Leo Tolstoy and US Utopian Literature

American utopia in literary and documentary texts by American writers had an impact on Leo Tolstoy’s ideas and writings, which can be seen in the marginalia and annotations he left in his extensive personal library. The concept of utopia was deeply ingrained in Tolstoy, beginning with the childish legend of “the green stick” engraved with the magic words of universal happiness. As a child Tolstoy was fascinated with the potential of the “green stick” and its secret that could make all men happy, and he tried many times to find it. Tolstoy examined and developed this concept of universal happiness throughout different periods of his life. From the mid-1880s to his departure from Yasnaya Polyana in 1910, Tolstoy stayed in close contact with American religious writers. During this period, he received many books and periodicals from America and thus got to know the works of numerous American writers, philosophers, and public figures who were close to him in spirit. Tolstoy had a keen interest in American history, culture, art, traditions, and especially in the religious movements of America. Some of these ideas found expression in Tolstoy’s fiction and other writings.

RADIAL METAPHYSIS FRACTURES;

Greenstick / torus fracture of distal radial metaphysis are quite common inchildren. It has been seen that these fractures are stable and splintage is necessary for comfort and pain relief.Objectives: To reduce the number of visits to clinics, which is logistically difficult in a rural community population ofa large catchment’s area. Design Prospectively Setting: Accident , Emergency and orthopaedics Departments,General Hospital Letterkenny. Patients & Materials: 65 cases with green stick fractures treated with Soft cast, whichwas easily removable at home. Results: All patients in this study showed good results with no complications. Theparent satisfaction rate was 97.3%. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that it is clinically safe, cost effective andconvenient to parents to treat undisplaced green stick fractures within the community.

Comparison of Different Final Impression Techniques for Management of Resorbed Mandibular Ridge: A Case Report

The history of complete denture impression procedures has been influenced largely by the development of impression materials from which new techniques and ideas arose. The purpose of this study was to compare the retention of complete dentures made by using different impression techniques like conventional, admixed, all green, and functional techniques. The results showed that there was significant difference in retention between the six techniques where functional technique showed the highest mean value of retention followed by elastomeric, all green, and admixed, while cocktail and green stick compound showed the lowest mean value. However, on clinical examination, the retention produced by the six techniques was satisfactory.

Posttraumatic Cortical Defect of Femur

Posttraumatic cortical defect of bone is a rare entity which occurs in a maturing skeleton following green stick or torus fracture. Most of the cases are asymptomatic and they are detected incidentally on radiograph. These lesions usually require no treatment. However, the appearance of these lesions can mimic various pathological conditions affecting bone. Knowledge about this entity is important as it avoids unnecessary investigations. We present this case as the occurrence of this entity in femur is very rare and the child was symptomatic.