American martyrs to radiology. Frederick Henry Baetjer (1874-1933). 1936.

In Memoriam Frederick J. Almgren Jr., 1933-1997

Fred Almgren was one of the founding editors of Experimental Mathematics. He remained an active editor until mid-1996, when he was found to have myelodysplasia, a form of bone marrow cancer. Subsequently, Fred underwent a risky but potentially eeective treatment at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston: his old marrow cells were destroyed , and he received a marrow cell transplant. He was rele...

Benjamin Silliman Jr.'s 1874 papers: American contributions to chemistry.

To mark the centennial of the discovery of oxygen by Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) on August 1, 1774, H. Carrington Bolton of the Columbia College School of Mines suggested a gathering of American chemists be held to celebrate this event. A suggestion was made by Rachel Bodley of the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania that an appropriate place would be Northumberland, Pennsylvania, where Pr...

American College of Radiology

ACR Appropriateness Criteria 1 Acute Onset Flank Pain — Suspicion of Stone Disease American College of Radiology ACR Appropriateness Criteria Clinical Condition: Acute Onset Flank Pain — Suspicion of Stone Disease Variant 1: Suspicion of stone disease. Radiologic Procedure Rating Comments RRL* CT abdomen and pelvis without contrast 8 Reduced-dose techniques preferred. ☢☢☢☢ US kidneys and bladde...

Henry Frank: pioneer American Hebrew publisher.

The sudden death of the pioneer American Hebrew publisher, Henry Frank, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., on July 31, 1868, went unnoticed by the non-Jewish press of New York. Indeed, it was apparently only in the Hebrew Leader that his productive life was summarized, the editor remarking that, "during his long career in t h s country, which brought him in contact with persons of all creeds and natio...

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