The Lying-in Hospital 1747 — [Abridged]

Lyman Hall—Yale 1747

Of the outstanding leaders of Revolutionary Georgia, two were Yale men, Drs. Lyman Hall (Yale, 1747) and Nathaniel Brownson (Yale, 1761). Of the two, Hall became better known, since to him fell the honor of being a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Except for this one fact, the career of Brownson closely parallels that of Hall. Each was a practicing physician in Georgia, each became Go...

Measurement of lying and standing blood pressure in hospital.

Measuring lying and standing blood pressure (BP) is an important clinical observation in older hospital inpatients. This is because a drop in BP on standing, known as orthostatic hypotension (OH) is common in older people and in acute illness and, therefore, in hospital patients. OH increases the risk of a fall in hospital. Simple measures such as changes in medication or rehydration can reduce...

The History of Histograms (abridged)

The history of histograms is long and rich, full of detailed information in every step. It includes the course of histograms in different scientific fields, the successes and failures of histograms in approximating and compressing information, their adoption by industry, and solutions that have been given on a great variety of histogram-related problems. In this paper and in the same spirit of ...

James Blair (1747-1817), provincial dentist.

TH[E LATE eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries saw a considerable increase in the number of dentists, as barbers, hairdressers, perfumers, jewellers and other traders extended their field of operation and declared themselves capable of curing all dental ills, usually painlessly and undetectably. Their more flamboyant side made them the butt of the contemporary caricaturists. There have bee...

Coombe Lying-in Hospital, Dublin; clinical report for the year 1956.