‘An unbidden guest at your table’: Purity, danger and the house-fly in the middle-class home, c. 1870-1910 by Neil Davie

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Domestiquer l’Orient. La contre-histoire balzacienne de la domestication by Élisabeth Plas

“…This article contributes to the history of animals and particularly to the history of the points of view on domestication. …”
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Pasteurella multocida Septicemia in a Patient with Cirrhosis: An Autopsy Report by Takuma Yamamoto, Takahiro Umehara, Takehiko Murase, Kazuya Ikematsu

“…A detailed patient history about animal exposure should be obtained and a differential diagnosis of P. multocida infection must be kept in mind.…”
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Simultaneous Huge Splenic and Mesenteric Hydatid Cyst by Mostafa M. Abdelmaksoud, Alaa Jamjoom, Mohamed T. Hafez

“…The patient was presented with chronic abdominal pain, increased frequency of defecation, and typical history of animal contact (cattle, sheep, and dogs). After performing imaging studies, he was diagnosed with a simultaneous huge spleen and pelvic mesentery hydatid cyst that was managed surgically by splenectomy, pelvic mesenteric cyst deroofing, and partial cystectomy.…”
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Q Fever Presenting as Recurrent, Culture-Negative Endocarditis with Aortic Prosthetic Valve Failure: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Abeer N AlShukairi, Muhammad G Morshed, Neil E Reiner

“…On the occasion of his most recent presentation, a detailed history of animal exposure -- including hunting and skinning deer, moose and other large animals with his bare hands -- was the only clue to his diagnosis. …”
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Multiorgan Failure and Refractory Lactic Acidosis due to Pasteurella multocida Septicemia in a Patient with No Animal Exposure by Damaris Pena, Yaneidy Santana, Jose Perez Lara, Efrain Gonzalez, Misbahuddin Khaja

“…Although our patient had no known cat or dog exposure, physicians should enquire about a history of animal exposure when a patient presents with an infection with no obvious cause.…”
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Pre-diagnostic risk factors for brain cancer incidence and survival: insights from the Golestan Cohort Study by Parisa Rezanejad-Asl, Peyvand Parhizkar Roudsari, Negar Rezaei, Maryam Sharafkhah, Gholamreza Roshandel, Hossein Poustchi, Sadaf Sepanlou, Reza Malekzadeh

“…In the multiple model, Turkmen ethnicity (Hazard Ratio = 0.42 (0.23–0.76)), urban residence (HR = 0.46 (0.25–0.84)), overweight or obesity (HR = 0.48 (0.25–0.93)), and history of animal contact (HR = 0.43 (0.19–0.96)) were associated with a better survival. …”
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