Herman Boerhaave, the Dutch Hippocrates, a Forgotten Father of Medicine.

In today's medical community, when people say the name Herman Boerhaave, most assimilate it to Boerhaave syndrome. His influence on medicine is seen every day in hospitals around the world. His methodologies revolutionized medical education and the way physicians approach the examination of patients.

Simultaneous bilateral percutaneous nephrolithotomy in children.

Unlabelled: In the paediatric section, two papers relating to the upper urinary tract are presented. The first, from Hungary, describes simultaneous bilateral percutaneous nephrolithotomy in 13 patients, where it was deemed feasible; this is the first such report. Authors from London report on unilateral nephrectomy in patients with nephrogenic hypertension, and found that it was successful in normalising blood pressure in patients with renal hypertension with a normal contralateral kidney.