A Challenging Diagnosis of Fluctuating Dyspnea: Myasthenia Gravis

Isolated respiratory muscles weakness is an unusual presentation of Myasthenia Gravis (MG).We present a case of 49-year-old male with undiagnosed pad MG who presented with fluctuating dyspnea on exertion and at rest.There was no peripheral muscle involvement, diagnostic tests and standard electromyography was normal, and the serologic tests were ne

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Political Connections (and Disconnections) between British Intellectuals in the Age of Enlightenment: Hume, Sterne, and Wilkes in Paris (1764)

In April 1764, Laurence Sterne, who is Peels in France for a cure, is invited by Lord Hertford, the new English ambassador to France, to preach a sermon at the opening of the new embassy in Paris.Sterne accepts the invitation and chooses a text that is perceived as a shocking discourtesy to the diplomatic and political authorities.The dinner that f

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