In an attempt to obtain a source of material for chemi cal studies, the binding of 7,1 2-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) was studied in E. coli, B. subtilis, and ascites tumor cells. For the bacteria a dose-dependent binding was found, but the level of binding was low. In the case of the ascites tumor cells in the mouse, binding of DMBA to DNA, RNA, and protein showed a dependence on time afte...

What is it famous for? The Cancer Research Campaign (CRC) is one of two rival charities that dominate cancer research funding in the UK — the other being the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (ICRF). But most British people are probably more aware of the CRC's charity shops, which are on almost every high street. How did it begin? In 1923, a group of clinicians, who felt that the work of the ICRF h...

Abstract The Habsburg monarchy seems doubly confounding. Its historians call it an empire, but actually never called itself that. For a fraction of its existence (1804–67), the counted as Kaisertum, word meant to burnish fading glory lost imperial title (of Holy Roman Empire). But rulers evinced self-confident aggressiveness or desire exploit distant territories that characterized British Russi...

Robert Gordon’s trip to the Mogok ruby mines in northern Burma, as reported in his testament to the Royal Geographical Society in 1888, represents one of the most blatant uses of travel as empire building in the Mekong Region. While European explorers and adventurers had been travelling to and along the region for centuries, most had been intent on mapping, surveying and categorizing its conten...

Before heading to a 'tropical' region of the Empire, British men and women spent considerable time and effort gathering outfit believed essential for their impending trip. Ordinary items such as soap, clothing, foodstuffs and bedding became transformed into potentially life-saving items that required the fastidious attention of any would-be traveller. Everyone from scientists and physicians to ...

Historical accounts of colonial science and medicine have failed to engage with the Colonial Office’s shift in focus towards the support of research after 1940. A large new fund was created in 1940 to expand activities in the colonies described as fundamental research. With this new funding came a qualitative shift in the type of personnel and activity sought for colonial development and, as a ...

British sociology was established as an academic discipline between 1945 and 1965, just as the British Empire was gearing up for a new phase of developmental colonialism backed by the social and other sciences. Many parts of the emerging sociological discipline became entangled with colonialism. Key themes and methods in sociology and the staff of sociology departments emerged from this colonia...