Occasional Lecture

Occasional Identity or Occasional Reference ?

André Gallois argues that individuals that undergo fission are on some occasions identical, but on others distinct . occasional identity however, is metaphysically costly . i argue that we can get all the benefits of occasional identity without the metaphysical costs . on the proposed account, the names of ordinary material objects refer indeterminately to stages that belong to reference classe...

Occasional Papers

Below are occasional papers on meteorological history. They include papers about the history of the Met Office, meteorological services leading to D-Day and many other topics. The image on the right shows a weather map from June 5 1944, the day before D-Day. No 14 The History of the first twenty-five years of radar meteorology in the United Kingdom by Richard Probert-Jones [14]

The occasional vaginal delivery.

The occasional endometrial biopsy.

An endometrial biopsy is a safe and efficient office-based procedure for sampling the endometrium in a patient presenting with abnormal uterine bleeding. The endometrial sample pro vides a tissue diagnosis for guiding further management. Insertion of an intrauterine contraceptive device and an endometrial biopsy share common steps, which can aid the rural practitioner when performing the occasi...

Occasional Survey Diabetic Pregnancy

The purpose of this article is to describe the management of diabetic pregnancy in one hospital unit. Before insulin became available most diabetic pregnancies ended disastrously, and for several years afterwards fetal mortality remained at about 40%. Since the late 1940's, however, there has been a steady improvement and figures for the years 1971-2 are still lower. We may hope that with impro...