Publications by authors named "W Golder"

Objective: Which theoretical and practical competences do the surgical case histories of the Hippocratic Corpus convey?

Method: The 431 Hippocratic case histories have been studied for reports and communication on diagnosis, therapy and prognosis of single persons and groups of patients suffering from surgical diseases.

Results: Within the 7 books of the Hippocratic "Epidemics", a total of 18 patients with general and visceral surgical diseases are described. The main signs of the disorders were fever, pain, looseness, constipation, colic, swelling and bleeding, the most common affections abscesses, ruptures, ulcers and necroses.

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Objectives: Which theoretical and practical competences do the orthopaedic and trauma surgery reports of the Hippocratic Corpus reveal?

Materials: The 431 Hippocratic case histories have been studied for reports and communication on diagnostics, therapy and prognosis of orthopaedic diseases and traumatic lesions.

Results: The seven books of the Hippocratic "Epidemics" describe a total of 26 patients with orthopaedic diseases and traumatic lesions. In the field of orthopaedic diseases, arthritis, myo- and tenopathia and gangrene play a prominent role, among the consequences of injury the fracture of the skull (n = 10) is in first place.

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Objective: Which theoretical and practical competences do the neurological and psychiatric case histories of the Hippocratic Corpus convey?

Material And Methods: The 431 Hippocratic case histories have been studied for reports and communication on the diagnostics, treatment and prognosis of single persons and groups of patients suffering from neurological and psychiatric diseases.

Results: In the 7 books of the Hippocratic Epidemics, a total of 128 patients with neurological and psychiatric symptoms are described. Epidemic fever and its variants were the leading predisposing conditions and the main symptoms were delirium, coma, insomnia, headache, speech disorders and convulsions.

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Objective: Which theoretical and practical competences do the urologic case histories of the Hippocratic Corpus convey?

Materials And Methods: The 431 Hippocratic case histories have been studied for reports and communication on diagnostic methods, treatment, and prognosis related to urologic diseases.

Results: Within the seven books of the Hippocratic Epidemics, a total of 69 patients with urologic symptoms are described; in 21 cases the urologic disease is dominant. The leading clinical signs were urine discoloration and urinary sediment, polyuria, testicular swelling and pain, hematuria, stranguria, anuria, and renal pain, the most frequent diseases were nephritis and urolithiasis.

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Objectives: Which theoretical and practical competences do the dermatological case histories of the Hippocratic Corpus convey?

Materials: The 431 Hippocratic case histories have been studied for reports and communication on diagnostics, therapy and prognosis of individuals and groups of patients suffering from skin diseases.

Results: Within the seven books of the Hippocratic 'Epidemics', a total of 49 patients with dermatological symptoms are described; in 20 of these, skin disease was the leading suffering. The essential clinical signs were itching, red spots, blisters, pustules, aphthae, lichen, dandruff and hair loss.

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