Acute Osteomyelitis of Maxilla in Infancy

Abstract

A woman of 41 complained of "peculiar feelings" in the abdomen, pain in the breasts, and morning sickness. She had not menstruated for eight months. The abdomen " felt tight," and she said it was much larger than usual. Two successive pregnancy tests were negative, and she was shown the results; her comment was: " I question the tests. They may be wrong. I think it's an eight-months pregnancy." The sensations in her abdomen, were described as " like a mouse."She had married in 1947, and was most eager to have a child. No contraceptives were employed, yet she did not

Cavernous Sinus Thrombophlebitis

“…albus in one (1 per cent.). In view of the rising incidence of penicillinresistant staphylococci, it is not surprising that cases have been reported due to such organisms (McAllen and Shaw, 1952;Haas, 1955). Both these patients gave cause for considerable anxiety during the course of their illness, and one died later from a cerebral abscess 3 months after an apparently full recovery.…”