Drawing: a universal language.

The authors insist on the importance of drawing through the centuries to recall ways of life. They try to pinpoint the utility of drawing in this day and age, making perioperative drawing reports concise and clear with a few lines. Basic sketches are explained and illustrated.

Thrombosis of the lateral sinus.

Four cases of lateral sinus thrombosis have been treated at Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, since 1960. A review of the literature of this pathology is reported, and two cases treated in the past three months are presented.