Sir Pendrill Varrier-Jones

[Sir Robert Jones (1857-1933)].

Papworth Village Settlement--a unique experiment in the treatment and care of the tuberculous?

PAPWORTH VILLAGE SETTLEMENT, founded in 1917 by Dr (later Sir) Pendrill Varrier-Jones, its administrator until his death in 1941, consisted of a hospital and sanatorium where patients in all stages of tuberculosis were received and treated, and a "settlement" where "ex-patients"' lived with their families in a rural environment and were employed in industries at trade union rates of pay. Widesp...

The Varrier Auto-Stereographic Display

The goal of this research is to develop a head-tracked, stereo virtual reality system utilizing plasma or LCD panels. This paper describes a head-tracked barrier auto-stereographic method that is optimized for real-time interactive virtual reality systems. In this method, a virtual barrier screen is created simulating the physical barrier screen, and placed in the virtual world in front of the ...

A Look Back in Time: Sir Robert Jones, 'Father of Modern Orthopaedics'.

This paper describes the life of Sir Robert Jones, from his humble beginnings as an apprentice of Thomas Smith, to his many contributions to the orthopaedic specialty. Robert Jones' passion and interest in the subject led to its advancement from a specialty that dealt mainly with crippling diseases in children, to that of treating and rehabilitating disabled adults. He revolutionized the practi...

Yes Sir, no Sir, not much difference Sir.

OBJECTIVE To assess whether making the sender's knighthood explicit in a series of letters would have any detectable effect on the response. DESIGN A random sequence was generated by flipping a coin to determine whether a letter would have 'Sir Iain Chalmers' or 'Iain Chalmers' typed under the signature. This sequence was prepared independently of the preparation of an alphabetic list of the ...