reflux esophagitis has improved dramatically since PPIs became available in 1989. PPIs provide rapid symptomatic relief and heal-ing of esophagitis in the highest percentage of patients. A systematic review of 7 trials that evalu-. Esophagitis Asthma Reflux in infants with laryngomalacia: results of 24-hour double-probe pH monitoring. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999; 120:860.
Soon after, John Wright of Birmingham, England discovered that potassium cyanide was a suitable electrolyte for gold and silver electroplating. Wright's associates, George Elkington and Henry Elkington were awarded the first patents for electroplating in 1840.
When nickel plating was introduced in 1869-70, good quality was maintained on the whole, and it quickly had a surge of popularity bringing with it the introduction of dc generators around 1875-76 to displace batteries as the source of power.osted on: 11/13/2012. A review article originally printed as Plating & Surface Finishing, 71 (6), 84-91 (1984) on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the American Electroplaters Society.