John Frederick William Herschel

William Frederick Bailey Eadon

Frederick John Poynton

Frederick John Poynton was born at Kelston rectory, Bath, in 1869. On leaving Marlborough College he started his medical education at University College, Bristol, and continued it at St. Mary's Hospital where he won a scholarship in Anatomy and Physiology. He qualified in 1893, and rapidly showed the absorbing interest in children which largely determined his medical career. A disciple of Chead...

New Aspects of John and William Hunter

tinued to use the most familiar term, 'Torula histolytica,' although realizing that this name may be inappropriate." This seems sensible to the reviewer. Let us hope the literature will 'be spared the adversity of "Debaryomycosis." With a readable style the authors present extensive information, original observations, and sound comment. The monograph is a valuable contribution to knowledge of t...

Durward William John Cruickshank (1924-2007).

Historical insights: John William Ballantyne 1861-1923.

s from and reviews of the current literature. In Volume 2 there are articles by Ballantyne on pre-auricular appendages, enencephaly and the Biddenden Maildens, as well as a case report of cerebral haemorrhage in a fetus by one Dr William Osler from Baltimore. Although enthusiastically received initially, the journal ceased publication because the required number of 50 subscribers was not reached.