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Norman Reynolds James (1908-1987) 680

Norman James

Norman Reynolds James (1908-1987) was an Australian anaesthetist, inventor and educator. Harrington-James ventilator, James Autohand Ventilator, Royal Melbourne (R.M.) resuscitator

Network Five Journal Club Podcast 340

Network Five: Toxicology

Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club Episode 19 - Toxicology reviewing papers on chemical warfare agents, Clozapine and drug overdose in pregnancy.

Sir Morell Mackenzie (1837-1892) 690

Morell Mackenzie

Biography Key Medical Contributions Quoted by Norman Rupert Barrett (1903-1979) in 1950 for his original work and definition of acute oesophagitis. Acute oesophagitis: Acute idiopathic inflammation of the mucous membrane of the oesophagus giving rise to extreme odynphagia, and often…

Second disease scarlet fever 680

Second disease

Scarlet fever (second disease) is a bacterial illness (GABHS) that often presents as diffuse erythematous rash in the setting of a sore throat (streptococcal pharyngitis)

Fifth disease 680

Fifth disease

Erythema infectiosum (fifth disease), is a common manifestation of infection in children characterized by low-grade fever, malaise, facial rash, and later by the spread of a lacy maculopapular rash involving the trunk and limbs.