LEEDS MEDICAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.

A medical case book: Leeds, 1781-84.

THIS paper is based on a manuscript notebook of 281 pages, dated 1781-84, of case histories of 122 patients treated as inand out-patients at the General Infirmary at Leeds. Patients came from all over Yorkshire, and a few from Lancashire and Lincolnshire, particularly to consult Mr William Hey, FRS, senior surgeon to the Infirmary from 1773 to 1812. Patronage tickets were required. The notebook...

Developments in Postgraduate Medical Education in Leeds.

MEDICAL SECTION OF THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION Respiratory Protection Guidelines

Respirators (respiratory personal protective devices) are an essential component of programs for protecting workers against inhaled toxins. They are occasionally used in other settings such as protecting patients against inhaled irritants and for protecting military personnel civilian populations against chemical, biologic, or nuclear warfare. In most instances, those using respirators will be ...

Health Exhibition at Leeds

A Health Exhibition lias been lield at tlie Drill Hall, Leeds, and lias attracted mucli attention. The Public Health Department was especially instructive and included a model hygienic shop counter, fly-proof and ice-cooled, the model cow shed, a smoke-recording apparatus, a demonstration of food values, and a dozen other features conveying lessons to the eye at once. Personal cleanliness, as a...

Leeds house of recovery.

IN THE years 1801 and 1802 an alarming epidemic fever spread in Leeds and the neighbourhood. The contagion extended so rapidly and proved so fatal that some hundreds were affected at the same time.' Two doctors (one was Mr. Rusby) and several nurses fell victims to the disease. There was clearly need for a fever hospital in the town and Dr. Thorp* stated in 1831 that the matter had first been p...