IV.—On Supposed Pholas Burrows in Derbyshire

Derbyshire Neck and Iodine Deficiency

Goitre and the associated neurological deficits of cretinism and deaf mutism due to iodine deficiency were common in Derbyshire, giving rise to the term Derbyshire Neck. These diseases were most prevalent in the 19th century and earlier, when they had devastating effects in the rural population. Since then they have declined in frequency. However, iodine deficiency disorders are still prevalent...

Distribution of Simple Goitre in Derbyshire

Before the Royal Society of Medicine in the section of Epidemiology and State Medicine, on 28th April, 1933, Dr. P. H. J. Turton presented the results of his many years' work on the distribution of simple goitre in Derbyshire, which is of profound interest to those in contact with endemic goitre, 'and especially to those who have hesitated to discard the old view that endemic goitre in certain ...

Malcolm Burrows

At the international level, there is an increasing awareness that many of the environmental problems that our civilisation has brought upon itself are either focused on the shorelines or most obvious in their vicinity. Fertiliser run-off from agricultural lands produces eutrophication of coastal waters, marine litter washes up on Norway’s otherwise flawless beaches, and disoriented whales as we...

Derbyshire Natural Minerogenic Dust and Human Health

Atmospheric aerosols include gases and liquids, as well as solid particles. They include material derived from both oceans and landmass, as well as particles that form within the atmosphere, such as sulfates. Solid particles entrained in the atmosphere by detachment from poorly vegetated surfaces (the process of deflation) include, for example, rock and mineral dust, fine mineral aggregates, fi...

The Supposed Pre - pupa in Cyclorrhaphous Diptera