Within a 2-year period, from March 1974 until May 1976 10 patients with anorexia nervosa were seen at the children's university hospitals of München (2 patients) and Giessen (8 patients). The patients were 10-16 years old, with one exception all girls, and had the typical cachexia, hypothermia, bradycardia, gray, hairy skin, and amenorrhea in those who had reached menarche. The blood counts at diagnosis revealed a leukopenia (below 5000/mm3) in 6 patients and a thrombocytopenia (below 150000/mm3) in 4 patients. The bone marrow was examined in 7 patients and showed marked hypocellularity with only few megakaryocytes present and abundant vacuolated hyaline material. Bone marrow erythroblasts were decreased (below 20%) in 5 patients, although peripheral blood hemoglobin and hematocrit were normal or even elevated in all 10 patients. In 7 patients blood urea nitrogen was elevated above 30 mg%, the highest value being 145 mg%. Blood and bone marrow alterations as well as the renal abnormalities disappeared within days to a few weeks after a regimen of strict fluid and caloric intake was initiated and a gain in body weight of up to 10 kg was achieved.
This article focuses on describing the use of drama therapy to deepen one school’s adoption of sociocracy. The school opened in the south of Paris, France a year ago for children who did not ‘fit’ in the public school system. Sociocracy was chosen as a way to share the school’s governance and involve students in decision-making processes. Drama therapy tools such as role-playing and/or forum theatre-based exercises were used to implement the intervention. This article explains sociocracy, provides the overarching school context, and identifies how drama therapy techniques were used to make sociocracy a dynamic process.
Cells of the Reh line, originally derived from an ALL of the ‘Non‐T, Non‐B’ type were cultured in diffusion chambers implanted intraperitoneally into preirradiated CBA mice. At different intervals over a period of 20 d changes in surface characteristics were examined by labelling the cells with AcALLG, ATCG as well as with polyvalent AIg. The evaluation was performed by using direct immunofluorescence. In addition, the ability to form rosettes with SRBC, AET‐treated sheep erythrocytes, mouse red blood cells and EoxAC was tested. On day 0 of the diffusion chamber culture the cells only carried cALLA, and no rosette formation was observed. In the course of the diffusion chamber culture the cells unequivocally developed T‐cell antigen, and in 1 of 2 experiments they further acquired a receptor for forming AET‐and E‐rosettes. Conversely, in the other experiment a receptor for mouse red blood cells was detected in a considerable portion of the cells. Our data show that the rather undifferentiated Reh line cells in vitro are able to develop features of mature T‐cells and attributes of early B‐cells during the diffusion chamber culture. In vitro they apparently retain a bivalent potentiality of lymphatic maturation. The diffusion chamber system proves to be a suitable tool for promoting differentiation in these cells.
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