Erindringens poetik: William Wordsworth, S. T. Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey

Thomas William Thompson

nature which gave to Thompson's work a value of its own. But not less necessary for this work, upon which Thompson and the Society were alike engaged, was his ability to consider his subject from every view-point; to state in exact proportion the evidence which told in favour of, or against, a hypothesis that had to be examined. There has passed into the hands of the Societ}' an unfinished piec...

"The child is father of the man" (William Wordsworth, 1802).

The occurrence of atherosclerosis at an early age has long been the subject of curiosity and wonder. Isn't it remarkable that 65 of 140 combat soldiers who died as a result of injuries sustained in World War I had increased coronary atherosclerotic plaques at a mean age of 27.7 years (1)? How interesting is it that grossly visible lesions not causing obstruction were present in 35% of 300 Korea...

William Thomas Salter (1901-1952)

This is our first meeting* since the untimely death, on July 30, 1952, of Dr. William Thomas Salter, Professor of Pharmacology in this School since 1941. It is also the first meeting from which he has been absent in some time. We shall miss his cheerful presence which often went far to dispel the excess gravity which has on occasion crept into the deliberations of this Board. The record of his ...

Consciousness and its contents: A response to de Quincey

The word ‘consciousness’ is used in different ways, but not all of these uses reflect clear concepts or should be retained in technical discussions. The target article of this discussion (de Quincey, 2006) notes that confusion about consciousness is widespread and sets about to distinguish two main meanings of the word. To my mind, however, its treatment of the subject is itself confused and th...

The Business Failures Project: A Problem in Methodology (with William Clark and Dorothy S. Thomas)