Two collaborative studies of acute respiratory disease were organized, one in patients seen in general practice and the other in children admitted to hospital. The main aims were to study the epidemiology and clinical presentation of these diseases and of the viruses associated with them. The field methods used are described and analyses of the consultation rates in general practice and of hosp...

ABOUT 35 YEARS AGO a young inexperienced and very nervous student entered Wards 1 and 2 of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, as resident pupil. The same student-I hope I am still capable of learning-stands before you this evening and hopes you will receive him as graciously as Professor W. W. D. Thomson did on that occasion. He shook my hand and welcomed me as a new member of his team. This...

George Buchanan was born in the year 1881 in Myddleton Square, Islington, where his father was in medical practice. He received his early education at University College School, and subsequently at the adjacent college. During this period he worked under T. H. Key and de Morgan; he acquired much fondness for classics, notably the English classics, and he was awarded medals in biology and chemis...

Sir, The recent review of carbon monoxide poisoning by Balzan et al' provided helpful advice about this sometimes difficult diagnosis. We would, however, hesitate to follow the recommendations made about the treatment of CO poisoning. Their assessment of the benefit of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) does not appear to be based on the presented evidence and the potential complications of transporting c...

It lias been known for some time that Sir Joseph Fayrer has been engaged in compiling the annals of his eventful life and brilliant and useful career. The announcement is now made that this work will shortly be published. It will be read with avidity, and as its distinguished author has been in the habit of making copious notes of all the important incidents of his service, the book will be a r...

SIR,--We have read with interest the article by Mr. E. E. Rawlings and Mr. B. Baligobin (29 March, p. 727) and agree that their results of laparoscopic sterilization are depressing and raise doubts about the usefulness of this procedure. We feel, however, that there are several reasons for the high incidence of complications and that it would be a pity to decry the operation on the basis of suc...

The time delay from an interplanetary driver arriving at the magnetopause to response in ionosphere has never been quantified separately for different types of storm drivers. This study investigates storms driven by high-speed streams and associated stream interaction regions (HSS/SIR), or coronal mass ejection sheaths magnetic clouds (MC). total field-aligned current (FAC) SME index lag Newell...

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...