Peter B. Herdson

Le Systeme International D'unites

Charge électrique. COULOMB (C) : s.A Différence du potentiel électrique. VOLT (V) : m2.kg.s−3.A−1 Résistance électrique. OHM (Ω) : m2.kg.s−3.A−2 Capacité électrique. FARAD (F) : m−2.kg−1.s4.A2 Inductance électrique. HENRY (H) : m2.kg.s−2.A−2 Induction magnétique. TESLA (T) : kg.s−2.A−1 e Δ Dépendance de la définition d’une unité primaire (ici le kelvin) avec d’autres (ici la seconde et le kilogramme).

Autopsies in saudi arabia.

To the Editor: I was delighted to read the Editorial entitled Autopsies and Medicine in Saudi Arabia by Associate Professor Mohammed Omar Sohaibani that appeared in the Volume 13, Number 3, 1993 issue of the Annals of Saudi Medicine 1993;13:213-4. The historic and contemporary points which Professor Sohaibani makes about the value to autopsies in medicine are well taken. In this context, readers may wish to look back on an Editorial on the same topic entitled Autopsies, Medicine, and the Public that appeared in the Annals, Volume 8, Number 5, 1988. It is important to note that in the intervening five years or so, a number of Saudi trainees in pathology have completed extensive studies of autopsies in major departments of pathology overseas, in particular in Australia. While one of the objectives of this experience is to meet training requirements towards Fellowship in the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, the more important aspect is, as envisaged several years ago, that there is a developing cadre of Saudi medical graduates trained in pathology to whom the importance of autopsies is self evident. It is to be hoped that as these well-trained young Saudi consultant pathologists take up appropriate specialist positions in pathology in the Kingdom, autopsies will become a part of the day-to-day scene in major hospitals and medical schools in Saudi Arabia. Mortui vivos docent: let the dead teach the living.

Ethics in Clinical Research

Informed consent - In order to protect the safety and dignity of human subjects in experimental investigations, academic institutions and grant-giving agencies have in recent years come to require ...