To the editor: I read with interest the recent articles on cholera in the Journal (Can Med
Assoc J 115: 377, 393, 397, 401; 1976) but was surprised to find that the case of cholera in …

To the editor: I read with interest the recent articles on cholera in the Journal (Can Med
Assoc J 115: 377, 393, 397, 401; 1976) but was surprised to find that the case of cholera in …

To the Editor: The article" Onchocerciasis in Canada" by S. KK Seah (Can Med Assoc J 110:
665, 1974) is a timely reminder that since Canadians are visiting the tropics in considerable …

To the editor: I read with interest the recent articles on cholera in the Journal (Can Med
Assoc J 115: 377, 393, 397, 401; 1976) but was surprised to find that the case of cholera in …

During a recent overseas assignment, a general rule of medicine was reaffirmed for me: do
not accept another physician's diagnosis at face value. As a volun-teer to aid in the training …

AN INTERESTING CASE OF FOOD POISONING To the Editor: On May 8 of this year, within
10 minutes of eating what they believed to be wild leeks, at their summer house in the …

To the Editor:—Since the advent of the oral hypoglycemics the physician has been lulled
into a sense of security that he will not have to be concerned about potentially dangerous …

To the Editor:—A correspondent (The Journal, January 8, p. 121) inquires about the
significance of high blood sugar without glycosuria. The reply seems conservative if not …

Presentation of Case A fifty-three-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of
vomiting and weakness. Two months previously she entered another hospital because of …

HS Everett, MD St. Stephen, NB The patient Mr. EH, aged 34, was referred to me by Dr. SH
Holloway, St. Andrews, NB He was admitted to the Chipman Hospital in coma with a history …