Sir William Bowman

The manuscripts of Sir William Bowman.

FROM time to time there reappear among the archives of great families manuscripts and mementos of their distinguished forebears, and the fortunate investigator is enabled to produce a little new evidence bearing on the lives of great men. In the possession of Sir John Bowman of Newbury are a great number of papers originally belonging to his great grandfather, the illustrious Victorian doctor S...

Sir William Ramsay

Whither Sir William?

There are times when something is simply so familiar that we can no longer see it at all. It can be a story, or a concept, or even a flesh-and-blood person. Familiarity breeds not only contempt, but a kind of invisibility as well. For too many of us, such is the case with Sir William Osler. In his time (1849–1919), many considered him to be one of the greatest practitioners, teachers, and write...

Sir William Whitla

IT is written in the Bible that wve should take time "to praise famous men and our fathers that begat us." This year-the centenary year of the Ulster Medical Society-seemed an appropriate point of time for such remembrance and reflection. I chose, therefore, the name of one, William Whitla, a past President and benefactor of our Society, as the subject of my address. On 11th December, 1933, Sir...

[Sir William Osler].