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An inherited condition affecting amino acid metabolism and producing thick skin and impaired mental development [After the name of the family in which this hereditary disease was first recorded]. Hartnup disease is characterized by diminished absorption of monoamino-monocarboxylic amino acids from the intestine and from blood filtered through the kidney. This condition is presumably caused…

A chemical solution used in drips to replace body fluids lost in dehydration, particularly as a result of infantile gastroenteritis [Described 1932. After Alexis Frank Hartmann (1898-1964), paediatrician, St Louis, Missouri, USA.] A solution commonly used as a means of fluid replacement in dehydrated patients. Each litre contains 3-1 grams of sodium lactate, 6 grams…

The surgical removal of the prostate gland [After S.H. Harris (1880-1936), Australian surgeon].  

Causing no injury or damage.  

Causing injury or damage.  

Injury or damage as a result of something that you do. Anything that impairs or adversely impacts the safety of patients in clinical care, drug therapy, research investigations, or public health. Harms include adverse drug reactions, side effects of treatments, and other undesirable consequences of health care products and services.  

The bacterium which causes leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae [Discovered “1873. After Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (1841-1912), Norwegian physician.]  

A disturbance of cholesterol metabolism in young children which causes disorders in membranous bone, mainly in the skull, exophthalmos, diabetes insipidus, and a yellow-brown colour of the skin [First described 1893 then 1915 by Schiller and 1920 by Christian. After Alfred Hand Jr. (1868—1949), US paediatrician; Artur Schiller (1874—1958), Austrian neurologist; Henry Asbury Christian (1876-1951),…

A group of muscles at the back of the thigh, which flex the knee and extend the gluteus maximus. Any of three powerful muscles at the back of the thigh. The hamstrings are a collection of muscles situated at the rear of the thigh. The upper extremities of these muscles are attached to the pelvis…

One of a group of tendons behind the knee, which link the thigh muscles to the bones in the lower leg. Any of the tendons at the back of the knee. They attach the hamstring muscles (the biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus) to their insertions in the tibia and fibula. The name given to the…