Henry A. Ratsky 1890–1954

Henry Ormerod

at the age of 68, belonged to a family of surgeons. He was educated at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and Medical School, and very soon after qualifying he settled at Westbury. Although his capacity for work was immense, yet in the early years of his practice he had more than one attack of haemoptysis, and it was his opinion that leading a country open-air life had been the means of warding off mo...

Henry Wellcome

fo'c'sle-study running his naval household with the aid of an Admiralty of natural history suppliers and breeders, as well as experts like Lyell, Hooker and the young Huxley in every port. Beatrice Webb once likened Herbert Spencer to a spider collecting facts on the theoretical web he was spinning; the image equally well suits Darwin. A pleasure to read, this exciting new biography deepens our...

Henry Maudsley: Victorian psychiatrist. A bibliographical study

MICHAEL COLLIE, Henry Maudsley: Victorian psychiatrist. A bibliographical study, Winchester, St Paul's Bibliographies, 1988, 8vo, pp. xvii, 205, illus., £30.00. Henry Maudsley (1835-1918) has remained strangely elusive despite his apparent familiarity. Quoted at will, and usually with disapproval, by modern commentators, he provides the archetypal image of the Victorian alienist. But behind the...

Heterogeneous Dispersive Henry Problem

The effect of heterogeneity on seawater intrusion is analyzed. Heterogeneity in hydraulic properties such as hydraulic conductivity is well known to significantly affect groundwater flow and solute transport. Yet, few studies [Mc Kribbin and O`Sullivan, 1980; Schincariol and Schwartz, 1990; Schincariol et al., 1997 and 1998; Simmons et al., 2001] have focused on evaluating the impact of heterog...

Clarence Henry Graham.