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February 12

Hospital Gangrene

Is there is Wikipedia on Gangraena nosocomialis or hospital gangrene, predominant up until about 1870-1880. I can't seem to locate anything although it might on under some different name. scope_creep^Talk 09:29, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here ? Heihaheihaha (talk) 10:29, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hospital gangrene redirects to Necrotizing fasciitis. The historical use of the term can perhaps not be precisely related to current terminology, including many cases that could have been treated non-surgically by suitable antiseptic wound dressing and administering antibiotics if they had been available at the time. --Lambiam 13:08, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Strange "mitotic phase" of oocytes in rabbit's primary follicle

Two months ago, I posted a question on StackExchange but no one answered me there. It's about a primary follicle (Inferred from the number of layers of granular layer cells), whose oocyte seems to be undergoing division, which is supposed not to happen at this stage by my textbook. I've asked my histology teacher and got no answer. My initial idea was whether it is possible to have multiple oocytes simultaneously in the follicles of rabbits. I've tried to google and searche on PubMed, I didn't find relevant evidence there. The full size picture is provided here, which may provide more information.

The question is: how to explain this phenomenon? I did not observe this phenomenon in other many slices. Heihaheihaha (talk) 10:26, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. Following. Zarnivop (talk) 10:21, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rabbits have a couple of wrinkles not found in all mammals, induced ovulation and embryonic diapause, could these be related? Abductive (reasoning) 12:20, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]