Fifty Years Ago: A FAREWELL RETROSPECT

Fifty years--a radiographic retrospect.

ONE DAY Dr. R. S. Allison, who is the Archivist to the Royal Victoria Hospital, suggested that I put down on paper some memories of my experiences as a Radiographer and my recollections of the history of the X-Ray Department in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. The 'Royal' is so known to the entire population of Belfast and so I will continue to call it in this paper. The X-ray department a...

Tuberculosis in Indian Prisons Fifty Years Ago

The evacuation of Burma: fifty years ago.

When asked to write a few notes about my spell in Burma, April and May 1942, I had to read again Field Marshal Sir William Slim's book, especially the first part of "Defeat into Victory", in order to refresh my memory with the dates and place names in Burma with which I was concerned. It is hard to believe that it took place 50 years ago and one gets no younger in body and mind.

Some biophysical experiments from fifty years ago.

Georg von Bekesy died June 13, 1972. In early March of that year, the Editors and Editorial Committee members of the Annual Review of Physiology invited him to write the prefatory chapter for this 1974 volume. He accepted promptly and added "I am sure I will have it finished long before your deadline of June 1973." He mailed us his completed manuscript three weeks later, early in April 1972, tw...

Wilhelm Türk: a prominent hematologist of fifty years ago.