the theft of the passport, however, and not the purportedly stolen suitcases, was listed on the report.  Filippi's explanation of this discrepancy was that there was not enough time to report the stolen suitcases before he was scheduled to leave Ecuador


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 The Government makes the same statement in its brief, but it is incorrect.  Fed.R.Crim.P. 17(e)(2) states:  "A subpoena directed to a witness in a foreign country shall issue under the circumstances and in the manner and be served as provided in Title 28, U.S.C., Sec. 1783."    Section 1783, in turn, provides in part that:  "A court of the United States may order the issuance of a subpoena requiring the appearance as a witness before it, or before a person orEulogy to August Karl Gustav Bier on the 100th anniversary of intravenous regional block and the 110th anniversary of the spinal block.
August Karl Gustav Bier introduced two important techniques in regional block: intravenous regional block and subarachnoid block, widely used nowadays. Since the first one celebrates its 100th anniversary and the second its 110th anniversary, it is only fair that we pay homage to this extraordinary physician who created them. This report describes his family, school, academic course, and medical residency data, professional and university activities, personality, retirement, and death of A. K. G. Bier. It describes his countless contributions to Medicine and to Anesthesiology in particular. It discusses his research on intravenous regional block, many of them still valid nowadays or not completely explained. It mentions his