Yours Truly Broccoli

"Very truly and undisturbedly yours": Joseph Workman and a verdict of malpractice against John Galbraith Hyde.

As superintendent of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum in Toronto from 1853 to 1875, Dr. Joseph Workman came in contact with most of the medical practitioners in Ontario. One of these was Dr. John Galbraith Hyde of Stratford, a fellow Ulsterman with whom Workman appears to have corresponded regularly. Hyde emigrated to Canada from County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1841, having received his license to prac...

Yours sincerely

What’s Mine is Yours

This study is a long-term follow-up on the health and quality of life of Good Samaritan living organ donors who donated an average of 10 years ago. Thirteen donors (kidney, liver, and lung) completed 2 surveys. Data from the RAND 36-Item Health Survey showed that for all domains, as well as the physical and mental component summary scales, the Good Samaritan donor outcomes were superior to the ...

Yours by Choice

The publication of this book on adoption marks a double event: an area until now only sketchily surveyed has been charted, and for the first time in this country a book on the subject has been written by a professional social worker who speaks with that authority which stems from wide experience. Scope and approach prove that the author is equally practised in appreciating adopters' hopes and f...

My reality and yours.

I was having coffee with a friend in a Greenwich Village café when he announced suddenly that we had to leave. " Why? " I asked. Because, he said, acid was dripping from the ceiling. I thought for a moment and took a chance. I asked whether he wanted me to take him to the VA hospital in Northport, about an hour's drive from Manhattan. His answer, " yes, " was a sur-prise—and a relief. The dripp...