Above the Victoria Falls

Queen Victoria

world's history presents only during occasional long periods of widespread prosperity, to Mr. Lytton's eyes her personal influence does not account either for the great events that happened in her time or for the eminence of the chief characters which surrounded her. We see in his biography, what is lacking in the earlier book, a sincere attempt to refrain from belittling his subject, but certa...

Victoria Cowling.

Victoria Cowling received her BA from the University of Cambridge. She completed her PhD with Julian Downward and Gerard Evan at Cancer Research UK in London, and then moved to the US for a postdoctoral position at Princeton University and Dartmouth College with Michael Cole. Since 2008, she has been running a lab at Dundee University. She is an MRC Senior Research Fellow, a Lister Institute Re...

The Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast

his scientific activities came to an end with his public duties. He had not been merely Professor of Pathology, but he had been responsible in the University for the teaching of bacteriology and medical jurisprudence. He had been pathol6gist to the Royal Victoria Hospital and to the Mater Infirmorum Hospital. He was for many years pathologist and bacteriologist to the City of Belfast. He had pe...

Falls.

Falls in elderly persons create a tremendous individual and social burden. Of the more than 147 million injury-related emergency department visits logged each year, falls account for approximately 24%, representing the leading cause of external injury.1 Children and elderly persons comprise the largest group responsible for this percentage. Compared with children, however, older adults are 10 t...

The View from Above