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In a German hospital specializing in Chinese herbalism of 145 patients who had been treated within 1 year 53% reported having had at least one adverse effect attributable to Chinese herbal medicines (107). Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea were the most common complaints. It should be noted that causality in these cases can only be suspected and not proven. In the same institution about 1 % of 1507 consecutive patients treated with Chinese herbal mixtures had clinically relevant rises in liver enzymes (108,109). Glycyrrhiza radix and Atractylodis macro-cephalae rhizome were most consistently associated with such problems. In most of these cases there were no associated clinical signs and the abnormalities tended to normalize without specific therapy and in spite of continued treatment with the Chinese herbal mixtures. 

Wehrle PF, Posch J, Richter KH, Henderson DA. An airborne outbreak of smallpox in a German hospital and its significance with respect to other recent outbreaks in Europe. Bull WHO. 1970 43 669-679. 

For the case of German hospital ship Ophelia that was captured and condemned by the British Prize Court because she was also up as a signalling ship for military purposes, see Colombos 1967, p. 591 Gamer 1927, p. 244 et seq. 

When saliva production is insufficient, many different liquids can be used. They vary from glycerol with citric acid to the saliva substitutes already mentioned in Sect. 7.1. Citric acid stimulates the saliva production in the salivary glands, and therefore raises the amount of saliva in the mouth. If there is damage to the oral mucosa, it is best to avoid ethanol and propylene glycol, because these solvents may cause irritation, A German hospital developed an... 

ADKA guidelines from the German Society of German Hospital Pharmacists (ADKA) (in German) ... 

Taxis K. Barber N Incidence and severity of intravenous drug errors in a German hospital. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2004 59 815-817. 

The Germans claimed variously that of their British prisoners taken in April, 112 were hospitalised of whom 11 died and that of 200 Allied gas casualties admitted to German hospitals after the 22 April attack, 12 died. In the third chlorine attack, on British forces on Hill 60 on 1 May, it is reported that there were 2413 casualties of whom 227 died in hospital, and that there were other dead in the field.The figures of 20 000 casualties with 5000 dead from the first attack alone appear to have been inflated and the total seems likely to have been closer to the 5000 mark. 

Stoll et al. (2002b) examined provider costs in a German monocentric cohort of HIV-infected patients after the introduction of HA ART. According to their findings, mean provider costs per capita decreased from US 31,812 in 1997 to US 21,926 in 2001. The costs of HA ART per capita decreased significantly from US 15,739 in 1997 to US 14,336 in 2001. Also quite impressive was the continuous decrease of expenditures for additional drug therapy (-43.3%) and hospitalization (-52.1%), respectively. However, the costs caused by HAART increased from 49.5% of all provider costs in 1997 to 65.4% in 2001. 

Heuschmann PU, Berger K, Misselwitz B, Hermanek P, Leffmann C, Adelmann M, Buecker-Nott HI, Rother J, Neundoerfer B, Kolominsky-Rabas PL. Frequency of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke and the risk of in-hospital mortality The German Stroke Registers Study Group. Stroke. 2003 34 1106-1113. 

At the Monowitz hospital, the patients were treated equally regardless of race, color, or creed. There were only two classes, according to the German clerk named Rausch, a sincerely decent inmate who was forced to make the entries in the hospital book ... 

I. B. acknowledges the support of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and Fonds der Ghemischen Industrie. I. B. and J. A. A. acknowledge the hospitality and support of the Donostia International Physics Genter. 

Miguee Angee Moeina, PhD Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona (Barcelona), Spain... 

In a retrospective study of 148 cases of occupational eye injuries in Germany, ocular bums (not specified as chemical or other etiology) comprised 15.5% of the total [10]. In another German study of 101 patients with 131 severely burned eyes, 72.3% of the injuries were work-related, 84.2% were chemical injuries, and 79.8% of these were due to alkalis [11], Of 42 cases of alkali ocular bums admitted to a German eye clinic between 1985 and 1992, 73.8% involved industrial accidents [19]. In Finland in 1973,11.9% of all industrial accidents were ocular injuries and bums comprised 3.6% of these (chemical or other injury mechanism not specified) [12]. A 7-year retrospective Australian study of 182 industrial bums found that 5.5% were ocular bums due to chemicals, gas explosions, and electric flashes (percentages not specified) [30]. In a 4-year hospital-based study in Taiwan, of 486 patients with eye injuries, 39.9% were work-related [20]. Chemical ocular bums accounted for 19.6% of these injuries [20],... 

Another great person who also won a Nobel Peace Prize was Dr. Albert Schweitzer, a German doctor who, like Mother Teresa, also selflessly served the poor and sick. Schweitzer dedicated himself to the people of Africa. In Africa, he built a hospital and a leper colony, a refuge for those who had been rejected by society. Again, he was not the first to offer care and comfort for the sick and suffering. But he certainly was great. 

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