The Road from Marja: Wounded in Afghanistan, Capt. Erik Quist '99, USMC, sees another side of combat

Marine Corps Capt. Erik Quist ’99 had fought in two wars. Now he fights again as he recovers from severe wounds suffered in Afghanistan.

Microfluidic wound-healing assay to assess the regenerative effect of HGF on wounded alveolar epithelium

We present a microfluidic epithelial wound-healing assay that allows characterization of the effect of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) on the regeneration of alveolar epithelium using a flow-focusing technique to create a regular wound in the epithelial monolayer. The phenotype of the epithelial cell was characterized using immunostaining for tight junction (TJ) proteins and transmission electron micrographs (TEMs) of cells cultured in the microfluidic system, a technique that is reported here for the first time. We demonstrate that alveolar epithelial cells cultured in a microfluidic environment preserve their phenotype before and after wounding. In addition, we report a wound-healing benefit induced by addition of HGF to the cell culture medium (19.2 vs. 13.5 μm h(-1) healing rate).

The mark of a good healer: Examining health care behaviors in the Vietnamese community

The purpose of this study was to conduct a descriptive, exploratory analysis of the utilization of both traditional healing methods and western biomedical approaches to health care among members of the Vietnamese community in Houston, Texas. The first goal of the study was to identify the type(s) of health care that the Vietnamese use. The second goal was to highlight the numerous factors that may influence why certain health care choices are made. The third goal of this study was to examine the issue of preference to determine which practices would be used if limiting factors did not exist. ^ There were 81 participants, consisting of males and females who were 18 years or older. The core groups of participants were Vietnamese students from the University of Houston-Downtown and volunteer staff members from VN TeamWork. Asking the students and staff members to recommend others for the study used the snowball method of recruiting additional participants. ^ Surveys and informed consents were in English and Vietnamese. The participants were given the choice to take the surveys face-to-face or on their own. Surveys consisted of structured questions with predetermined choices, as well as, open-ended questions to allow more detailed information. The quantitative and qualitative data were coded and entered into a database, using SPSS software version 15.0. ^ Results indicated that participants used both traditional (38.3%) and biomedical (59.3%) healing, with 44.4% stating that it depended on the illness as to treatment. Coining was the most used traditional healing method, clearly still used by all ages. Coining was also the method most used when issues regarding fear and delayed western medical treatment were involved. It was determined that insurance status, more than household income, guided health care choices. A person's age, number of years spent in the United States, age at migration, and the use of certain traditional healing methods like coining all played a role in the importance of the health care practitioner speaking Vietnamese. The most important finding was that 64.2% of the participants preferred both traditional and western medicine because both methods work. ^

Report of the Royal Commission appointed to consider and report upon the care and treatment of the sick and wounded during the South African campaign : presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty /

CD. 453, Cd. 454, Cd. 455.

The angel warriors at Mons, including numerous confirmatory testimonies, evidence of the wounded and certain curious historical parallels;

Cover-title.

Hospital transports. : A memoir of the embarkation of the sick and wounded from the peninsula of Virginia in the summer of 1862 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Roster of Cuyahoga county soldiers, sailors and marines wounded in action, killed in action, died of wounds [or] gassed. : World war 1914-18 /

"These data ... were taken from the 'Official roster' of Ohio soldiers, sailors and marines participating in the world war, as published by the state of Ohio."--Pref.

100 great battles of the rebellion; a detailed account of regiments and batteries engaged -- casualties, killed, wounded and missing, and the number of men in action in each regiment; also, all the battles of the Revolution, War of 1812-5, Mexican War, Indian battles, American-Spanish War, and naval battles. State rosters from the several northern states, giving the enrollment, number killed, wounded, died and deserted from each organization during the war,

Mode of access: Internet.

Back of the front in France; letters from Amy Owen Bradley, motor driver of the American fund for French wounded;

Mode of access: Internet.

The wounded French soldier,

"Published in aid of the French Red cross (Comité de Londres)"

Wounded, Plate 6, from War (Der Krieg)

Otto Dix; 7 5/8 in. x 11 3/8 in.; etching

The principles of surgery, as they relate to wounds, ulcers, fistulæ, aneurisms, wounded arteries, fractures of the limbs, tumors, the operations of trepan and lithotomy. Also of the duties of the military and hospital surgeon.

Mode of access: Internet.

The cause and cure of a wounded conscience ; also Triana, or, A threefold romanza, of Mariana, Paduana, and Sabina ; Ornithologie, or, The speech of birds ; and Antheologia, or, The speech of flowers /

"The cause and cure" (first published 1647) has special t.-p. with identical imprint; "Triana", "Ornithologie" and "Antheologia" have each special t.-p. with imprint: London, Printed for John Stafford (dated, respectively, 1664, 1655 and 1655).