Clubbing cured by surgery. [case report]

Finger clubbing developing in an adult leads to a search for underlying pathology. When the lungs are the seat of disease the cause is often a peripheral; non-oat cell bronchial carcinoma. An unusual cause of clubbing; which might have been deemed inoperable if the pre-operative diagnosis had been malignancy; is reported

A community study of upper respiratory tract infection in Seychelles

The appropriate management of upper respiratory tract infections is a problem faced every day by community doctors in Seychelles. A workload survey has shown that it is the commonest reason for consulting these doctors with 12 per cent of their consultations accounted for by the spectrum of disease comprising pharyngitis; tonsillitis and rhinitis. Indeed; the problem is one of the commonest reasons for consulting primary health care workers worldwide