John Davies Thomas: Chloroformist in London and pioneer South Australian doctor

Tim Borer and Thomas Davies

Dirac is a hybrid motion-compensated codec that uses modern techniques such as wavelet transforms and arithmetic coding. It is an open technology which means that it is freely available and can be used without the payment of licence fees. Open technology is well suited to the business model of public service broadcasters as it allows open collaboration by those interested in its future developm...

John Laragh: scientific pioneer.

Although I did not have the privilege of working with John Laragh in the laboratory or in the clinic, his visionary research has inspired me and many others interested in the problem of hypertension. John led the charge that opened up the modern phase of hypertension management in which physicians began to recognize the importance of tailoring therapy to the needs of the individual patient. He ...

Thomas E. Starzl: Transplantation pioneer.

Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD was born on March 11, 1926 in Le Mars, Iowa, the second son of Roman Frederick Starzl and Anna Laura Starzl. His parents were first-generation Americans, the children of Czechoslovakian and Irish immigrants. Roman Starzl was an editor, publisher, and owner of a newspaper. Anna Laura Starzl was first a nurse and then a teacher. As a boy, Tom Starzl worked at every job i...

The Late Mr. John W. Davies

John Dique: dialysis pioneer and political advocate.

John Dique (1915-1995) epitomized the internationalism of medicine, the intellectual and manual dexterity of many pioneers of dialysis, and the social concern evinced by many nephrologists. Born in Burma of French, German, British and Indian ancestry; educated in India; an Anglo-Indian who described himself as British without ever having visited Britain; he moved to Australia in 1948 to escape ...