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Sometime ago someone posted a question how a gender of a baby can
be influenced at the time of conception; i.e., ways to increase
chances of having a boy or a girl.
I didn’t see any responses on the net. Please post you advice, if you
have any.
Thanks.
Z.H.
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I am trying to find wher and by what name I can find the drug Buscopax.
That is what it is known as in Latin America.  It is used for treating
nervous bowl problems.
thanx
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I have a question regarding the lack of certain senses.

We all know that some people have a lack of sight ( blindness ),
  and some have a lack of hearing ( deafness ).
  Lack of touch would come from paralysis.
But what about a lack of Smell.? ( or taste for that matter ).

 Is this a common occurance.?

The reason I ask is, as far as I know, I have no sense of smell.
  People say "smell the nice flowers",
             "poo-smell the freezing works"
             "somethings burning"
       or    "who farted"
    and I get _no_ sensory input, shall we say, of that type at all.

Mind you.. from what I’ve heard.. I’m not missing much except for a
 whole bunch of bad smells.

So the question ( proper ) is..
 Is this a common occurance.?    and
 Is there a cure.?

Thanx in anticipation,
        Simon D W.

I have a lot of trouble visualizing what I read in medical books, even
when there are pictures. I think I need to actually observe dissections
of cadavers and operations of various types. I am inclined to think
that these are not normally open to the public and would be interested
in knowing ways to be admitted to them. Another alternative would be
to obtain videotapes of these events. Although I don’t really
consider that the equal of being there, it does have the advantage that
I can play a videotape as many times as I like.

One reason to prefer operations over dissections is that I doubt that
a routine dissection examines everything and if there is some part of the
body that I am particularly interested in I can’t ask that to be specially
dissected, whereas observing an operation on that part of the body would
let me see what I want to see. But the individual being operated on
might have some objections, unlike cadavers, and that might make observing
operations more difficult that observing dissections.

Allan Adler
a…@zohar.ai.mit.edu

How can you tell a patient is having schizoprenia or manic-depressive ??
This is a question that has been bothered me and my family for several months.
I would really appreciate if some knowledgable peoples could prvide some
information or any good source (eg. books) of information on this question.

If a patient is having typical symptons of both schizophrenia and manic-
depressive,  what would be the doctor’s diagnosis ??

Some books stated that a lot of manic-depressive patients have been wrongly
diagnosed as schizophrenia,  is it possible that a schizophrenic patient is
mistakenly diagnosed as a manic-depressive ??

Any information on these questions would be highly appreciated

In France the tuberculosis vaccination (called BCG here) is compulsory
for admission into nursery.  But our physician tells us that it’s
completely crazy to do this to a couple of months old infant, so he is
offering to sign a paper saying either that he has performed it, or
that our daughter is unfit to have this vaccine.

What is the situation in other countries?  What are the risks of not
having it?

Thank you for your personal replies, plese don’t follow-up.

We finally got access to the Internet/Bitnet systems at our community college
here in El Paso.  Was wondering if a few of the users in that network could
give a short response to me as to the best areas to LISTSERV and recommended
FTP’s.  I have quite a huge list that I printed out, but there appear to be
over 2500 areas on the LISTSERV.  Am basically interested in Radiology and
Digital_Imaging type conferences.  You can direct respond to the Fidonet
address below (will have access later this week on the DEC)…

Daniel Hagan

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A friend (male, 41) has suffered terribly for years — 12 or
15 years or more, I believe — with a rheumatic condition
involving terrible pain and stiffness in muscles and joints,
frequent low-grade fevers, sleep disturbances every night,
vision problems, heart palpitations, and fatigue.  He is
unable to work; his wife supports them and cares for him.
He has been variously diagnosed with polymyositis, fibromyalgia,
chronic fatigue syndrome, and "we just don’t know."  He
no longer seeks medical care, since he has been told that
nothing can be done.
It is such a shame; he was a very active person in his youth,
and his mind is as active as ever.  I’m wondering if anyone
here has knowledge of these conditions, and how their
victims manage to lead meaningful lives.  
Thank you for any comments you might have.
                                India

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I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to reply to the requests for
information about programs for the Macintosh (and IBM) in health
sciences.  I originally notified people of a Hypercard application
called Software for Health Science Education — an Interactive
Resource.  It was produced by the Learning Resource Center of the
University of Michigan Medical Center Library.  It lists programs for
the Mac, IBM and compatibles, and Apple II computers in such fields as
pharmacology, toxicology, anatomy and disease-diagnosis, as well as
some pieces of software that serve as preparation/review for medical
board exams.  The Hypercard stack is on a *private* fileserver here at
Dartmouth College and is thus not accessible by anonymous ftp to people
who are not members of the Dartmouth Community.  For the people who
asked for copies of this program: I looked for it on a *public*
fileserver at the University of Michigan, but I could not find it.  The
telephone number of the Learning Resource Center is (313) 763- 6770.  I
would suggest calling them up and asking if the program is available
anywhere by anonymous ftp.  The only other way to send the program to
those interested would be by converting the program by BinHex, sending
it to you as an e-mail message, and then you would have to convert the
program back to its original form with BinHex also.  But I would try
calling the LRC first….  Hope this helps, and let me know by e-mail
how things go.
Oliver.Medzihrad…@darmouth.edu
Oliver.Medzihrad…@mac.dartmouth.edu