Omeljan Pritsak (1919-2006)

Area change of glaciers in the Canadian Rocky Mountains , 1919 to 2006

Glaciers in the Canadian Rocky Mountains constitute an important freshwater resource. To enhance our understanding of the influence climate and local topography have on glacier area, large numbers of glaciers of different sizes and attributes need to be monitored over periods of many decades. We used Interprovincial Boundary Commission Survey (IBCS) maps of the Alberta–British Columbia (BC) bor...

Op-brhe140373 1917..1919

In recent years the scientific community has shown renewed interest in DISH. The article by Yaniv et al. [1] in this issue of Rheumatology describes the natural evolution of DISH, providing important new insights into this condition. The article presents a study that used CT, a highly sensitive three-dimensional imaging modality for assessing new bone formation, to identify DISH patients and ex...

Ambulance Diary for 1919

Kenneth Dewhurst (1919–84)

KENNETH DEWHURST (1919-84) Dr Kenneth E. Dewhurst, TD, DPhil, MD, FRCPsych, the psychiatrist and distinguished historian of medicine, died suddenly on 10 December 1984. He was a Lancastrian by birth and served in the Army throughout the second world war, surviving the evacuation from Europe in 1940 and Far East campaigns. Thereafter, he studied medicine in Dublin and after qualifying in 1952 he...

Ddh193 1919..1932

Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA, Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA, Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington DC 20052, USA, American Quest Laboratories, Inc., Chantill...