described a patient with a syndrome of increased muscle irritability, who presented ondulating muscle rolling movements and electrically silent cramps, myoedema and muscle reactions to mechanical stimulation similar to myotonic response, suggesting a disfunction at myofibrillar level.
Yvonne Craig, the actor known as the original Batgirl for her role in the 1960s TV series Batman has died, aged 78. According to a statement on her website, Craig died from complications from breast cancer that had metastasized to her liver. She had undergone chemotherapy treatment for two years.
Batwoman was created by Bob Kane, Edmond Hamilton and Sheldon Moldoff, first appearing in Detective Comics #233. (1956). Batwoman is a vigilante in Gotham City who acts as female counterpart to Batman with her side-kick Bat-Girl and romantically pursued Batman. In the modern era her legacy is taken up by the army brat Kate Kane, a lesbian expelled from West Point.