MIDLAND MEDICAL SOCIETY. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9TH, 1891

Syphilis in the Tropics *A Paper read to the Society on Wednesday, 9th November, 1938.

In the middle of the fifteenth century, when syphilis first appeared in Europe, it was known as the great V?%, because its cutaneous manifestations so far exceeded in their severity those caused by smallpox. Since that time the disease in Europeans has gradually suffered a change in that the cutaneous lesions have become progressively less striking while the visceral damage has become more seri...

Journal of the Midland Mental Deficiency Society

This journal, published by the Midland Mental Deficiency Society founded in 1952, is mainly devoted to the presentation of articles dealing with the practical aspects of the problems of subnormality. The educational and social viewpoints are represented, together with the medical and psychological aspects. The Journal, offers a platform on which all disciplines concerned with the problem of sub...

The Dramatic in Gynæcology and Obstetrics *An address delivered to the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society on Wednesday, 9th February, 1949.

War Injuries of the Face and Jaws *Summary of a paper read to the Society on Wednesday, October 9th, 1947.

At the outbreak of the war, the War Office decided to create specialist units for the treatment and management of certain types of battle injuries. Amongst these was established a number of maxillo-facial surgical units whose primary function was to deal with injuries of the face and jaws. The personnel were trained for these units in the main specialist E.M.S. Units of a similar type in this c...

The Teething Myth 1A paper read at a Meeting of the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society on Wednesday, 9th March, 1921.

Teething is a matter which looms largely on the horizon of those who have the care of infants, be it in the nursery at home, in private practice, in hospital, or at the various Welfare Centres which are springing up today. Teething is a subject with a long history. Hippocrates stated that at the approach of dentition itching of the gums, fever, convulsions and diarrhoea occurred, especially in ...