John Henry Biggart 1905-1979--a portrait in respect and affection.

John Henry Biggart

The book begins with John Henry Biggart’s memories from his personal papers, meticulously dissected by his son, Denis (himself a Consultant Pathologist and academic in Queen’s University). For those interested in social history there are titbits of the times in which he lived from his birth in Belfast in 1905, to his school days, University days (with the remarkable pranks of yesteryear) to the...

Our Blood Your Money

On June 3, 1939, Donegal-born James C. Magee was appointed U.S. Army Surgeon General by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. On May 31, 1940, Magee appointed Professor Walter B. Cannon of Harvard University as Chairman of the U.S. National Research Council Committee on Shock and Transfusion. In 1938 Brigadier Lionel Whitby was appointed Director of an autonomous U.K. Army Blood Transfusion Serv...

Penicillin and Other Antibiotics

God, Love, and Interreligious Dialogue

The monotheistic religions that valorize love typically believe that their love for God should be extended to God's creatures and, in particular, to one's fellow human beings. Yet, in practice, the love of the Christian or Muslim or Hindu monotheist doesn't always extend to the love of the religious other. Precisely how, then, should the adherents of the major monotheistic religions respond to ...

Angiotensin II, aldosterone and arterial pressure: a quantitative approach. Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial Lecture.

I AM deeply appreciative of the recognition accorded to me and to my colleagues by my being asked to deliver the A. C. Corcoran Memorial Lecture. I was, unfortunately, never privileged to meet the late Dr. Corcoran, although I was present at the meeting in Paris in 1965 when his death was announced. The manner in which this news was received, and the tributes' paid to him at that time, left no ...