This article focuses on the theory put forward by Donald Caps in his The Depleted Self (Sin in a narcissis-tic age. Minneapolis: Fortress Pres, 1993) that there is a particular link between narcissisism and the commitment of particular deadly sins. The data in the research reported in this paper robustly …

The childhood form of discitis was diagnosed in a 2-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy. They presented with an antalgic posture, muscular defense and a positive Gowers sign. Characteristic symptoms of this childhood discitis form the triad: unexplained fever, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate …