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From Stoneyford, County Antrim to Coleraine, Australia: Samuel Connor, MD.

Samuel Connor was born on 17 June 1861, the fourth son of John Connor, a Presbyterian, and prosperous tenant-farmer, from Stoneyford, County Antrim. The latter's brother was a medical practitioner in Newry, County Down and it was he who persuaded his nephew and namesake to adopt medicine as a career. The article is divided into an autobiographical account of Connor's minority, written on 3 May ...

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We thank Dr Schachner for his interest and comments on our recent experimental findings [1]. The first facet of our study was that although initially (at 1 month), neointima formation in vein grafts was inhibited by perivenous application of fibrin glue at the time of implantation, at 4 months neointimal formation was not significantly different from controls [1]. Dr Schachner has implied that ...

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We appreciate the comments of Drs von Oppell and Rammohan on our article. The definition in our paper relates specifically to deep sternal wound infections and we appreciate that perhaps this is not made abundantly clear in the methodology. Superficial wound infections were defined as those that do not penetrate the subcutaneous tissue layer. The wound may exhibit erythema and a small amount of...