Duncan Memorial Lecture: Part 2. Dr Duncan's legacy in Liverpool today

Duncan Memorial Lecture: Part 2. Dr Duncan's legacy in Liverpool today.

Dr William Henry Duncan was, according to a recent conference on public health history, described by some of his contemporaries as a “busybody who collects statistics”—some might say public health has not changed (personal communication). The following review will describe current population and health statistics and reflect on the challenges facing Liverpool (fig 1). The population of Liverpoo...

Duncan Memorial Lecture: Part 1. Dr Duncan's legacy in a remote New Guinea valley.

Dean, colleagues, I am very honoured by your invitation to give the Duncan lecture for 1997. In speaking of Dr Duncan’s legacy in a remote New Guinea valley, I would like to focus on the contribution made by research in cerebral palsy that has been carried out in Papua New Guinea and in Liverpool, dividing Duncan’s legacy into three time periods: Past—up to 1979; Present—1979 to 1997 and Future...

The Goldblatt memorial lecture. Part I: Experimental renovascular hyptertension.

Neoplasms of the retinal pigment epithelium: the 1998 Albert Ruedemann, Sr, memorial lecture, Part 2.

BACKGROUND Neoplasms of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) are rare, and little is known about their clinical variations, clinical course, and prognosis. Although most are benign, they can simulate choroidal melanoma. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the clinical characteristics, management, pathological features, and prognosis of acquired neoplasms of the RPE (adenoma and adenocarcinoma) and to defi...

The Stribeck memorial lecture

Stribeck’s publications ‘Kugellager für beliebige Belastungen’ and ‘Die wesentlichen Eigenschaften der Gleitund Rollenlager’ were remarkable for their time. Many of the findings were revolutionary and are still considered quite modern. The method used by Stribeck to calculate load distribution between the balls within a ball bearing is still used today, otherwise, a full finite element analysis...