By the death of Sir Joseph Ewart, the Epidemiological Society has lost one who, during two successive years, (1890-91 and 1891-92) occupied its Presidential Chair, as well as many other distinguished positions, both in this country and in India. He was born in 1831, and after studying at Guy's Hospital entered the Indian Medical Service in 1854. He served with the Maywar Bheel Corps during the ...

source of faecal iodine is endogenous thyroid hormone, a fraction of which is excreted into the bile (Myant, 1956). Further evidence for an endogenous origin of faecal iodine is obtained from balance studies in patients with abnormal thyroid function (Harrison et al., 1965a). Patients with thyrotoxicosis excrete significantly more iodine in the faeces than normal, ranging from 21 to 72 ,tg/ day...

We present a sector-based resource allocation scheme for broadband fixed wireless networks. For SIR requirements of about 12 to 14 dB, the scheme can deliver an effective reuse factor of one, while permitting a given spectrum to be re-used in every sector of every cell. The scheme also offers flexible sector planning, easy capacity growth, and addresses irregular cell layout and non-uniform tra...

son and two daughters. A Service of Thanksgiving for his life and work was held at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity on 10th June, and conducted by Bishop Oliver Tomkins, formerly Bishop of Bristol. The lesson was taken from St Matthew, Chapter 5 verses 1-16 and was read by Sir Alec Merrison, ViceChancellor of the University of Bristol. An extract from Only One Earth by Dam...

The basis of Sir William Osler's fame is elusive to almost all and the appropriateness of such recognition is questioned by many. His many contributions as a practitioner, teacher, writer, and scientist in medicine do not adequately explain his prominence 60 years following his death. It was his participation in the covenant of medicine and the special components of that relationship that may a...

was, by common consent, the recognised leader in this country. Nor can lapse of time efface his claims to remembrance: he has left too many behind him who have been indebted to his wise counsel for health, to his luminous teaching for knowledge, to his upright example for conduct. This is not the place to sketch, even in outline, the history of his life; that has been amply done elsewhere. Suff...

Popper commanded international audiences and conversation with him was an intellectual adventure even if a little rough animated by a myriad of philosophical problems. His intense desire to tear away at the veneer of falsity in pursuit of the truth lead him to contribute to a field of thought encompassing (among others) political theory, quantum mechanics, logic, scientific method and evolution...