[Sarcoid reaction to a foreign body located in the uterus and the liver]. / Réaction sarcoïdosique à corps étranger localisée à l'utérus et au foie.

A case is reported of a sarcoidosis reaction within the uterine wall which developed following the vaginal injection of an unknown substance for contraceptive purposes. The reaction spread through the body to affect the lymphnodes and liver. Can this serve as an experimental model for the various forms of sarcoidosis observed clinically, notably genital sarcoidosis?

[Was Homer a surgeon?]. / Homère était-il chirurgien?

The exegesis of the Ilias provides us with ample information on the state of war surgery in archaic Greece. The accuracy of a number of details leads to wondering if a physician could have taken part in the redaction of Homer's epos.

[Endometrial cancer associated with focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver. Syndrome or coincidence?]. / Cancer de l'endomètre associé à une hyperplasie nodulaire focale hépatique. Syndrome ou coïncidence?

A case is reported regarding the association of endometrial cancer with focal nodular liver hyperplasia. These two types of tumors are hormone-dependent, raising the hypothesis of a common origin although there is no mention of such an association in the literature.

[Once upon a time...... hemostasis]. / Il était une fois...... l'hémostase.

A short historical study of the Surgical hemostasis from the Prehistorical ages to our days.