The development of blood and lymph vessels of human parathyroid glands in embryonal, fetal and postnatal period.

The aim of the article is to investigate the development of blood and lymph systems in human parathyroid glands in prenatal and postnatal periods. The first capillaries are observed in these glands already in the lunar month 2. At the middle of pregnancy blood supply is increased, being extremely abundant in lunar months 9 and 10, as well as during the first year of life.

[A foreign body in the nasopharynx].

Foreign bodies in the upper respiratory airways often lead to dramatic situations. In case of airway obstruction mortality rate is rather high. In this paper the penetration of a nail into the roof of the nasopharynx is reported.