Commander Philip Dumas, R.N., F.R.G.S., H.M.S. 'Duncan,' Mediterranean Squadron;

The Squadron Commander as Chief of Reconnaissance

“Despite the importance that reconnaissance and security operations play in setting the conditions necessary for tactical and operational success, the Army’s brigade combat teams struggle to effectively employ their organic cavalry squadron. ... Brigade commanders and their staffs lack leader development and training to plan and execute [reconnaissance and security] missions. Brigade staffs ide...

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...

The Jean Dumas Method

Jean Dumas (Fig. 1) published his combustion method in Paris back in 1848. This makes the method considerably older than Kjeldahl digestion. While researching the composition of natural oils, Dumas tried combusting his samples, initially to analyse the carbon and hydrogen contained therein. Combustion therefore makes it possible to analyse multiple parameters, while Kjeldahl digestion is only s...

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, ...