The Geographical Origins and Destinations of Medical Graduates in Quebec, 1834-1939

An analysis of the recruitment markets of Quebec's medical schools during the 19th and 20th centuries indicates that each institution was unique in fulfilling the needs of its particular constituency. In comparing and contrasting the various schools, Professor Weisz emphasizes the roles assumed by McGill as part of the network of elite North American Universities and that of Laval as the supplier of doctors for general practice in rural Quebec. Une analyse des marchés du recrutement des écoles médicales du Québec aux XIXe et XXe siècles indique que chaque institution était unique parce qu’elle répondait aux besoins de son environnement particulier. En faisant une analyse comparative des différentes écoles, le professeur Weisz met l’accent sur les rôles qu’assumaient McGill dans le réseau d’élite des universités en Amérique du Nord tandis que Laval fournissait les médecins pour la pratique générale dans les régions rurales du Québec

Remembering Eliahu de Luna Montalto (1567-1616)

Born in Portugal and the son of Marranos (Christianized Jews from Spain), Eliahu de Luna Montalto lived during a particularly harsh period for the Jewish people. Throughout Europe, the situation for Jews was unfavorable; laws had been passed forbidding them to live in England for the past 300 years, and for the past 200 years in France. Additionally, in France, while Jews were permitted to study at some universities, the practice of medicine was forbidden to them. It is within this context that Eliahu de Luna Montalto, who had returned to his original faith (Judaism), was recruited to the French court. This paper pays tribute to Montalto’s life and medical practice—so exemplary that the Queen of France would ask Montalto to serve at the court and receive Papal permission for Montalto openly to observe his faith as a Jew, this despite the objections of the King of France

Secondary Guilt Syndrome May Have Led Nazi-persecuted Jewish Writers to Suicide

Feelings of guilt have tormented Holocaust survivors, ranging from immediately after the liberation to later in life, for shorter or longer periods, and persisting for some throughout their entire post-war lives. Descriptions of the guilt experienced by survivors of the Nazi camps occupy an impressive amount of literature: “Why me?” was the question, when a younger and more able family member perished; “Why me?” when more productive members of the community perished; “Why me?” when a million and a half children were deprived of their lives. Many found the answer by retelling their stories, witnesses of what happened. This type of guilt is much different from the recently described phenomenon of survivor syndrome, namely the secondary guilt felt by Nazi-persecuted Jewish writers. Despite successes in all aspects of their life, these writers developed a self-incriminating guilt due to their perceived inadequacy of communicating, particularly in light of the resurging anti-Semitism worldwide. This paper deals with the survival and suicides of Nazi-persecuted Jewish writers and offers a possible explanation for their late selfdestructive act

An Unusual Case of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

The complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) was reported in the literature following numerous traumatic events. Stretching the Brachial plexus, such as in peri-operational positioning, was as yet not found. The author is presenting a recently discovered such case. The clinical presentation is illustrated by a probable mechanism of pathogenesis

Vilenkin–Lebesgue Points and Almost Everywhere Convergence for Some Classical Summability Methods

The concept of Vilenkin–Lebesgue points was introduced in [12], where the almost everywhere convergence of Fejer means of Vilenkin–Fourier series was proved. In this paper, we present a different (and simpler) approach to prove a similar result, which can be used to prove that the corresponding result holds also in a more general context, namely for regular Norlund and T-means

Remembering Dr Mark/Meir Dvorjetski: Physician, Survivor, Teacher, Historian, and Pioneer of Shoah Medicine Research

Meir Dvorjetski was a Holocaust survivor, teacher, and historian. He is best remembered for his descriptions of the medicine practiced by the Nazis during World War II, as well as the diseases, disorders, syndromes, and deaths resulting from such practice—particularly, though not solely, on the Jewish race. Dvorjetski’s contributions to Holocaust research at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, his underground partisan work, his contributions to society, and his testimony at the Eichmann trial have all been well documented. However, his earlier years—including his survival of the Holocaust, and his less-known medical achievements and contributions to historical records regarding the Holocaust—have not been covered as thoroughly. These latter items are the focus of this paper, with a closing commentary on the relevance of his work for the 21st century

Immunomodulation Enhancing Bone Healing

A significant change in the concept of osteosynthesis was recorded by the end of the last century and the early years of the new one. From a simple metabolic/hormonal concept of bone regeneration, first to an inflammatory concept, eventually moved to a more complicated immunological description. Bone repair process was found to be interfered with age, by diabetes, nutrition, hormone connection, autoimmune diseases, rheumatic arthritis, and nicotine. A new branch of medicine emerged, the Osteoimmunology, yet partially only successful in explaining bone repair