Miguel Ángel y el hígado de Noé: ¿Una lección secreta de anatomía? / Michelangelo and Noah's liver: a hidden anatomy lesson?

Miguel Ángel Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) es considerando uno de los más grandes artistas de la historia. Estudió en detalle la anatomía humana a través de la disección de cadáveres, práctica hasta entonces relegada por motivos religiosos. Desde que en el año 1990 el médico Frank Lynn Meshberger publicara su interpretación del fresco "La Creación de Adán" basada en la neuroanatomía, en donde comparaba la imagen de Dios con la de una sección sagital del cerebro humano, muchos autores han encontrado diversas referencias anatómicas ocultas en la obra de Miguel Ángel. En el presente trabajo exponemos el hallazgo de una inédita lección de anatomía hepática oculta en el fresco La Embriaguez de Noé de la Capilla Sixtina.

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) is considered one of the greatest artists in history. He studied in detail the human anatomy through corpses dissection, practice until then relegated for religious reasons. Since the physician Frank Lynn Meshberger published in 1990 his interpretation of the fresco "The Creation of Adam" based on neuroanatomy, where he compared the image of God with a sagittal section of the human brain, many authors have found various hidden anatomical references in the work of Michelangelo. In the present paper we expose the finding of a hidden lesson on liver anatomy in the fresco The Drunkenness of Noah of the Sistine Chapel.

Does acute alcohol intoxication interfere with colonic anastomosis wound healing?: a rat model of nondestructive colon trauma

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of acute alcohol intoxication on healing of colonic anastomosis. METHODS: Thirty-six rats were allocated into two groups. Animals in the alcohol (A) were given 2 mL of ethanol diluted in 0.9% saline solution to a concentration of 40% by gavage immediately before anesthesia, whereas control (C) animals received 2 mL of 0.9% saline solution via the same route. A colonic anastomosis was then performed in all animals. On postoperative days 1, 3, and 7, anastomotic breaking strength was assessed and histopathological examination was performed. Change in body weight and mortality were also evaluated. RESULTS: The median of anastomotic tensile strength on the postoperative day 1 was 0.09 Newtons for group A and 0.13 for group C. (p>0.05). The median of anastomotic tensile strength on the postoperative day 3 was 0.13 Newtons for group A and 0.17 for group C. (p>0.05). The median of anastomotic tensile strength on the postoperative day 7 was 0.30 Newtons for group A and 0.35 for group C. (p>0.05). There was no significant difference between the groups A and C, in the first, third or seventh POD (p>0.05), in any of the analyzed parameters. There were no statistical differences between groups in the weight. Three animals died, all from the group A. CONCLUSION: Acute alcohol intoxication did not interfere with wound healing of colonic anastomoses, although it caused early postoperative mortality.

Estudio estadístico sobre muerte por accidentes de tránsito en C.A.B.A. y su relación con la presencia de alcohol en sangre cadavérica / Statical study of death-related traffic accidents in the city of Buenos Aires and ists relationship with the presence of alcohol in the cadaveric blood

A statistical study of death-related traffic accidents in the city of Buenos Aires and ists relationship with the presence of alcohol in the cadaveric blood, is presented. Facts and statistics show undoubtedly the serious reality observed at present in our country related to traffic accidents. Likewise, it was estimated that during the last 5 years, 38.137 subjects died because of this complaint, equivalent to 636 deaths each month. The aim of this report was to study the incidence of alcohol abuse in transit accidents, determined by data obtained from the Morgue of the city of Buenos Aires. The finds observed and the statistics are documented in the article.

Study of some physiological, histological, histochemical, and biochemical aspects of alcoholic lung disease in albino rats

The effect of alcohol on the structure and function of the lung is of great importance. Also, it disturbs the lipid metabolism and its absorption. The present work aimed at studying the physiological, histological, histochemical and biochemical changes in the lung under the effect of alcoholic intoxication. 30 male albino rats [180-200 g body weight each] were utilized, 10 as control group and 20 were orally fed with 1.3 ml alco./200 g in diluted form daily. After 4 weeks, blood samples were taken and animals were sacrificed and both lungs were examined. There was significant increase in static lung compliance. Histologically, alveoli showed disturbance in shape and size with thickened interalveolar septa, cellular infiltration and extravasated blood cells by hematoxylin and eosin [H and E]. The elastic fibers were thickened, broken and deeply stained by Verhoff Van Geison stain [VVG]. Histochemical results showed increased activity of succinic dehydrogenase [SD] alkaline and acid phosphatase, mainly in the interalveolar cells, with decreased adenosine triphosphatase [ATPase] activity in the ciliary border of the bronchi. Biochemically, there was a significant increase in the total phospholipids content of the alveolar lung lavage. The blood lipid pattern in the triglycerides, cholesterol and free fatty acids were all increased as compared with normal control