Charles Duncan Michener, 1918–2015

Charles Duncan Michener, 1918-2015.

Paul was just 15 when he met Michener (Mich), who was curator of Lepidoptera at the American Museum of Natural History. He seemed to be very old to Paul (Mich was 29) and Paul thought even then that Mich was a great scientist (he was right). Mich was doing research on the taxonomy of butterflies and moths because he couldn’t find employment working with bees, his first and last love. Berry only...

Duncan Wood

Mr. Duncan Wood, formerly Consultant Surgeon to e Royal Hospital, Bristol, Cossham Memorial HosBristol, and to Bridgwater Hospital, Somerset, 'ed on July 24th, 1969, at the age of 82. He was born on September 2nd, 1886, at iCorsham, J'tshire, where his father was in General Practice. ? was educated at the Imperial Service College, ^ich was at Windsor in those days. From there he ?nt to the Lond...

Duncan Macrae

Barry Duncan

1. What exactly is an evidenced-based practice? It usually means an approach that has established itself better than placebo or treatment as usual in two clinical trials. Such demonstrations are nothing to write home about; intervention of nearly any kind has demonstrated its superiority over placebo for 50 years! This research tells us nothing that we already do not know: Treatment works. So, ...

Alexander Duncan Langmuir

Decide first. Then turn the page.