The case ofHechtv.Malleyrelated to the excise taxes imposed upon "associations" by the Revenue Acts of 1916, 407, and 1918, 1000 (a).^[9]The provision of the Act of 1916 retained the qualifying words of the Corporation Tax Act of 1909 "organized under the laws of the United States, or any State or Territory" and the Court followed the construction placed upon those words inEliotv.Freeman, supra.But the Act of 1918 omitted this qualification, and the excise tax as laid upon corporations applied to "associations" under the general definition. The Court thus found the terms of the Act of 1918 to be in significant contrast to the provisions of the Acts of 1909 and 1916. The omission of the qualification showed the intention of Congress "to extend the tax from one imposed solely upon organizations exercising statutory privileges, as theretofore, to include also organizations exercising the privilege of doing business as associations at the common law.

Question 1

Why does paralytic ileus occur in pancreatitis?

Question 2

How sensitive is the increase in serum lipase levels in the case of acute

pancreatitis?

Question 3

What is the association between chronic pancreatitis and peripheral

vascular disease (PVD)?c750

Question 4.

Please, can you explain to us the mechanism of pancreatitis in

hypertriglyceridaemias?

Question 5

Is there any role for chemotherapy in carcinoma of the pancreas?

Question 6

1. How should portal hypertension be managed in patients with

bronchial asthma, where beta-blockers are contraindicated?

2. How should diuretics for these patients with hypertension be added?

Question 7

What are the causes of very raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)?

I mean an ESR 100 mm/h. Is this test diagnostic in any disease besides

polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis?c85

Question 8

1. Does the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) rise with age?

2. Can an ESR of 50 mm/h in an 80-year-old female with no evidence of

systemic disease be considered normal?

Question 9

1. What is a 'normal' erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)? Is the

equation of a normal ESRage

10, correct?2. Would a normal ESR exclude a vasculitic cause in the case of stroke? 65

Question 10

In which conditions is C-reactive protein (CRP) more informative than

the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)?

Question11

What is the management of an isolated high ferritin (without any signs,

symptoms or changes in the other blood investigations)?

Question 12

Is the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) useful? What is the RDW and

when is it used?