The Medical journal of Australia
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This case report describes cardiorespiratory arrest which occurred in a 38-year-old man immediately after a mobilization procedure of the cervical spine without anaesthesia.
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Historical Article
"Ring the bell and win a cigar". Some early experiments on the measurement of human strength in Port Jackson and Van Diemen's Land.
The first medical research formally undertaken on Australian soil was a series of experiments to test different factors which might modify muscular power. The experiments were conducted by François Péron, a Parisian doctor and naturalist, who travelled with Baudin's French scientific expedition to Nouvelle Hollande and Terre de Diemen. ⋯ He conducted his experiments at Port Jackson, and at Maria Island (in Van Diemen's Land) in 1902. The basis for the experiments, an account of the equipment used, and the results are presented together for the first time.
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An improved operative technique for funnel chest is described in detail. The results of operation with this procedure on 229 cases over the past 10 years are compared with those obtained, using an earlier technique, on 319 cases over the preceding 16 years.