The British Medical Association: Belfast, 1937

Sir Robert James Johnstone, B.A., M.B., F.R.C.S.ENG

IT is with profound regret that we have to record the death of Sir Robert John-stone, at Newcastle, Co. Down, after a relatively short and trying illness. It is impossible in one short article to recapitulate the scope and extent of his many activities, and a brief summary must suffice. Seldom has it been granted to one man to achieve so many distinctions, and to adorn so many high offices. A C...

Fifth International Congress of Radiology

brief tribute to Dr. C. Forsythe, who had died the previous day, at the age of 88, and who had been an honoured member of the profession in the district. After dinner the toast of The King was honoured, after which Mr. George B. Hanna, K.C., M.P., proposed the health of the British Medical Association. During his speech he congratulated Professor R. J. Jo'hnstone, M.P., on his election to the h...

Obstetric Shock

OBSTETRIC shock is one of the most serious of the accidents associated with childbirth. Puerperal sepsis is the only condition responsible for a larger proportion of maternal deaths. Out of 141 consecutive deaths occurring in the Belfast Maternity Hospital, and the Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast, during the ten years, 1927-36, twenty-three, i.e., 16.3 per cent., were due to obstetric shock. ...

Observations on Prolapse of the Uterus and Its Management in India *Paper read at the clinical meeting of the British Medical Association (Calcutta Branch) on 17th April, 1936.

The Presidential Regalia of the Ulster Medical Society

The formal Presidential regalia is an ornate chain from which is suspended the badge of the British Medical Association and below it the badge of the Society (Figure 1 ). The large badge is engraved on the front 'British Medical Association Belfast 1909' (Figure 2). It was presented by the medical profession of Ulster to Sir William Whitla who was President of the BMA when it met in Belfast in ...