Introducing Edward N. Pugh, Jr.

Introducing Edward N. Pugh, Jr.

forward to observe the Journal’s continued development and growth under his leadership. Finally I wish to thank a few individuals for their many contributions to the Journal during my 24 years as Associate Editor and Editor — fi rst and foremost my predecessor, Paul F. Cranefi eld, who was an exemplary mentor and set an example for us all to follow, and my fellow Associate Editors David Gadsby ...

Edward Peirson Richardson Jr (1918-1998) and the discovery of PML.

Dr Edward Peirson Richardson Jr, neuropathologist and neurologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital who in 1958 co-authored the paper describing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, died in Boston on November 30, 1998. Dr Richardson was born on April 3, 1918 to a family with deep roots in the Boston medical community. He attended Harvard College (1939) and Harvard Medical School (194...

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John Wynne Pugh: a medical saga.

John Pugh died on 21 June 1976, 40 years, all but one month, after developing Addison's disease. Save for the first three years of this period, he lived a full life both socially and professionally. He developed his illness at a time when the treatment of this disease was in the research stage, so his history is something of a medical saga which his family feel should be put on record if only, ...

, Jr . MERCURY IN SEDIMENTS

In recent years, the Coastal Water Research Project has conducted surveys of the distribution of certain trace substances in sediments around the major municipal wastewater outfalls off southern California. Because of high levels of heavy metals found in sediments near Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts outfall system off Whites Point in 1970, detailed surveys of the Palos Verdes shelf wer...