Comparative medicine

Many scientists are conducting research on human diseases which cannot be transmitted readily to laboratory animals or duplicated in the laboratory. Information offered by animal disease models should be compiled and made available to these scientists through the publication of extensive lists of animal disease models and annotated bibliographies for specific conditions.     

Ethical issues in medicine

The risk figures for a severe nuclear accident assuming 1000 reactors in operation given in the News and Comment briefing "Using experience to calculate nuclear risk" (23 July, p. 338) did not accurately reflect the probabilities cited in the NRC report. An accurate rendition is as follows: With 74 reactors in operation (the present number) and if the lower risk rate (0.0017 per year) is used, a severe accident could be expected on the average of once every 8 years.     

中西药结合治疗犬细小病毒病

犬细小病毒病是由犬细小病毒引起的一种以出血性肠炎或非化脓性心肌炎为临床主要特征的急性传染病 ,又称犬传染性出血性肠炎。该病是近几年来在我国发现的一种新病 ,传染快、死亡率高 ,严重危害养犬业的发展。因此 ,引起了国内外许多学者的高度重视 ,纷纷致力于病原的分离鉴定、诊断方法和免疫方法的研究 ,但对临床治疗方面研究甚少。为了确保养犬业的健康发展 ,笔者在临床上进行了治疗试验。经过几年的试验 ,取得了一定的成效。1　流行特点1.1　品种与发病的关系据资料统计 ,犬细小病毒病主要侵害狼犬、狮子犬、沙皮犬、斗犬等良种犬 ,而土…     

中医古籍语言系统分类体系的构建

介绍了古籍分类的历史沿革,制定了古籍分类的目的、原则,参照中医药学语言系统的分类体系及古代分类注解《内经》的经验,结合具体古籍概念语义类型加工使用概况,采用自上而下和自下而上相结合的方法,初步拟定了十二大类的古籍语言系统的框架结构。