https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/38864 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:45:45 GMT 2026-04-04T11:45:45Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21828 Title: Dr. Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866) : the Malta connection Abstract: Dr Thomas Hodgkin, from whom is derived the eponym of Hodgkin's Disease, was a pathologist at Guy's Hospital, London. He was also a humanitarian who championed the cause for liberty of oppressed people in the Middle East, Africa and America. In one of his philanthropic missions to the Middle East in 1857 he spent a week in Malta. He wrote a letter to a member of the Senate of the University of London urging closer relations between this University and that of Malta. He died in Jaffa in 1866. The first cases of Hodgkin's Disease in Malta were described in 1949. Mon, 01 Dec 1997 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21828 1997-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21827 Title: Febrile convulsions Abstract: Febrile convulsion (FC) is not synonymous with any convulsion with a fever. The most widely accepted definition is that of the Consensus Development panel on Febrile Convulsions which has defined FC as "an event in infancy or childhood, usually between 3 months and 5 years of age, associated with fever but without evidence of intracranial infection or other definable cause. Seizures with fever in children who have suffered a previous nonfebrile seizure is excluded. FC are to be distinguished from epilepsy, which is characterised by recurrent, nonfebrile seizures". In addition anoxic or syncopal seizures induced by fever are not included in the group of FC. Although the degree offever is not specified in the above definition, many will agree that a rectal temperature of 38D C or above is essential for diagnosis. Mon, 01 Dec 1997 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21827 1997-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21825 Title: Activities of the Malta College of Family Doctors : past, present and future Abstract: The Malta College of Family Doctors is an autonomous academic institution founded in 1989 whose object is to encourage, foster and maintain the highest possible standards in family medicine in Malta, and to sustain and improve the professional qualifications of members of the medical profession in Malta who are engaged in family medicine. Mon, 01 Dec 1997 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21825 1997-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21824 Title: Kawasaki disease : a review Abstract: Kawasaki disease (KD) was first described in 1967 by Tamsiku Kawasaki and remains the subject of extensive medical research to the present day. It has a worldwide distribution and is now recognised as a relatively common disorder even in the Western world. KD is of particular interest as it causes significant morbidity and mortality in the paediatric age group and has become the commonest cause of acquired heart disease in children. Despite exhaustive research, the cause of KD remains unknown. Mon, 01 Dec 1997 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21824 1997-12-01T00:00:00Z