My reminiscences of Sir Arthur Hurst

A Twentieth Century Physician: Being the Reminiscences of Sir Arthur Hurst, D.M., F.R.C.P.

Selected Writings of Sir Arthur Hurst (1879–1944)

Selected Writings of Sir Arthur Hurst (1879-1944), ed. by THOMAS HUNT, London, British Society of Gastroenterology, 1970, pp. xiv, 218, illus., £2X00 (E1X50 to members of the Society). Hurst was probably the most original thinker of his contemporary physicians. Indomitable in the face of deafness and chronic asthma he was an iconoclast, destroying long-held beliefs based on flimsy foundations. ...

Sir Joseph Fayrer's Reminiscences

It lias been known for some time that Sir Joseph Fayrer has been engaged in compiling the annals of his eventful life and brilliant and useful career. The announcement is now made that this work will shortly be published. It will be read with avidity, and as its distinguished author has been in the habit of making copious notes of all the important incidents of his service, the book will be a r...

Dengue platelets meet Sir Arthur

Dengue is a viral disease spread by mosquitos. Although most commonly occurring in the tropics, there has been a worldwide increasing geographic expansion and the World Health Organization considers half the world at risk for infection (http://www. who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs117/en/). Severe dengue (previously known as dengue haemorrhagic fever) is relatively common (;500 000 cases each y...

Sir Arthur Macnalty, 1880–1969

Purkyn6's contribution to physiology. Relations of structure and function. Rise of experimental physiology and beginnings of physiological institutes. Further evolution of topics studied by Purkyne up to recent times. It is with great regret that we record the death of Sir Arthur MacNalty, at the age of 88, on 17 April 1969. Sir Arthur was for some years a member of this journal's Editorial Boa...