"The idea that phthisis is a self-propagated zymotic disease, and that all the leading phenomena of its distribution may be explained by supposing that it is disseminated through society by specific germs contained in the tuberculous matter cast off by persons already suffering from the disease, first came to my mind, unbidden, so to speak, while I was walking on the Observatory Hill at Clifton...

Short time scale pulse stability of the Crab pulsar in the optical band Abstract The fine structure and the variations of the optical pulse shape and phase of the Crab pulsar are studied on various time scales. The observations have been carried out on 4-m William Hershel and 6-m BTA telescopes with APD photon counter, photomultiplier based 4-channel photometer and PSD based panoramic spectroph...

There exists an intricate network of proteins that continuously monitor each phase of the cell cycle to ensure proper replication. This network of proteins, termed checkpoints, first detects cellular abnormalities, and then coordinates their repair before the cell divides. The malfunction of these checkpoints often results in the proliferation of potentially damaged cells, and thus a tremendous...

In offering a few observations in reference to one who 1ms so recently been amongst us, were we for a moment to permit personal feelings to influence the discharge of public duties, we should rest satisfied with recounting to the profession instances of the gentle nature, land disposition, and great personal worth of him whose lamentable death we, in common with all who had the privilege of his...

MY object today is to try, I am sure very inadequately, to tell you something of the life of that illustrious fellow countryman of mine, William Smellie, the Master of British Midwifery, who was born in Lanark in the year 1697. Smellie lived during the reigns of four sovereigns-Queen Anne and the first three Hanoverian Georges. He saw the union of the Scottish and English Parliaments in 1707, a...

background: good cytological sample is very important for the cytological diagnosis of thyroid nodules. the aim of this study was to evaluate the adequacy of prepared samples by the combination of aspiration and non- aspiration fine needle biopsy. methods: in this descriptive – analytical study, sampling was done simultaneously for each patient in fine needle aspiration and non-aspiration biops...