Two Cases of Lindau's Disease

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of blood from the father ha(l no effect. On two occasions 10 c.cnI. of blood from the father was injected intramuscularly, and the first of these injectioins w as follow-ed by a temperature of 105°and rigor oIn three successive days.Then the temperature fell to 100°, and remained at 1000 to 1020, as it had averaged throughout the illness. Although the chil(d was extremely ill during the five weeks, death vas more sudden than wras expected. No post-mortem examination.}3ut for the discovery of a septic thrombus at a higher level than usuial, the case w ould hav,e been regarded as a primary aural bacteriaemia." CASE IV Peter WV., aged 11, had pain in both ears, followed two days later by discharge of pus, which ceased after a -week.Thein he complained of acute pain in the back of the neck, which continue(d for four weeks, and became more acute. He wvas then admitted to hospital, when it was noticed that the back of the neck was swollen anid verv tender on the left side. The swelling was well behind the mastoid region. Both tympaiiic membranes were of normal appearance. Temperat-ure 100°. The only abnormality of the nervous system was double optic neuritis. Mr. Dott determined to explore the cerebellum. A large absc&s 'was discovered among the suboccipital muscles. Streptococci were cultivated from the pus.There was no lesi6o of the cerebellum, but on exposing the laterall sinus from the p)osterior aspect it 'was found to be dilated and of yellow colour, though the outer dural surface was srmlooth. A needle 'was introduced, anda some thin pus w%Nas w-ithdra r,. The sinus wx-as then opened and the pus evacuated. The abscess was found to extend within the sinus for a distrance of 1ll inches, but the limiting clot at either end was not disturh)ed, as there had been no symptom indicative of sinus infection. A

Teaching Forensic Science to the American Police and Public: The Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory, 1929-1938

“…Between late June and early July 1931, for example, Rex Collier published a series of six articles on various aspects of the SCDL, including moulage, lie detection, ballistics, and lie detection. These articles appeared in The Milwaukee Journal as well as the Spokane-based Spokesman Review (43). As Edwin Teale’s attendance at the 1931 Crime Detection course had demonstrated, lab members were only too happy to cater to journalists’ curiosity about the SCDL and the result was dozens of newspaper articles syndicated in newspapers across the country, including in Florida, Maine, and New York.…”