Johnsonian gleanings.

Bibliographical footnotes.

Report of the case John Dorrance against Arthur Fenner, tried at the December term, of the Court of common pleas, in the county of Providence, A.D. 1801; to which are added the proceedings in the case Arthur Fenner vs. John Dorrance.

Mode of access: Internet.

Mr. Cline's lectures on anatomy & surgery, 1799-1800 (inclusive)

Volume containing notes on the lectures of Henry Cline (1750-1827), a surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, England, that were kept by American medical student John Collins Warren in 1799 and 1800. The lectures were on topics including blood, blood vessels, absorbents, cellular membranes, and the nerves. There are annotations in pencil in an unknown hand throughout the volume.

Hippocrates upon air, water, and situation : upon epidemical diseases : and upon prognosticks, in acute cases especially : To this is added (by way of comparison) Thucydides's account of the plague of Athens, the whole translated, methodis'd, and illustrated with useful and explanatory notes /

Mode of access: Internet.

D'Horsay; or, The follies of the day.

Original illustrated cover: "No. IV. April." bound in.

A discourse delivered August 20, 1801 at the interment of Miss Lemira Wheaton : daughter of Capt. Joseph Wheaton of Rehoboth, who departed life, August 18, 1801, in the 21st year of her age /

Mode of access: Internet.

Tūtī-namāh. The Tooti nameh, or Tales of a parrot: in the Persian language, with and English translation.

Translation by Francis Gladwin. Cf. Brit. Mus. Cat.

Does primary medical practitioner involvement with a specialist team improve patient outcomes? A systematic review.

Patients with chronic or complex medical or psychiatric conditions are treated by many practitioners, including general practitioners (GPs). Formal liaison between primary and specialist is often assumed to offer benefits to patients The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of formal liaison of GPs with specialist service providers on patient health outcomes, by conducting a systematic review of the published literature in MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsychINFO, CINAHL and Cochrane Library databases using the following search terms family physicians': synonyms of 'patient care planning', 'patient discharge' and 'patient care team'; and synonyms of 'randomised controlled trials'. Seven studies were identified, involving 963 subjects and 899 controls. most health outcomes were unchanged, although some physical and functional health outcomes were improved by formal liaison between GPs and specialist services, particularly among chronic mental illness patients. Some health outcomes worsened during the intervention. Patient retention rates within treatment programmes improved with GP involvement, as did patient satisfaction. Doctor (GP and specialist) behaviour changed, with reports of more rational use of resources and diagnostic tests, improved clinical skills, more frequent use of appropriate treatment strategies, and more frequent clinical behaviours designed to detect disease complications Cost effectiveness could not be determined. In conclusion, formal liaison between GPs and specialist services leaves most physical health outcomes unchanged, but improves functional outcomes in chronically mentally ill patients. It may confer modest long-term health benefits through improvements in patient concordance with treatment programmes and more effective clinical practice.