Prof. John William Gibson Cairney, 1959–2012

William Gibson, surgeon-farrier, on fevers.

WILLIAM GIBSON, born about I680, was the first ofa succession ofeighteenthcentury British surgeons to turn to the then distasteful subject of farriery as a career, or as a medium for the exercise of literary talent. Concerning his early life we have little information. Presumably he was trained as a surgeon via the usual apprenticeship route; the first notice of his public life dates to I714, a...

New Aspects of John and William Hunter

tinued to use the most familiar term, 'Torula histolytica,' although realizing that this name may be inappropriate." This seems sensible to the reviewer. Let us hope the literature will 'be spared the adversity of "Debaryomycosis." With a readable style the authors present extensive information, original observations, and sound comment. The monograph is a valuable contribution to knowledge of t...

Durward William John Cruickshank (1924-2007).

Historical insights: John William Ballantyne 1861-1923.

s from and reviews of the current literature. In Volume 2 there are articles by Ballantyne on pre-auricular appendages, enencephaly and the Biddenden Maildens, as well as a case report of cerebral haemorrhage in a fetus by one Dr William Osler from Baltimore. Although enthusiastically received initially, the journal ceased publication because the required number of 50 subscribers was not reached.

Cairney 2017