On the Possible Specific Role of Acupuncture Loci in Therapeutics

1977 ◽  
Vol 05 (02) ◽  
pp. 177-179
Author(s):  
László Debreceni
Keyword(s):  
Case History ◽  
Acupuncture Treatment ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Thoracic Vertebra ◽  
Specific Role ◽  
Spinal Segment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Stimulation Of

The case history of a patient with thoracic vertebra fracture and following pain syndrome of the inferior limbs is reported. As a result of acupuncture treatment the pain was significantly reduced, but it could be reinduced by stimulation of the B1-31-33 loci during treatment. On needling the connecting locus of the related meridian of the bladder (Ki-6) the pain disappeared; otherwise stimulation of other loci showed a failure to stop the pain induced by the stimulation of B1-31-33 loci. It is remarkable that both the bladder's and the Ki-6 loci belong to the lumbal 4 spinal segment. The problem of the specific role of the acupuncutre loci also is discussed.

scholarly journals Venipuncture Induced Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Presenting as Inflammatory Arthritis

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Punit Pruthi ◽  
Pramod Arora ◽  
Manoj Mittal ◽  
Anugrah Nair ◽  
Waqia Sultana
Keyword(s):  
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome ◽  
Inflammatory Arthritis ◽  
Young Male ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Poor Response ◽  
History Of ◽  
Diagnostic Modalities ◽  
Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography ◽  
The Right

Venipuncture is one of the most commonly done medical procedures. We report a unique case of a 23-year-old young male who presented with features suggestive of inflammatory arthritis. The symptoms, which initially started on the right side, also involved the other side after a few weeks. Although the patient’s symptoms and signs were simulating inflammatory arthritis, he had atypical features like poor response to anti-inflammatory medicines and normal laboratory parameters. His musculoskeletal ultrasonography was also not suggestive of arthritis. His history was reviewed and on direct questioning he revealed a history of venipuncture for blood sample withdrawal, done from right antecubital region for routine health check on the day prior to the onset of symptoms. Complex regional pain syndrome was suspected and triple-phase radioisotope bone scan was done which was highly suggestive of this diagnosis. The patient was managed with multidimensional approach and responded very well to the treatment. Complex regional pain syndrome is usually not thought of in the initial differential diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis. In this report we highlight the need to elicit the often overlooked history of trivial trauma like venipuncture, especially in atypical cases of arthritis. Also the role of newer diagnostic modalities in such cases is emphasized.

Small-bowel bacterial overgrowth

2010 ◽  
pp. 2330-2334
Author(s):  
Richard A. Schatz ◽  
Phillip P. Toskes
Keyword(s):  
Small Bowel ◽  
Proton Pump Inhibitors ◽  
Proton Pump ◽  
Case History ◽  
Diagnostic Tool ◽  
Bacterial Overgrowth ◽  
Breath Tests ◽  
Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth ◽  
History Of

Case History—A 78 yr old woman presenting with a five-year history of diarrhoea. Updates Pathogenesis—discussion of the possible role of proton pump inhibitors. Diagnosis—comparison of lactulose hydrogen, glucose hydrogen, and 14C D-xylose breath tests; preliminary studies of circulating CdtB antibodies as a diagnostic tool....

scholarly journals Le syndrome de la femme fatale : « Matricide » et représentation féminine au Québec, 1898-1940

Criminologie ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Bernier ◽  
André Cellard
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
Specific Role ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Femme Fatale ◽  
History Of

Between 1867 and 1976, when the death penalty was abolished in Canada, sixteen women faced the death penalty in Québec for their crime. Five of them found guilty for murdering their husband. In a period where women had a specific role of spouse and mother, the murder of the husband was seen as the worst crime possible because it was seen as a transgression of their roles as women, wife and mother. This article examines the discourses of the judges and prosecutors in the trials of Québec women accused of killing their husbands. The authors tried to find common themes between these trials and clues that could explain why out of the five women executed in the recent history of Québec, four of them were for the same reason, because they had kill their husbands.

Role of tympanic neurectomy in otalgia

1990 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Cook ◽  
R. M. Irving
Keyword(s):  
Local Anaesthesia ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Selective Stimulation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Stimulation Of

AbstractTympanic neurectomy was first described 44 years ago. Although its indications have subsequently increased, it has not become a popular procedure. This paper concentrates on its use in treating otalgia. The history of tympanic neurectomy, the anatomy of the tympanic plexus and the aetiology of otalgia with specific reference to the tympanic plexus are discussed and a case of bilateral otalgia due to glossopharyngeal neuralgia successfully treated by staged, bilateral tympanic neurectomy reported. It is suggested tympanotomy performed under local anaesthesia with selective stimulation of the intra-tympanic nerves may lead to accurate diagnosis and treatment of the various forms of neuralgic otalgia.

Diaphragmatic and external intercostal muscle control during vomiting: behavior of inspiratory bulbospinal neurons

1990 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. D. Miller ◽  
S. Nonaka ◽  
S. F. Lakos ◽  
L. K. Tan
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Muscle ◽  
Neuronal Firing ◽  
Vagal Afferents ◽  
Response Patterns ◽  
Spinal Segment ◽  
Initial Activation ◽  
Different Response ◽  
Onset Rate ◽  
Stimulation Of

1. The role of dorsal and ventral respiratory group (DRG and VRG) bulbospinal inspiratory (I) neurons in the control of diaphragmatic and external intercostal (inspiratory) muscle activity during vomiting was examined by recording from these neurons during fictive vomiting in decerebrate, paralyzed cats. Fictive vomiting was defined by a characteristic series of bursts of coactivation of phrenic and abdominal muscle nerves, elicited either by electrical stimulation of abdominal vagal afferents or by emetic drugs, which would be expected to produce vomiting if the animals were not paralyzed. 2. Data were recorded from 22 DRG and 29 VRG I neurons that were antidromically activated from the fourth cervical spinal segment (C4). Only 10% (5/51) of these neurons started to fire near the beginning of phrenic discharge during fictive vomiting and thus had the appropriate discharge pattern to contribute to the initial activation of the diaphragm and coactive external intercostal muscles during vomiting. The frequency of occurrence of these Active neurons was not significantly different in the DRG (3/22) and VRG (2/29) (chi 2 test). Most remaining neurons were either totally silent (n = 7) or had only sporadic, infrequent firing (n = 16) (Silent neurons, 23/51 = 45%), or else fired near the end of phrenic discharge during fictive vomiting (End neurons, 21/51 = 41%). Two neurons were categorized as having miscellaneous (Misc) behavior. 3. No differences were found among neurons having different response patterns during fictive vomiting in regard to the following: the manner in which fictive vomiting was elicited: cell location: conduction velocity; and neuronal firing onset, rate, and pattern during respiration.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Therapeutic Effect of Acupuncture for Chronic Pain

1977 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 45-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory S. Chen ◽  
Yeou-Cheng Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Acupuncture Treatment ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Pain Clinic ◽  
Previous Surgery ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Past ◽  
Good General Health ◽  
Better Than

The purpose of this report concerned with the activities of the acupuncture clinic at UAB during the past 2 years and 3 months, is to objectively assess the role of acupuncture in the treatment of various pain disorders for which conventional pain relieving methods had failed to yield satisfactory results. In carefully analyzing the data provided by the patients through completed questionnaires, an attempt was made to look at the results obtained as unbiased as possible and to determine whether it is justified to continue the acupuncture activities at UAB or terminate them. From the data presented it appears that acupuncture helped in more than 50 percent of the patients by either completely or partially controlling the suffering from painful disorders. Patients helped by acupuncture received 8.55 treatments on the average, while patients not helped by acupuncture only recieved 4.75 treatments. There is little difference between the male and female patients as to the response to acupuncture. However, we noticed that the younger the patient and the shorter the duration of their problems, the better the response. Patients who had not had surgery to treat the pain syndrome responded better than those who had previous surgery. Patients with backache who had previously had laminectomy showed better response to acupuncture than the patients who had spinal fusion. It appears that good general health plays an important role in favorably responding to acupuncture treatment. It is apparent from this survey that acupuncture may be a valuable extension of a conventional pain clinic and an alternative in patients who are desperate in their desire to get relief from pain which they failed to obtain from other methods.

scholarly journals Official and Real Biographies in Context of Soviet Tradition of Non-Material Incentives for Labor during Great Patriotic War

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 479-495
Author(s):  
N. V. Starikova ◽  
A. V. Shurshikova ◽  
M. Y. Shlyakhov
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Narrative Tradition ◽  
Socialist Labor ◽  
Great Patriotic War ◽  
History Of ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
Material Stimulation ◽  
Stimulation Of

The question of the use of the official labor biography in the 30—40s of the twentieth century as a means of instilling a sacred attitude to work in a Soviet person, a method of non-material stimulation of the production process is considered. The relevance of the study is due to the interest in biography in the context of the history of labor, in the authors’ appeal to the problem of forming a new attitude to work during the period of industrialization and the years of the Great Patriotic War. Attention is paid to the role of periodicals. The results of a comparative analysis of the official and real biography, recovered from the materials of the personal file, are presented. The question is raised about the tasks of the official biography of the Hero of Socialist Labor in this period. The novelty of the research is seen in the attraction of unpublished data from the production archive of the Gorky Railway, in the reconstruction of real biographical data. The authors compare the official and real biographies. The possibility of using heroic biography as a method of non-material stimulation of labor has been proved. The author’s reconstruction of the biography of Ivan Georgievich Makarov — Hero of Socialist Labor is presented. The experience of analytical research of documentary historical sources and their comparison with the narrative tradition is described.

Ecological Hermeneutics and Jeremiah

2021 ◽  
pp. 636-647
Author(s):  
Kristel Clayville
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Biblical Interpretation ◽  
Specific Role ◽  
The Bible ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ethical Thinking ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter provides an overview of the relationship between ethics and the Bible, then turns to focus on the specific role of environmental ethics in biblical interpretation and the development of ecological hermeneutics. After this brief history of ethical thinking in and with the Bible, the chapter offers a critical summary of various interpretive typologies that scholars have developed to describe the Israelite relationship to land in the Bible. Building on this background, this chapter offers an analysis of Jeremiah that is informed by ecological hermeneutics. This reading focuses on the role of the land in the Israelite imaginary, the loss of land as punishment, the natural versus unnatural as a diagnostic for moral purity, and reading from the perspective of the land.

The Founding Contexts of Kibbutz Museums and the Case of the Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod

Images ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-117
Author(s):  
Galia Bar Or
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Case History ◽  
Dynamic Network ◽  
Art Museum ◽  
The Social ◽  
Intellectual Labor ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
City Village

This article surveys the circumstances in which kibbutzim built museums between the 1930s and the 1960s. It focuses on the two largest kibbutz movements and their divergent attitudes to the founding of museums, to art, and to the role of artists in society. In particular, this paper examines the case history of the first art museum to be built in a kibbutz—at Ein Harod, the birthplace of the largest kibbutz movement, the Kibbutz Meuhad. This movement envisioned and promoted a “city/village” form of habitat where agriculture and industry, manual and intellectual labor could co-exist. The article’s analysis of the social construction of space shows how the dynamic network of diachronic and synchronic contexts structures the potential meaning of a particular museum, its status and eventually, its fate.

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