![]() ![]() In the north of England, the superstition lingers to an almost inconceivable extent. The said Dorothy Durent, having been with a Witch-Doctor, acknowledges upon Oath, that by his Advice she hang'd up her Child's Blanket in the Chimney, found a Toad in it at Night, had put it into the Fire, and held it there tho' it made a great and horrible Noise, and flash'd like Gunpowder, and went off like a Pistol, and then became invisible, and that by this the Prisoner was scorch'd and burn'd lamentably.Ĭharles Mackay's book, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, first published in 1841, attests to the practice of belief in witch doctors in England at the time. Hutchinson used the phrase in a chapter defending a prisoner who was charged with witchcraft, by asserting that the "Witch-Doctor" himself was the one using sorcery: The Oxford English Dictionary states that the first record of the use of this term was in 1718, in Francis Hutchinson's work An Historical Essay concerning Witchcraft, with Observations upon Matters of Fact Tending to Clear the Texts of the Sacred Scriptures, and Confute the Vulgar Errors about that Point. Mole to witness the supernatural powers of the Hadleigh wizard. the news of the expected coming of the witch-doctor spread far and wide, and about eight o'clock there could not have been less than 200 people collected near the cottage of Mrs. 6d., and promising to pay a visit on Monday evening to the "old witch," Mrs. Recourse was had by the girl's parents to a cunning man, named Burrell, residing at Copford, who has long borne the name of "The Wizard of the North:" but her case was of so peculiar a character as to baffle his skill to dissolve the spell, Application was next made to a witch doctor named Murrell, residing at Hadleigh, Essex, who undertook to effect a cure, giving a bottle of medication, for which he did not forget to charge 3s. Witchcraft-induced conditions were their area of expertise, as described in this 1858 news report from England: In its original meaning, witch doctors were not exactly witches themselves, but rather people who had remedies to protect others against witchcraft. ![]() The term is now more commonly used to refer to healers, particularly in regions which use traditional healing rather than contemporary medicine. A witch doctor (also spelled witch-doctor) was originally a type of healer who treated ailments believed to be caused by witchcraft. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Robotic magnetic navigation (RMN) employs a fundamentally different mechanism of action. Mechanical robotic navigation has previously been shown to have a similar rate of SCEs compared to manual control (MC) ablation which we hypothesize is due to the similar manual pull-wire catheter technology employed ( 12). Robotic navigation technology has emerged as an important new tool to facilitate catheter ablation of arrhythmias ( 11). A high incidence of SCEs has been reported recently using the duty-cycled phased-radiofrequency ablation tool ( 6). ![]() ![]() In the last decade, the exploration of SCE mechanisms has been focused on the risk of different AF ablation technologies and new ablation tools, which have various effects on the incidence of SCEs ( 9, 10). Several mechanisms have been suggested as being potentially responsible for SCEs after AF catheter ablation, including macrobubble development within stationary sheaths, radiofrequency- and heat- related denaturation of fibrinogen to fibrin, and catheter manipulation in the left atrium ( 8). The issue of SCEs developing perioperatively in AF patients undergoing catheter ablation was first brought to general attention by Lickfett et al. Therefore, it is imperative to take measures to reduce the risk of SCEs. The long-term clinical significance of SCEs remains unclear, however they may correlate with neurologic deficits, including an increased risk of dementia. Although symptomatic cerebral embolisms are rare (10%, with some publications reporting SCEs in up to 30% of patients ( 5, 6). Stroke and thromboembolism are among the most harmful periprocedural complications following AF ablation procedures ( 2). However, the complexity of the procedure may expose patients to a considerable number of complications. AF catheter ablation with the goal of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) has been established as an important therapeutic option for the treatment of AF. However, ablation technology is the only independent risk factor of SCEs and RMN can significantly reduce the incidence of SCEs resulting from AF ablation.Ĭlinical Trial Registration: ChiCTR2100046505.Ītrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia with an increasing prevalence that affects at least 1% of the population worldwide and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality ( 1). Univariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that ablation technology, CHA 2DS 2-VASc score, history of cerebrovascular accident/transient ischemic attack, and low ejection fraction were significantly associated with SCEs, and multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that MC ablation was the only independent risk factor of SCEs after an AF ablation procedure.Ĭonclusions: Ablation technology, CHA 2DS 2-VASc score, history of cerebrovascular accident/transient ischemic attack, and low ejection fraction are associated with SCEs. The incidences of SCEs in the RMN group and the MC group were 5.77 and 32.26%, respectively (X 2 = 20.63 P < 0.05). There were 26 total cases of SCEs in this study, including 6 cases in the RMN group and 20 cases in the MC group. The incidence and potential risk factors of SCEs were compared between the two groups. All patients underwent cerebral magnetic resonance imaging within 48 h before and after the ablation procedure to assess cerebral embolism. Patients were divided into RMN group ( n = 104) and manual control (MC) group ( n = 62), and analyzed for their demographic, medical, echocardiographic, and risk predictors of SCEs. Methods and Results: We performed a prospective study of 166 patients with paroxysmal or persistent AF who underwent pulmonary vein isolation. The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate the incidence, risk predictors and probable mechanisms of SCEs in patients with AF ablation and the potential impact of RMN on SCE rates. Background: The incidence of silent cerebral embolisms (SCEs) has been documented after pulmonary vein isolation using different ablation technologies however, it is unreported in patients undergoing with atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation using Robotic Magnetic Navigation (RMN). ![]() ![]() SpiderOak and SugarSync are also excellent syncing services with mobile apps, and while I tried all three services, I stuck with Dropbox because it had virtually no learning curve, it had clients for all three OSes that I’m familiar with, and it synced things without noticeable delay. It’s not the only one that does that either. No outsiders will be able to decrypt, see or modify any file contents. If you use Dropbox, this app might just make your mobile life easier.ĭropbox doesn’t just shine for syncing files so you’ll have the same set on different devices that you own, but it’s also great for backing up those same files in case of any emergency. 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