Sir William Paton (1917–93)

Sir William Paton (1917–1993)

Bill Paton's principal career was in experimental pharmacology, and from his student days he was marked for distinction. He took first class honours at Oxford University and won gold medals during his clinical training at University College Hospital. He was a Reader at the age of 35, a Professor two years later, and a Fellow of the Royal Society before he was 40. He returned to Oxford as Profes...

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].