Obituary: Roy Sydney Porter (1946-2002).

Roy Porter

Venereal Diseases in India

Entomology (Medical and Veterinary)

Dr William Wilson Ingram (1888-1982): doctor-soldier, physician and Antarctic expeditioner.

Dr William Wilson Ingram (1888-1982), a Scottish-born physician, contributed significantly to the health and heritage of Australia, his adopted land. Born on Speyside and educated in Aberdeen, he was a doctor-soldier in two World Wars and decorated with the Military Cross. Ingram was a Foundation Fellow (1938) of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and established one of the first spec...

Smith v. Clark and Clark v. Smith: eighteenth-century Scottish doctors in dispute.

Understanding of the mechanisms of the body and effective medical intervention had made little progress since antiquity, but in the mid-eighteenth century doctors enjoyed much confidence amongst the populace and could earn a good living.' At the same time, individuals of all classes took enormous interest in matters of health and felt themselves able to participate in their own diagnoses and cu...