Dr. R. S. J. Hawes

Dr. R. I. S. Gordon

S - J . Vick , D . Bovet & J . R . Anderson

The ability to discriminate between pairs of photographs according to the portrayed model’s visual attention status was examined in four olive baboons. Two baboons successfully managed to solve the problem, even when attention was demonstrated by eye direction alone. A third showed an ability to discriminate head direction but not eye direction. In order to investigate further their ability to ...

Pages from the past — Dr R S Allison

Doctor R S Allison (1899-1978) was an exceptionally able and hardworking physician, on the staff of the Royal Victoria Hospital from 1930 to 1964. His first interest was in gastroenterology. This was superseded by neurology and for his neurological work he became nationally and internationally known. He was the first full -time neurologist in the Royal Victoria Hospital. It was he who built up ...

Dr J. W. Ballantyne

Dr. J. Tylor Fox

Although Superintendent of Lingfield Colony for 30 years, Dr. Fox was always firm in his belief that colony life was only essential for a minority of patients, and even for them that it should only be regarded as a period for stabilization and drug adjustment. It was one of his greatest satisfactions that the last 10 or 15 years showed such startling changes in drug therapy. He often said that ...