BACKGROUND
Since the 1490s, the treatment of syphilis has consisted of heavy metals--first mercurial and later arsenic and bismuth preparations. Tabes dorsalis, as described by Duchenne in the 1850s, is made up of various characteristic neurologic symptoms. "Gastric crises," sudden stabbing pains
The differential diagnosis of stroke in a comparatively young adult should always include cardiovascular aetiologies as well as central nervous system infection.A 56-year-old man, with no significant medical history, presented with headache, nausea and
A 50-year-old Asian Indian female with known hypertension presented with persistent vomiting but no other symptoms of meningism. Clinical examination and basic laboratory parameters were entirely normal except for significant hyponatremia. Further investigation was suggestive of the syndrome of
Hyponatremia and hypo-osmolality developed in a 70-year-old patient. It was probably mediated by hypersecretion of antidiuretic hormone, which, in turn, was due to prolonged nausea and vomiting. Severe esophagitis was the cause of the nausea. The patient was not given large amounts of fluids
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