/library/oar/handle/123456789/34332 2025-11-12T19:11:04Z 2025-11-12T19:11:04Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/16247 2019-05-20T08:46:04Z 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette : volume 10 issue 1 Abstract: The new editor of St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette Dr. Roger Ellul-Micallef introduces himself within the editorial, not before he praises the valuable nine-year commitment shown by the previous editor Dr. E. Agius, who still sustains his part of the editorial board. A warm welcome is also given to the new Assistant editor Dr. J.L. Pace. The title of the editorial “Changing Times”, expresses the need to adopt the new policy of the SI system for the journal, a system for units of measurement which all overseas medical journals have started to implement. Furthermore, a list of guidelines for authors who publish in this journal has been set up in order to keep up with the proper standards. The “Medical news” section forwards updates with regards to new achievements as attained by Maltese physicians locally and overseas, outstanding lectures, as well as scientific meetings. A scientific “Publications List” is also presented. It is also worth looking at the various advertisements promoting the names of certain pharmaceuticals at that time.

1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Vassallo, Luis A. /library/oar/handle/123456789/16192 2017-02-04T02:17:19Z 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The use of the Poisson distribution in epidemiological prediction in Malta Authors: Vassallo, Luis A. Abstract: The French mathematical genius Simeon Denis Poisson enunciated a few years before his death in 1840, the law about the probability of occurrence by chance, of relatively rare events observed over a continuous interval of time. In this article it was decided to apply the Poisson distribution to certain data of Maltese accident epidemiology to see whether the fit was good, thereby showing the extent to which extraneous factors would influence the laws of chance. The respective data examined were fatal motor vehicle accidents, drowning and suicides in Malta. The relative derived outcomes and probability of occurrence are outlined and discussed.

1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Muscat, J. /library/oar/handle/123456789/16190 2017-02-04T02:17:18Z 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Sports medicine : physical fitness and rehabilitation Authors: Muscat, J. Abstract: Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with the physiology of the human organism when subjected to stress; it teaches the adaptation and the reactions of the human machine to varying degrees of physical exercise; it indicates the pleasures and pitfalls of games and instructs what should be done to encourage the widest possible participation in sports together with the least danger of injury. The fruits of sports medicine are beneficial also outside the field of sport; all non-sportsmen indistinctly, of whatever age group, can reap such fruits.

1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Pace, Joseph L. /library/oar/handle/123456789/16186 2017-02-04T02:17:15Z 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: A tonic with rather unpleasant side effects Authors: Pace, Joseph L. Abstract: A case study of patient with a fixed eruption due to quinine contained in Tonic Water is described. Fixed eruptions are uncommon but not rare. They are usually not difficult to diagnose once the possibility is considered. A long and detailed history with subsequent re challenging (orally) with the suspected offending agent offers the best means of diagnosis although a 48 hour occlusive patch test at the site of the eruption sometimes may also be useful. Patient was advised to avoid all quinine containing beverages.

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