile, pulsatile central abdominal mass. Dx: AAA. Mgmt: Referred to Dr. Rudolph Nissen, of Nissen’s fundoplication fame. Op notes: Nissen wrapped an external support made of cellophane to strengthen the aneurysm. Post-op: Five years later, on Friday,  April 15, 1955, Albert…

Function The main function of the larynx is protect the inlet of airway – viz. as in birds, they close the larngeal inlet (rima glottis, the true vocal cords), but can still produce sound by passing air through the syrinx, a dilatation just above the bifurcation of the trachea. So phonation in human is extra. Lungfish Lungfish…

How many? In 2nd century AD, Galen established 7 pairs of cranial nerves in his De Anatomicis Administrationibus. 1500 years later, in the 17th century, Willis identified 9 pairs in his Cerebri anatome. 100 years later, Samuel Sömmerring numbered the twelve cranial nerves in his doctoral dissertation De basi encephali et originibus nervorum cranio egredentium libri quinque. However, Gray’s…

Idea Posters and presentations are to be indexed the same way that articles are published. Background This allows for access to abstracts, posters and presentations that are presented at meetings. Currently, only few meetings have their abstracts published, that too, only the abstract text. Implementation Meetings will have a backend which does the following functions:…