Andrew Ure, M.D., F.R.S. (1778–1857)

Lionel Sharples Penrose (1898-1972), MA,MD,DSc,FRCP,FRS.

Pioneers in cardiology: Salvador Moncada, MD, PhD, FRS.

Sir Nicholas Harold Ridley, Kt, MD, FRCS, FRS: contributions in addition to the intraocular lens.

Most obituaries are crafted to provide a brief biographical sketch of an individual, to list his or her accomplishments and honors, and to express gratitude to the deceased. In this memorial to Sir Harold as well as another obituary covering different facts of his life published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, we have chosen a diverse course. Our purpose here is not only to honor him,...

George Owen Rees, MD, FRS (1813-89): pioneer of medical chemistry.

The practical utility of chemistry in medicine was already beginning to be recognized by some physicians in the second half of the eighteenth century, and in 1770 the United Hospitals (St Thomas's and Guy's) established in London a joint medical school in which Guy's was to provide instruction in the so-called "collateral sciences"-botany, physiology, natural philosophy (i.e. physics), and chem...

Andrew Zoltan Fenves, MD: a conversation with the editor. Interview by William Clifford Roberts.