Westminster Hospital: first 250 years.

Westminster Hospital, 1716–1966

(i) Westminster Hospital, 1716-1966, by J. G. HUMBLE AND P. HANSELL, London, Pitman Medical Publishing Co., 1966, pp. x, 134, illus., 21s. (ii) Geschichte des Hospitals, Bd. 1: Westdeutschland von den Anfdngen bis 1850, by D. JETFER (Sudhoffs Archiv, Beiheft 5), Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1966, pp. viii, 270, 104 illus., DM. 66 or 74. These two books could hardly be more different. Dr. Hu...

Hospital Co-Operation in Westminster

((/) A complete co-operation between all the hospitals within the area, under which, while still maintaining their separate identity, they would, for all appropriate purposes, be amalgamated, in the sense of working together. (//) A limited co-operation between one or more hospitals for joint action in connection with the items set forth in (i), (ii), and (iii) above, and (c) A general working ...

250 million years of bindin evolution.

Bindin plays a central role in sperm-egg attachment and fusion in sea urchins (echinoids). Previous studies determined the DNA sequence of bindin in two orders of the class Echinoidea, representing 10% of all echinoid species. We report sequences of mature bindin from five additional genera, representing four new orders, including the distantly related sand dollars, heart urchins, and pencil ur...

250 years of military dermatology: the British Army experience.

The British Army has encountered significant morbidity due to skin disease from the eighteenth century to the present time. The young age and pre-deployment screening of soldiers coupled with adverse environmental conditions produce a predominance of infective and eczematous conditions. The dermatologist still has a significant contribution to make in keeping the individual soldier healthy.

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