Editorials: EDWARD LELAND JENKINSON, M.D. 1892-1972

Lionel Sharples Penrose (1898-1972), MA,MD,DSc,FRCP,FRS.

In Memoriam: Edward H. Oldfield, MD, 1947 to 2017.

Reused with permission by CNS. EdwardH.Oldfield,MD, passed away on September 1, 2017.His death was a significant loss to everyone that knew him, including the over 100 trainees that he mentored from around the world. While neurosurgery has lost a giant, Ed’s life left an indelible mark through scientific discovery and surgical innovation, as well as generations of trainees and colleagues. On Se...

Perry edward Gross, MD: a conversation with the editor.

was born and raised in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pittsburgh in 1943 and 1944 before being drafted into the army. While in the army, Dr. Gross served in Japan the year after World War II ended. Thereafter, he returned to his studies for a year at the University of Pittsburgh before entering the Chicago Medical School in 1947. During his college years he played on the...

1892

rate, claiming amongst its victims princes, priests, and professional men of mark. H. R. H. Duke op Clarence succumbed after a week's illness to an attack of influenza, followed by pneumonia and collapse ; H. H. the Kliedive OF Egypt also died after a week's illness, which commenced with influenza and ended in pneumonia and ursemic coma. But the greatest mortality occurred amongst those well-st...

Editorials

Of all the fields of modern technology, robotics is likely to be one of the most influential in changing the very nature of our society. In the past, the term "robot" has tended to conjure up pictures of automatonlike machines, often seen as a threat to people themselves. The concept of the robot goes back many decades, but-with the introduction of modern microelectronics the whole field of rob...