Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 201

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Although over half of head-injury victims had a severe initial impairment of consciousness, no case of death or permanent neurological deficit was found.

The largest group of head-injured characters was constituted by Romans (63.9%), while Gauls caused nearly 90% of the TBIs. A helmet had been worn by 70.5% of victims but had been lost in the vast majority of cases (87.7%). In 83% of cases, TBIs were caused under the influence of a doping agent called “the magic potion”.

• Kamp MA et al. Traumatic brain injuries in illustrated literature: experience from a series of over 700 head injuries in the Asterix comic books. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2011 Jun;153(6):1351-5

A pencil to the fingernail

• Teasdale G, Jennett B. Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness. A practical scale. Lancet 1974; 304(7872): 81-84.
• Reith FC et al. Lack of Standardization in the Use of the Glasgow Coma Scale: Results of International Surveys. J Neurotrauma. 2016 Jan 1;33(1):89-94

Well it depends what country you are in but most likely in hospital (or residential care).

Japan leads with 78% of the population dying in hospital and Albania is the lowest at 11%. NZ 34%, USA 45%, Australia 54% and England 57%.

Only in Chile, South Africa, Serbia, China or Albania might the odds be in your favour to die in your own home. [

• Broad JB et al. Where do people die? An international comparison of the percentage of deaths occurring in hospital and residential aged care settings in 45 populations, using published and available statistics. International Journal of Public Health, 2013; 58(2): 257–267

It is characterized by the triad of RA, splenomegaly, and neutropenia.

The cause of Felty’s syndrome is unknown but is more common in people who have had rheumatoid arthritis for a long time. [Reference]

Dr Augustus Roi Felty was going to study the classics but after hearing a lecture by William Osler decided to study medicine.

CRP was so named because it was first identified as a substance in the serum of patients with acute inflammation that reacted with the somatic ‘C’ carbohydrate antigen of the capsule of pneumococcus.

Discovered by Tillett and Francis in 1930, it was initially thought that CRP might be a pathogenic secretion since it was elevated in a variety of illnesses, including cancer. The later discovery of hepatic synthesis demonstrated that it is a native protein.