Agricultural Bacteriology. H. W. Conn

Herbert W. Conn: Formative decades of microbiology and evolutionary biology

The Wesleyan Biology Department conference room showcases several portraits of distinguished biologists from its history, including one depicting Herbert W. Conn (1859–1917) as a dashing young man sporting a double-breasted suit, pince-nez, and a perfect Van Dyke beard. Conn made outstanding contributions to both microbiology and evolutionary biology, showing how bacteria share fundamental prop...

Dr W. H. Hylton

Dr William H. Hylton, formerly a general practitioner in Clevedon died suddenly on March 20th at the age of 83. William Hawkins Hylton?Bill, was born in Leeds in 1906. He was educated at Bridlington College. His father ran a building firm but died tragically of acute appendicitis when his son was aged 14. Bill intending to pursue the same career entered Leeds University and took a degree in eng...

CME-Conn (98288.120) DD

OBJECTIVE To outline current approaches to diagnosing and managing delirium in the elderly. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE A literature review was based on a MEDLINE search (1966 to 1998). Selected articles were reviewed and used as the basis for discussion of diagnosis and etiology. We planned to include all published randomized controlled trials regarding management but found only two. Consequently, we ...

Dr. W. H. S. Walker

Submarine Base , Groton , Conn . REPORT

The objectives of this study were to identify the major motives underlying an officer's decision to volunteer for the Submarine Service. Responses to the open-ended question "Why are you interested in submarines?" were obtained from two samples of officer candidates for Basic Submarine School (Ns were 59 and 60). Categorization and Q-sorting of this array of responses produced 9 motivation cate...