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George Huntington: the man behind the eponym.

George Huntington first encountered patients with the disease subsequently given his name at the age of 8 while accompanying his father and grandfather on their medical rounds. In 1872, in his twenty-first year, he described this disease so accurately and succinctly that the disease was later named after him. We have explored, through contact with previously unpublished family records and docum...

Medicine man

An exhibition at the British Museum shows off some of the vast collection of objects collected by Henry Wellcome, marking the 150 anniversary of his birth. Wellcome was someone who recognized the importance of scientific research in developing new medicines and who established the first research laboratory linked to a UK pharmaceutical company. His pioneering activities have proved to be an eno...

George Alexander Kelly: The Man and his Theory

George Man Burrows and the anguished birth of general practice.

“And it is the business of the judges (the Court of Assistants), so to construe the Act, as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy.” Thus, quoting Judge Blackstone and with a characteristic flourish, did George Man Burrows conclude A Statement of Circumstances Connected with the Apothecaries’ Act, and its Administration. Published in 1817, this intriguing document provides insights int...

Cold Acclimatization in Eskimo

0 N EXPOSURE to cold the body has a complicated physiological problem to solve. There is a limit to the heat it can produce to provide for an increased heat loss and during exposure of much severity a heat deficit is incurred. While peripheral tissues are cooling, the central body temperature must be kept within a very narrow range if the function of vital organs is to be maintained. If the acc...