Lettre d’Heidelberg (1921-1922)

Record of Eclampsia in the Royal Maternity Hospital, Edinburgh, during Ten Years, 1912-1921 *Read 14th June 1922.

At the request of the Council of the Edinburgh Obstetric Society we undertook to analyse the cases of eclampsia occurring in the Maternity Hospital during the years 1912-21, and the result of that analysis is shown on the accompanying table, but various short explanations must be given in regard to figures. A nalysis of ij.8 cases of eclampsia, with 64. extra cases included under headings A, B,...

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Stanley Cohen (1922- )

Stanley Cohen [5] was born on 17 November 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a tailor and his mother a housewife who immigrated to the United States from Russia in the early 1900s. Cohen spent his early education in the New York City public school system, and attended the city college, Brooklyn College [9], for his undergraduate studies. Brooklyn College [9] had no tuition, which allowe...

Seymour Benzer 1921–2007

It is now common knowledge that both “Nature” and “Nurture” determine animal behavior. But even as late as the 1970s, the concept that genes have anything to do with behavior was not universally accepted. In the face of such skepticism, Seymour Benzer, working tirelessly at Caltech, refused to join the philosophical debate and, in the way so familiar to those who knew him, shrugged his shoulder...

Indian Science Congress, 1922

The Medical Research Section of the Indian SnVnre Congress opened its fourth session on Wednesday, the 1st of February 1922. Major J. Cunningham, i.m.S., delivered the presidential address the title of which was " India's debt to Medical Research," and the text of which will be found elsewhere in the current number. After Major Cunningham's address the proceedings on tile first day were as follows