The Norman centenary

The Centenary Dinner

The Centenary Dinner of the Bristol MedicoChirurgical Society took place at the Esso Motor Hotel, Hambrook, on Friday, 26th April, 1974, and was attended by nearly one hundred and fifty members and guests. The Guest of Honour was Sir John Stallworthy, President of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Society's other guests were Lady Stallworthy, Councillor C. Hebblethwaite, Deputy Lord Mayor o...

The Centenary of Radiology

The Burghölzli centenary.

As THE Burgholzli Hospital in Zurich approaches its centenary, it seems an opportune occasion to review briefly its historical development, and to compare it with its closest counterpart in England, the Maudsley Hospital. The outstanding contribution of this famous Swiss centre and its directors have created for it an almost unique place amongst the teaching centres of the Western psychiatric w...

Norman Geschwind

Norman Geschwind (1926–1984) was born in New York City on 8 January, 1926, where his parents, Hannah and Morris, had arrived from Polish Galicia 20 years before [4]. When Norman was four, his father died of pneumonia. Despite difficulties, Hannah sent Norman and his brother Irving to the Hebrew Institute of Borough Park, where he never mastered Hebrew [2]. His later years at the Boy’s High Scho...

The centenary of medical thoracoscopy.