Jozo Tomasevich: 1908-1994

Leon Chesley (1908-2000)

Leon Chesley studied hypertension, or high blood pressure, in pregnant women during the mid-twentieth century. Chesley studied preeclampsia and eclampsia, two hypertensive disorders found in approximately five percent of all US pregnancies. In New Jersey and New York, Chesley devoted over forty years to researching preeclampsia and eclampsia, and conducted several long-term studies using the sa...

1908 Scheme I + - CHOC

A synthetic strategy for the preparation of the quinone antibiotic naphthyridinomycin is outlined. An efficient synthesis of key tricyclic intermediate 6 is described. Naphthyridinomycin (I) is an architecturally interesting broad spectrum antibiotic produced by Streptomyces lusitanus. 9 1 2 The structure elucidation of 1 in I974ia,b revealed its unique hexacyclic structure which shared a quino...

Practical Medicine, Series 1908

Dev117903 1893..1908

Malformation of the urogenital tract represents a considerable paediatric burden, with many defects affecting the lower urinary tract (LUT), genital tubercle and associated structures. Understanding the molecular basis of such defects frequently draws on murine models. However, human anatomical terms do not always superimpose on the mouse, and the lack of accurate and standardised nomenclature ...

Margaret Esther Rowbottom 1908-1999

Dr Margaret Rowbottom, who died after a short illness on 25 November 1999, aged 91, was on the staff of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum from 1933 to 1968 and a pivotal figure throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. She was also a notable historian of science. Margaret Rowbottom graduated BSc in physics at Bedford College, London University, in 1930. A year at Macclesfield High School decid...