Famine-Dropsy as a Food-Deficiency Disease *A paper read at the meeting of the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society on May 12th, 1920.

A Discussion on "Treatment by Ionisation or Cataphoresis" 1Held at the meeting of the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society, May 12th, 1909.

Diet in Pregnancy *A paper read before the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society on Wednesday, April 12th, 1939.

New physiological facts about food travel slowly and long delay is apt to occur before they are applied practically. The outstanding instance is the length of time which elapsed between Lancaster's1 demonstration of the value of oranges and lemons, and the general adoption of their use in the prevention and cure of scurvy. It is hard to realize that Lancaster persuaded the East India Company to...

Thyroidectomy or Thiouracil? *A Paper read to the Bristol Medico—Chirurgical Society on May 12th, 1948.

On two previous occasions, in 19301 and in 1941,2 I have had the honour of reading papers before the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society on the surgery of thyrotoxicosis. By that time, operation had become the routine treatment, except in quite mild or very severe cases, and a certain number of children or young women with primary thyrotoxicosis. In 1943, however, thiouracil was introduced by As...

Some Unusual Operations on Lunatics and Their Results 1Read at the meeting of the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society, on April 12th, 1899.

I have ventured to publish these five operation cases occurring in persons of unsound mind, as the cases are interesting not only to those working at surgery but also to those whose practice lies more especially in the treatment and diagnosis of mental cases; the recording of these cases may also raise the question, " What effects (if any) are produced on the mental condition after major operat...

The Advance of Gastroenterology *Based on an address to the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society, 11th May, 1966

Gastroenterology may be defined as the body of knowledge relating to the functions of ingestion, digestion, absorption and elimination of food. A clinical gastroenterologist in 1920 might have been defined as a man who not only looked at the X-ray reports, but also at the films ! Today many distinguished gastroenterologists occupy chairs of medicine, of surgery, of therapeutics, of pathology an...