Dietary “Fibre” and Pregnancy Toxaemia

Six weeks later her weight was increasing and pulsation could be felt in the previously wccluded vessels. SummaryThe clinical course of nine patients suffering from temporal arteritis is described.The following points emerge: the patients are without exception elderly, often of arthritic disposition, and arteriosclerotic; the disease runs a protracted though benign course but may leave permanent damage to vision; temporal arteritis is a not uncommon cause of sudden visual failure in the elderly, and the underlying disease may be over- looked if the symptoms have not been severe or if they have occurred some weeks or months before ; salicylates are of value, at least in the relief of symptoms.The ischaemia of the scalp may be sufficient to result in necrosis.