Sir William Thomson to the coefficients

Sir William Thomson, physician.

ABOUT 35 YEARS AGO a young inexperienced and very nervous student entered Wards 1 and 2 of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, as resident pupil. The same student-I hope I am still capable of learning-stands before you this evening and hopes you will receive him as graciously as Professor W. W. D. Thomson did on that occasion. He shook my hand and welcomed me as a new member of his team. This...

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].