IT is my privilege today to be the one chosen to welcome you to another year of work at the hospital. Believe me, I do so with real pleasure and with the sincere wish that, within these walls, you students may acquire that understanding of human nature and knowledge of disease which must be the rewards of love of medicine and diligent study. Some of you will be returning to familiar surrounding...

Critical study of the career of Théophile Laënnec, with particular reference to his medical history, gives cause to query the commonly accepted belief that his whole life was a constant battle against pulmonary tuberculosis. He developed respiratory symptoms almost immediately on his arrival in Paris but they were those of bronchial asthma and responded promptly and completely to a change of en...

The title of this book would suggest that the reader would need to be in London and have a strong pair of walking boots at the ready. However while the book does provide a walking guide, it also makes an excellent read in its own right. This is because the author provides a fascinating insight into the historical development of healthcare which is relevant not only in London but in the country ...

The catalogue is very usable. On the one hand, should a particular image catch the eye, the identifying information can be immediately consulted. On the other hand, researchers may consult the medical condition subject index. These indexes and captions are essential to an understanding of the content of the images, since these are reproduced in so small a format (22 x 34 mm) that the screening ...

Zurich where he became 'privat-dozent' for neurology, the first appointment of its kind in Switzerland. The following year in a borrowed room in the Pathological Institute, von Monakow assisted by a young American zoologist, Henry Donaldson, established the laboratory which was to become the Hirnanatomisches Institute. Von Monakow developed a very active private practice, first as a general phy...

It seems surprising that the medical history of an island which is of about the same area as the Isle of Wight can justifiably be extended to 586 large pages. This splendidly produced volume however contains little that is irrelevant, covering as it does in considerable detail the early history-which is similar to that which would be applicable to most parts of the Mediterranean basin-the patte...

This paper contains the following sections, in approximate chronological order. Early years, Scientific research on energy metabolism, Clinical teaching, Evidence on health risks, Slow recognition of obesity in diabetes, Depression and war, some Obesity research continued in the 1950s and 1960s, New approaches to management, a Universal standard weight for height, Luxuskonsumption, Calories (in...