A Centenary Portrait

Portrait of a Hospital, 1752-1948, to Commemorate the Bi-centenary of the Royal Infirmary, Manchester

The bi-centennial of the great Royal Infirmary at Manchester, and the centennial of the distinguished Mount Sinai Hospital of New York are fittingly and most appropriately commemorated in these books. Both give a remarkably vivid picture of the vicissitudes in the growth and development of a hospital of high standard and achievement, and both are well written, well organized, and attractively i...

Tay-Sachs disease: a centenary.

Gantt charts: A centenary appreciation

With the proliferation of microcomputer based project management packages Gantt charts have enjoyed a revival in their use. Although Henry L. Gantt is recognized as their developer their origins and provenance are less well known. Gantt was a close associate of Frederick W. Taylor and an advocate of Scientific Management. His paper describing the use of ‘‘graphics’’ for general production plann...

Canine papillomavirus--A centenary review.

Allergen Immunotherapy: A Centenary Celebration

In 1911 and long before the availability of antiallergic drugs, Leonard Noon demonstrated that prophylactic subcutaneous inoculation with a grass pollen extract was effective in suppressing immediate conjunctival sensitivity to grass pollen.1 Noon’s coworker, John Freeman, continued to practice immunotherapy and in 1930 published the first rush immunotherapy protocol.2 William Frankland, a coll...