Role of macrophages in the pathogenesis of alcohol induced tissue damage.

One of the things that Archie Craig sought to do was to keep alive a real sense of what it meant to be part of a university. In Glasgow the faculties were becoming inclined to drift apart. So he formed in the 1950s a group which invited new professors to dine with themhandsomely-and then to spend an hour or more putting the case for their having a successor. "You personally are welcome, most welcome," they said, "but, on academic grounds, can you justify the university's appointing a successor? In particular, are not the academic principles of your discipline adequately promoted by some other department?" These were stimulating and enjoyable occasions, and a real challenge to the newcomer as well as a means ofkeeping interfaculty relationships alive. I recall the occasion when a new professor of divinity-"the queen of the sciences"-was challenged by the professor ofmoral philosophy. "I do not see a need for your successor," said the challenger; "I am already dealing with the essentials ofyour subject." The professor of divinity looked worried for a moment, but then triumphantly replied: "Not at all. I am fostering an uncommitted study of commitment; you are making a committed study of uncommitment." "You're right," generously agreed the professor of moral philosophy; "I hadn't thought of it in that way." "Revelatory," said Archie. It was one of his favourite words.