[Kirlian photography: accidental or person-specific pattern?].

Objective: Is the corona electrography of Kirlian photography an accidental pattern or an individual specific discharge pattern?

Patients: 30 patients of the Stauferklinik Schwäbisch Gmünd, suffering from a great variety of diseases.

Study Design: At intervals of 10-15 min 10 Kirlian photos each of all fingers and toes were taken from each patient. Out of this material, from 8 patients 4 Kirlian photos each with evident similarity of the discharge radiographs of 3 fingers were selected.

Reliabilität der energetischen Meridianmessung mit Prognos A(R).

Reliability of Energetic Meridian Measurement with Prognos A(R) OBJECTIVE: Is energetic measurement of the Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) meridians with Prognos A a reliable method? PATIENTS: 30 healthy volunteers from the staff of the Stauferklinik, Schwä bisch Gmü nd, Germany. DESIGN: Measuremeuts are taken 4 times from each person at all terminal locations of the meridians (24 points) on fingers and toes with Prognos A. Breaks between each measurement run lastet 2-5 min.

Reliabilität der Energetischen Terminalpunktdiagnose (ETD) nach Mandel bei Kranken.

Reliability of Mandel's Energy Emission Analysis (EEA) in Sick PersonsOBJECTIVE: Is the Energy Emission Analysis (EEA) according to Mandel a reliable diagnostic instrument in severely diseased patients? PATIENTS: 30 patients of the Stauferklinik Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, suffering from a great variety of diseases. STUDY DESIGN: At regular intervals of 10-15 min 4 Kirlian photos of fingers and toes were taken from each patient. An experienced rater blindly assessed all photos according to the EEA sectors with respect to remarkable phenomena.

[Juxta-facet cysts as space-occupying intraspinal processes].

Ganglionic and synovial cysts (juxta-facet cysts) causing nerve root compression are very rare. Magnetic resonance imaging is the best means of diagnosis. The treatment of choice is surgical removal of the cysts, though spontaneous remissions do occur.

[Differential diagnosis of posttraumatic pulmonary infiltrates].

The differential diagnostic value of radio-morphological criteria as well as the prognostic fate of pulmonary infiltrates was studied in 377 patients presenting with major traumatic infiltrates in the thorax. We found that neither the character of the infiltrates (alveolar/interstitial) nor their morphology (homogeneous/inhomogeneous, dense/dispersed) were suitable for differentiation owing to extensive overlapping. The localization of infiltration, otherwise a good diagnostic indicator, provided little reliable information either.