William Hedley John Summerskill 1926–1977

New Aspects of John and William Hunter

tinued to use the most familiar term, 'Torula histolytica,' although realizing that this name may be inappropriate." This seems sensible to the reviewer. Let us hope the literature will 'be spared the adversity of "Debaryomycosis." With a readable style the authors present extensive information, original observations, and sound comment. The monograph is a valuable contribution to knowledge of t...

Durward William John Cruickshank (1924-2007).

Historical insights: John William Ballantyne 1861-1923.

s from and reviews of the current literature. In Volume 2 there are articles by Ballantyne on pre-auricular appendages, enencephaly and the Biddenden Maildens, as well as a case report of cerebral haemorrhage in a fetus by one Dr William Osler from Baltimore. Although enthusiastically received initially, the journal ceased publication because the required number of 50 subscribers was not reached.

William John Adie: the man behind the syndrome.

William John Adie was an Australian neurologist in the early 20th century responsible for extensively describing the tonically dilated pupil associated with absent deep tendon reflexes - both features of a syndrome that now bears his name. In addition to other neurological syndromes, he was also significant in delineating narcolepsy through his clinical essays and case series. His ophthalmic an...

Portraits from memory. 14--Professor William John Tulloch (1887- 1966).

Despite all this he was not as well known as he deserved to be. He did not attend meetings of the Pathological Society, with many of whose senior members he did not readily see eye to eye, often complaining that they thought of bacteriology as only a minor branch of "their pathology" whereas it was a whole science of its own.with far reaching implications for immunology, genetics, and the whole...