Radioisotope techniques (Overman, Ralph T.; Clark, Herbert M.)

Ralph M. Steinman 1943–2011

Ralph M. Steinman, professor of immunology at The Rockefeller University in New York and one of the great immunologists of our time, died on September 30 after a long fight with pancreatic cancer, just three days before the announcement that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the dendritic cell. Steinman is universally recognized for having given ...

A tribute to Ralph M. Steinman.

Ralph Marvin Steinman, the pioneering immunologist and discoverer of dendritic cells — pivotal cells that initiate and regulate the body’s immune response — passed away on September 30, 2011, just three days before it was announced that he was to be awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Figure 1). Ralph was born on January 14, 1943, in Montreal, the second of four siblings. Af...

Ralph M. Reitan: The Pioneer of Clinical Neuropsychology.

On August 24, 2014, Ralph M. Reitan, PhD, passed away in his home in Mesa, Arizona. He is survived by his wife, Deborah Wolfson, and his five children, Ellen, Jon, Richard, Ann, and Erik. Ralph was born in Beresford, South Dakota, on August 29, 1922. He was the third of five children; his father was a clergyman, and his mother was trained as a teacher. His parents were of Norwegian descent, and...

Clark A . Rosen , C . Blake Simpson Operative Techniques in Laryngology

A Portable Strain M E T E R with Continuous Interferos~etric Calibration by J. L. Blayney and Ralph Gilman

A strain meter has been designed embodying techniques not used in earlier models. Minimum use of heavy and permanent auxiliary fixtures has made possible a portable instrument in which no components need be abandoned in order to change location. Provision for frequent or continuous interferometric calibration, and a photographic record thereof, has provided uninterrupted strain measurements wit...