Henry W. King

King Henry VIII's other great matter.

200 J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2012;38:200–201. doi:10.1136/jfprhc-2012-100399 First marriage The divorce of King Henry VIII from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, has, over the centuries, produced a positive paper storm of academic books and popular works, examination papers and essays. As a subject it has also inspired a number of films and TV documentaries. King Henry posed an argumen...

Doctor Augustine, physician to Cardinal Wolsey and King Henry VIII.

I. THE WOLSEY YEARS It is odd that Augustine de Augustinis, M.D., native of Venice but denizen of England for more than twenty years, has not drawn more attention from Tudor historians. Until the publication in 1960 of the first volume of the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (Rome, 1960), which includes Mario Rosa's sketch, only meagre biographical details had appeared in print. And yet Aug...

Oxalate Content of the Herb Good-King-Henry, Blitum Bonus-Henricus

The total, soluble and insoluble oxalate contents of the leaves, stems and buds of Good-King-Henry (Blitum Bonus-Henricus) were extracted and measured using HPLC chromatography. The large, mature leaves contained 42% more total oxalate than in the small leaves and the soluble oxalate content of the large leaves was 33% higher than the smaller leaves. Cooking the mixed leaves, stems and buds in ...

Remembering Dr. Henry W. Gray (1827-1861) and His Timeless Contribution to Modern Medical Education.

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...