Stonewall

Hunter Holmes McGuire: much more than Stonewall Jackson's surgeon.

Hunter Holmes McGuire, MD is best recognized as the friend and personal physician of the famous Civil War general, Stonewall Jackson. Two major biographies written about Dr McGuire discuss his life, devoting 40% to 75% of their length to the Civil War.1,2 However, Dr Stuart McGuire (Dr McGuire's son) has published a more balanced biography, which outlines the major contributions Dr McGuire made...

Dr Hunter Holmes McGuire, Chief Medical Officer to General Stonewall Jackson.

The Drosophila stonewall gene encodes a putative transcription factor essential for germ cell development.

The differentiation of Drosophila germ cells is a useful model for studying mechanisms of cell specification. We report the identification of a gene, stonewall, that is required for germ cell development. Mutations in stonewall block proper oocyte differentiation and frequently cause the presumptive oocyte to develop as a nurse cell. Eventually, germ cells degenerate apoptotically. Stonewall is...

Should religious beliefs be allowed to stonewall a secular approach to withdrawing and withholding treatment in children?

Religion is an important element of end-of-life care on the paediatric intensive care unit with religious belief providing support for many families and for some staff. However, religious claims used by families to challenge cessation of aggressive therapies considered futile and burdensome by a wide range of medical and lay people can cause considerable problems and be very difficult to resolv...

Practical institutional politics for doctors.

Stewart Stonewall, MD, a star surgeon, stormed into the OR dressing room, threw his surgical cap and mask in the general direction of the trash container, and sputtered, “Dammit! I told them I’d need a resident to help with that case, but no! Dominie said they all had more important things to do. She’s sure Miss High-and-Mighty since they made her residency director. I’m going to go tell Master...