Journal of Clinical Investigation
(JCI) A highly regarded journal of medical science that publishes “biologically significant findings of clinical relevance.” The JCI is the journal of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, an honor society of physician-scientists, physicians who are at the bedside, at the research bench, at the blackboard translating findings in the laboratory into the advancement of clinical medicine.
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the “Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.” The other was the “Journal des Scavants” (Scholars) which appeared in France the same year. From these 2 journals are descended the many thousands of scientific periodicals today, including all those devoted to the biomedical sciences and medicine, whether they be in print or newer media such as […]
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The original suction drain. The drain itself is inside the body. It is made of Teflon and has multiple drainage holes. The drain is connected to clear plastic tubing which is usually sutured to the skin at the point it leaves the skin. The tubing connects to a bulb reservoir. The bulb, when squeezed empty, […]
- Jugular
The principal vein in the front of either side of the neck. The word comes from the Latin jugulum meaning throat. The jugular is “the vein of the throat” or in ancient times “the sacrificial vein.”