Arthur Lister, FRCS 1905 1975

Conrad Hal Waddington, 8 November 1905--26 September 1975.

Bristol Final FRCS Course

The Final FRCS examination is said to be easy to fail but not difficult to pass. The two-week course held annually in Bristol over the last 6 years is designed primarily to aid candidates gain experience of examination conditions which they will meet when they take the examination at one of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons. Poor viva voce technique is one of the largest hurdles on the day and has...

Arthur Ferguson MacCallan CBE, MD, FRCS (1872–1955), trachoma pioneer and the ophthalmic campaign in Egypt 1903–1923

Arthur Ferguson MacCallan was an ophthalmic surgeon who undertook his pioneering work in Egypt between 1903 and 1923. He established the Egyptian ophthalmic infrastructure which, on his departure, consisted of 23 operational hospital units, treating 134,000 new patients, having trained some 100 ophthalmic surgeons. He also established the Memorial Ophthalmic Laboratory at Giza which is still op...

Lord Lister

i hp; medical man who wishes to gain a clear idea of the broad foundations upon which modern medicine and surgery are based should read two great books which are almost twin classics; Rene Vallery Radot's Life of Pasteur" (English translation by Mrs. Devonshire), and Sir Rickman Godlee's "Lord Lister," the re-appearance of which in a third edition we cordially welcome. Both are finely written s...

Lister: An Appreciation

While the civilised world is mourning one of the supreme benefactors of the human race, who has passed away in a ripe and honoured old age, it may interest the readers of the Journal, Specially its \*ounger subscribers, to peruse some personal reminiscences of the man and his work by one who knew him intimately, and who worked under him in the later seventies, when he was still almost alone in ...