Vijftig jaar monument Edward Anseele

Monument to the discoveries.

A week ago I was standing with my wife by the River Tagus in Lisbon, next to the Monument to the Discoveries. The monument is at the spot where Vasco da Gama set out to discover the southeast passage from Europe to Asia, past the Cape of Good Hope. Vasco’s discovery marked the beginning of the Portuguese maritime empire. At the furthest tip of Europe, Portugal was perfectly situated to found su...

Edward.

Hypophysitis Edward

Hypophysitis is an uncommon inflammatory condition that may affect the pituitary gland and stalk. Patients often present with varying degrees of hypopituitarism. The diagnosis is often made presumptively based on clinical history and biochemical data but may also be supported by magnetic resonance imaging. Therapy is generally supportive in nature but may require surgery for pathological diagno...

Edward Fawcett

On September 21st, Professor Fawcett, who for forty-one years held the Chair of Anatomy in the University College, and University of Bristol, died suddenly while walking in the street. He had occupied a preeminent place in the work of the University and in the affections of many generations of medical students. He came to Bristol as a young man in 1893, four years after he had qualified at Edin...

Edward Jenner

cow-pox of one human being from another: the first of a long series of protective inoculations upon which, for a hundred years, man has been dependent for his protection against one of the most terrible disease^ to which he is exposed. From this inoculation has grown our national system of vaccination, in the creation of which the name of this Society and its former president, Edward Seaton, wi...