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Solid tumours, benign and malignant. Ulcers. Thyroid diseases, goitre, and other endocrine abnormalities. Gastrointestinal pathology. Conditions associated with herniae, gangrenous bowel, peritonitis, intra-abdominal abscess and fistula. Hepato-biliary disease. Breast diseases.

Basic properties and classification of viruses. Development and cultivation of medically important viruses. Host immune response against viruses.

Basic properties and classification of viruses. Development and cultivation of medically important viruses. Host immune response against viruses.

Introduction to gerodontology. Ageing in dentistry. Medical, drug and social considerations in geriatric oral health. Management of oral diseases in the elderly (treatment planning, modalities and modifications, treatment facility, equipment and services). Dental care for the terminally ill patient. Prevention of oral diseases in the elderly.

Drugs acting on the alimentary system, nausea and vomiting, pathophysiology, basic pharmacology of antiemetics, dopamine-receptor antagonists (metoclopramide, prochlorperazine, haloperidol). Antihistamines, serotonin antagonists, anticholinergics, benzodiazepines, corticosteroids. Constipation, common causes, basic pharmacology of drugs used for relief (bulk, osmotic and stimulant laxatives, saline and magnesium laxatives, detergent laxatives, non-absorbable sugars, polyethylene glycol, lubricants, enemas). Non- specific antidiarrhoeal drugs. Lactulose ulcer healing drugs. Drug management. H2-receptor antagonists. Antacids. Proton-pump inhibitors. Triple therapy. 219

Drugs acting on the alimentary system, nausea and vomiting, pathophysiology, basic pharmacology of antiemetics, dopamine-receptor antagonists (metoclopramide, prochlorperazine, haloperidol). Antihistamines, serotonin antagonists, anticholinergics, benzodiazepines, corticosteroids. Constipation, common causes, basic pharmacology of drugs used for relief (bulk, osmotic and stimulant laxatives, saline and magnesium laxatives, detergent laxatives, non-absorbable sugars, polyethylene glycol, lubricants, enemas). Non- specific antidiarrhoeal drugs. Lactulose ulcer healing drugs. Drug management. H2-receptor antagonists. Antacids. Proton-pump inhibitors. Triple therapy. 87

Origins and development of International Health up to the second world war. The World Health Organisation (WHO), its establishment, objectives, organisational structure, functions and challenges. International health regulations. The establishment, objectives and operations of the TDR Programme. Other governmental and NGOs involved in international health. Port health services. United Nations high Commission in Refugees (UNHCR). The Red Cross and Red Crescent.

Head and neck. Face and scalp. Back and spinal cord. Cranial cavity. Orbit, parotid, temporal and infratemporal regions. Triangles of neck, submandibular region, nerves and vessels in deep dissection of neck. Thyroid and parathyroid. Pre-vertebral region and joints of neck. Mouth and tongue, pharynx, palato-nasal cavity and sinuses, larynx, ear and eye. Neuroanatomy. Meninges, base of brain and blood supply, hindbrain, medulla, pons, cerebellum and 4th ventricle, midbrain, diencephalon and third ventricle, cerebral hemispheres, sulci and gyri, internal structure of cerebrum and lateral ventricle, basal nuclei, thalamus and hypothalamus, synapses and reflex arcs. Sensory and ascending pathways, motor and descending pathways, cerebellar connections-pathways for hearing, smell and vision. Autonomic nervous system. Radiological and applied anatomy of the Head and Neck. Brain and spinal cord.

Head and neck. Face and scalp. Back and spinal cord. Cranial cavity. Orbit, parotid, temporal and infratemporal regions. Triangles of neck, submandibular region, nerves and vessels in deep dissection of neck. Thyroid and parathyroid. Pre-vertebral region and joints of neck. Mouth and tongue, pharynx, palato-nasal cavity and sinuses, larynx, ear and eye. Neuroanatomy. Meninges, base of brain and blood supply, hindbrain, medulla, pons, cerebellum and 4th ventricle, midbrain, diencephalon and third ventricle, cerebral hemispheres, sulci and gyri, internal structure of cerebrum and lateral ventricle, basal nuclei, thalamus and hypothalamus, synapses and reflex arcs. Sensory and ascending pathways, motor and descending pathways, cerebellar connections-pathways for hearing, smell and vision. Autonomic nervous system. Radiological and applied anatomy of the Head and Neck. Brain and spinal cord.

Perineum. Male and female perineum. Pelvic wall and floor. Pelvic peritoneum. Pelvic viscera. Sympathetic and parasympathetic neurovascular structures. Surface anatomy. Radiological anatomy.