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2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 80-80
Author(s):  
S. Somara
Keyword(s):  
Firm Believer

JOB LEWIS SMITH ON MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS AS A CAUSE OF CLEFT LIP AND PALATE (1890)

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-483
Author(s):  
T. E. C.
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Cleft Palate ◽  
Congenital Malformations ◽  
Cleft Lip ◽  
Cleft Lip And Palate ◽  
Seventh Edition ◽  
Pediatric Society ◽  
Firm Believer

Job Lewis Smith (1827-1897), a founder of the American Pediatric Society and who, with Abraham Jacobi, established pediatrics as a specialty in our country, was a firm believer that strong mental impressions during pregnancy might be a cause of congenital malformations. He gave the following explanation of the cause of cleft lip and palate in the seventh edition of his textbook, published in 1890.1 Mrs. D[unknown], Eighth avenue, New York, seven months before the birth of her child, when visiting at a distance, accidentally broke the plate of a full set of upper teeth. The line of fracture was antero-posterior and through the centre of the plate. Being away from home, she was much annoyed by the accident and retained the fragments of the plate in situ by pressure with the tongue. As she could not open her mouth without the plate falling out, except it was retained by pressure with the tongue, her mind was dwelling almost constantly on the accident during the few days of her visit. Her boy, born seven months subsequently, had a hare-lip and cleft palate. The mother stated that the deficiency in the lip and palate corresponded precisely to the location of the fracture in the plate.

Editorial

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Roseveare ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Reports ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Diagnostic Dilemma ◽  
Acute Medicine ◽  
Interesting Insight ◽  
Firm Believer ◽  
Case Based Learning ◽  
Teaching Point ◽  
Significant Pathology ◽  
Coronary Syndromes

This journal now enters its third edition, which means we are now more than half way through our proposed four-year cycle of reviews. As previous readers may recall, our intention was to cover all aspects of acute medicine with review articles over this cycle. Although we have strayed from the original programme on occasions, we remain on track to achieve this goal. This edition contains five such reviews, including Part Two of the Acute Coronary Syndromes series, this time dealing with the ST elevation myocardial infarction. Dr Wallis guides us through the current evidence for management of this condition, concluding with a helpful paragraph outlining how she would like to be treated in this eventuality. In a comprehensive review, Booth and Leary give a critical care perspective on the investigation and treatment of the comatose patient. Readers should take particular note of the useful algorithm on page…., which provides a user-friendly approach to the management of this often challenging problem. A neurologist once told me that the ‘three F’s of Neurology’ were ‘fits, faints and headaches’, although ‘funny turns’ might perhaps also come into this category. Our next two reviews deal with each of these conditions. Sudden headaches often cause a diagnostic dilemma on our admissions ward – exclusion of subarachnoid haemorrhage is often the easy part; making a positive diagnosis after the CT and LP have proved negative is more of a challenge. Dr Griffin describes some of the less well known causes of this problem, emphasising the need to proceed to MR scanning if there remains a clinical suspicion of significant pathology. Mike Bacon’s review of ‘funny turns’ provides an interesting insight into the approach taken by a consultant experienced in the management of these problems in older people. The diverse nature of the problem is highlighted, along with the need for targeted investigations. Our ‘How-to-do-it’ article this month complements this paper with a detailed description of the Dix-Hallpike and Epley manoeuvres in the management of BPPV. Our final review is a comprehensive discussion of the management of pleural effusion from the Oxford Pleural Disease Unit. In this extensively referenced article, the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of this condition are discussed in detail, emphasising some of the newer modalities now available. I’ll conclude with my usual plea for submissions. I remain a firm believer in the value of case-based learning and most of us see at least one patient each week which emphasises a teaching point worth sharing. Please encourage your colleagues and juniors to submit such case reports to us – anything which would appeal to a ‘generalist’ audience will be considered for publication. In an attempt to stir up some lively debate, future editions will also contain a feature entitled ‘Controversies in Acute Medicine’. Any reader who feels particularly strongly about an aspect of acute care which attracts controversy is encouraged to contribute to this section: anything except MMR!

It All Began Last Winter

1944 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 118-121
Author(s):  
Edna R. Chayt
Keyword(s):  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Mathematical Ideas ◽  
Firm Believer ◽  
The Look

It all began last winter when one of my ninth-grade boys said to me, “Why do we have to study mathematics?” A firm believer in the principle that the best defensive is the offensive, I countered with another question, “Why do you study any subject?” He replied, “Well, history helps you understand what you read in the papers.” “So,” I told him, “does mathematics. Mathematical ideas are just as much a part of an educated person's background as historical ideas.” Well-bred child that he is, he didn't express his disbelief in words, but he didn't have to. I have been refuting the look on his face ever since.

IV A letter of advice to Sir Francis Wyatt, Governor of Virginia

1968 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 105-124
Keyword(s):  
Good Effect ◽  
Military Science ◽  
Firm Believer

MS 5 consists of 8 foolscap folios, 7 closely written on both sides, and one partly written on one side. It is in George Wyatt's hand, but not the firm italic of most of his works; although legible and regular, it has a broken backed appearance, as though age or sickness had weakened him. In form it is a letter to his son, Sir Francis, then Governor of Virginia, but it bears no sign of having been sent as a letter, and is therefore, presumably, a copy of the original. MS 6 is another holograph copy of the same document, and we are bound to ask why George transcribed his letter in this way. The answer perhaps lies in the fact that, although it contains some personal matters, it is primarily a treatise on the security of the Virginian plantations. Such a treatise might well have been circulated among the members of the Virginia Council in London at a time when the Company was in grievous difficulties, and was being bombarded with criticism and advice. Although portions of this letter savour of Polonius, it contains many shrewd and practical suggestions, and George was obviously kept well informed by his son of events in the colony, as well as studying to good effect the map which he had received. Although a ‘Roman’ in his military science, in so far as he was a firm believer in the classical discipline and tactics, George here shows himself to be fully aware of the peculiar military problems presented by the small number of the colonists and the elusive nature of their enemies.

scholarly journals An Unnoticed Hero of Pakistan's Independence Movement; A Case of Biography Mr.Naseem Hijazi

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-215
Author(s):  
Qamar Uddin Zia Ghaznavi ◽  
Ghulam Shabir
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Independence Movement ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Firm Believer ◽  
History Books ◽  
Freedom Fighter

Purpose: In this article, Mr. Naseem Hijazi, a lesser-known hero of the Pakistan Movement, is highlighted. The primary purpose of this paper is to expose the hidden aspects of Mr. Naseem Hijazi's life. He was a well-known novelist and writer, as well as a freedom fighter. He was a member of the Pakistan Movement, but few people were aware of his involvement. He was a devoted Muslim and a firm believer in Islam. This research paper investigates and analyses the life of Naseem Hijazi to get a complete image of him. Design/Methodology/Approach: This research demonstrates that delving into individual biographies might provide a contextualized view of Naseem Hijazi's life, allowing for a complete picture of him. This study employed a qualitative content analysis method to examine Naseem Hijazi's biography during the Independence Movement. Findings: The finding shows that Naseem Hejazi had a passion for life that could enthrall any of his companions. During a radio interview, Syed Hashim Raza described his relationship with Naseem Hejazi, saying that the Muslim League was the only party working to establish Pakistan between 1940 and 1947. Naseem Hejazi was one of those who stood behind Quaid-e-Azam throughout those times and was respected by all. Naseem Hejazi, I believe, ran half of the pro-Muslim League propaganda effort in Baluchistan, while Mir Jaffer Khan Jamali ran the other half. Quetta's Pasban Fortnightly, June 15 (1939: 6). Implications/Originality/Value: In such a situation, history books about the Pakistan Movement should be rewritten to acknowledge Naseem Hejazi's work as one of the nation's benefactors.”

School Desegregation and Civil Society: The Unification of Alabama's Black and White Parent-Teacher Associations, 1954–1971

2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-76
Author(s):  
Christine Woyshner
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
School Desegregation ◽  
Board Of Education ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Parent Teacher Association ◽  
White Parent ◽  
Firm Believer ◽  
The Press ◽  
Teacher Associations

In early September 1956, Martha Rutledge—the president of the all-white Alabama State Parent-Teacher Association—released a statement to the press intended to clarify the organization's position on the Brown v. Board of Education decision and the desegregation of schools in her state: As president of the Alabama Congress, I am a firm believer in the Southern way of life. The entire organization of the Alabama congress is made up of people who believe in the Southern way of life. There is no organization anywhere that practices segregation more than the Alabama P-TA or an organization that will work toward maintaining segregation in our schools with any more force.

Harold Ickes and United States Foreign Petroleum Policy Planning, 1939–1945

1983 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Randall
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Business Groups ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
World War ◽  
Firm Believer ◽  
The Government ◽  
Oil Company ◽  
Petroleum Reserves ◽  
Petroleum Policy

As Secretary of the Interior and Petroleum Administrator for War, Harold Ickes played a significant, albeit hitherto largely overlooked, role in the formulation of United States foreign petroleum policy planning during World War II. As Petroleum Administrator for War, Ickes worked closely with oil company personnel who shared his commitment to planning and government-industry cooperation. In addition, as a firm believer in the need for a coherent national petroleum policy, Ickes played a major role in broadening the mandate of the ill-fated Petroleum Reserves Corporation. While business groups generally opposed this broadened mandate, business opposition was by no means monolithic and was, in fact, reinforced by considerable opposition from within the government itself.

scholarly journals Vertical Transmission

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
Roy Robins-Browne
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Transmission ◽  
Annual Scientific ◽  
Narrow Focus ◽  
Firm Believer ◽  
Scientific Meetings

The ASM’s motto is ‘Bringing Microbiologists Together’. We achieve this by holding general meetings – specifically, the Bistate, Tristate and Annual Scientific Meetings. I am a firm believer in the value of general meetings such as these, because I know from experience how much we stand to learn from colleagues who work in areas outside our own narrow focus of interest.

Abraham Ibn Ezra

2007 ◽  
pp. 121-130
Author(s):  
David Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Southern Spain ◽  
Biblical Text ◽  
Firm Believer

This chapter examines the poetry of Abraham Ibn Ezra. Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra was born in Tudela. His birth may be dated in 1092, and it is possible that he met Judah ha-Levi in Southern Spain some time before they both left that country in 1140. Abraham Ibn Ezra did not set out for Palestine, but journeyed first to Rome. Subsequently, one sees him in Lucca, Pisa, Mantua, Béziers, Narbonne, Bordeaux, Angers, Rouen, and London. In all these places, he endeavoured to bring the culture of the Spanish Jews to those living in Italy, France, and England, and it is primarily due to him that schools of poetry began to flourish in Italy and Provence, which took the Spanish achievement as their model. He was a master of many skills — a mathematician, astronomer, grammarian, and philosopher, as well as a fine expounder of the Biblical text. In contradistinction to many contemporary Jewish thinkers, he was a firm believer in astrology. Ultimately, his humour and satire bring a new note into the poetry of the Spanish school of Hebrew poets. This must be seen against the background of his religious humility before the Creator, which is expressed in some of his finest work.

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