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Virginia Turner started her career as a dollmaker in 1981 and began creating original porcelain dolls in 1989. She also designs most of the clothes for the 15,000 dolls that Turner Dolls manufacturers each year.

A history of the Alexander Doll Company is presented. The company was founded by Beatrice Alexander Behrman in 1923 and is currently undergoing a period of renewal.

The founder of Celia Doll Co., dollmaker Celia Ashton, started making dolls, using leftover pieces of fabric, to celebrate her daughter's first birthday. Thirty years later the company creates spirited, handmade porcelain dolls inspired by nursery rhyme illustrations.

Beatrice Perini sculpts ceramic dolls in her Bambolandia studio in Venice, Italy. Her father creates the accessories for the dolls, and her mothers helps to sew the clothes.

Dollmaker Alexandra Koukinova studied art history, Russian and foreign theater and costume and literature which helped prepare her for a career in dollmaking.

Objectives: Cardiotoxic agents cause about 10% of poisonings. If normal electrocardiography (ECG) doesn't give a complete insight in the cardiac conduction disturbance, it is relevant to evaluate new diagnostic procedures. Since 1989 transesophageal ECG and electrocardiostimulation were carried out at the Regional Toxicology Centre in the patients with acute cardiotoxic agents poisonings, on admission and during their treatment. Non-invasive transesophageal pacing causes fewer iatrogenic accidents than the transvenous one. Transesophageal electrocardiostimulation is possible in cases of severe bradycardias unresponsive to atropine. Moreover, it may be a method of choice for the treatment of atrial and AV nodal paroxysmal tachycardia. Methods: We examined 173 patients with acute poisoning, 70 of them poisoned with clonidine, 36 veratrum alkaloids, 42 amitriptyline, 8 digitalis, 9 propranolol and 8 verapamil. When admitted to the centre all patients underwent an ECG, transesophageal ECG, and electrical stimulation. The sinus node recovery time, corrected sinus node recovery time, sinoatrial conduction time, interval between stimulus and ventricular response, the Wenckebach threshold, and the effective refractory period were determined. Results: A toxin-induced depression of the sinus node function was observed in 42.7% of patients with clonidine poisoning, 19.4% of patients with veratrum alkaloids poisoning, and 50% of patients with digitalis poisoning. 2.2% of patients with amitriptyline poisoning had a marked depression of sinus node activity with periods of sinus arrest. A sinoatrial entry block was observed in 41.3% of patients with clonidine poisoning, and in 50% with digitalis and verapamil poisonings. A decrease in AV conduction was observed in 70.7% of patients with clonidine poisoning, 20.5% of patients with veratrum alkaloids poisoning, and 50% of patients with digitalis poisoning and in every patient with propranolol poisoning. Most patients with amitriptyline poisoning had an increase in the AV conduction and a reduction of the effective refractory period. Urgent transesophageal cardiac pacing was carried out in 1.7% of patients. Conclusion: Application of transesophageal cardiac pacing allows for a quick and safe determination of cardiac pacemaker and conduction abnormalities, which are not seen on surface ECG. Prophylactic placement of a transesophageal electrode allows for urgent cardiac pacing, if necessary., Sentsov VG, Brusin KM, Meledin VYu. The Ural State Medical Academy, Regional Centre for Treating the Acute Poisonings, Yekaterinburg, [...]

Artist Linda Webb creates amazing one-of-a-kind baby dolls by studying the physical and emotional attributes of real-life infants.

French dollmakers Corolle uses high-quality vinyl that looks like children's skin to produce beautiful dolls patterned after real children's faces.