I would also like to acknowledge several of my teachers, especially Professors SM Channabasavanna, Rajat Ray and Nimesh Desai, who initially stimulated my interest in the area of alcoholism and Professors Mohan Isaac, Taranath Shetty and AB Taly for their constant support and encouragement. A lot of mutual learning has occurred through several post-graduates whom I have guided in dissertations,...

I am indeed honoured at being invited to deliver the prestigious second KR Narayanan Oration Lecture of the Australia South Asia Research Centre attached to The Australian National University, Canberra. My pleasure is all the more since I have intimately known and closely worked with Dr Narayanan, Vice President of India who is an unique combination of an outstanding journalist, successful dipl...

I AM aware of the great personal honour of being invited to give the Heberden Oration, and wish to acknowledge my gratitude to numerous colleagues over the years for their work, support and collaboration. This event, long established in the traditions of our rheumatological society, symbolizes the importance that is attached for the pursuit of scientific knowledge for the purpose of understandi...

I am particularly pleased to be privileged to deliver the Heberden Oration this year. Lectureship before this Society constitutes an honour of which I am very proud. The preparation of this lecture has given me an opportunity to review past problems, which we have undertaken with varying degrees of success, to describe work in progress, and to tell of future plans which I believe hold unique op...

DPByrnes Not so very long ago a solitary skier was making his rapid way down a lonely mountain when he miscalculated and launched himself over a precipice. He was falling to what he thought was certain death when he managed to grab the proverbial small bush projecting from the cliff face. He hung in abject terror for some moments and then began to call out for help. "Is anyone out there?" he cr...

The idea of replacing body parts has attracted interest for a long time. In the third century, legend holds that St Cosmas and St Damian succeeded in grafting a leg from a recently deceased Ethiopian to replace onto the body of a patient. Unfortunately, this has not proved to be repeatable – the fact that the laboratory assistants in many representations of this event have wings indicating that...

Advances for Life I am honoured and privileged to have been invited to deliver the 5th Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) Oration at the Opening of your 9 Annual Scientific Meeting. When I was invited, I hesitated for a moment as I have not been in active practice for quite a while, and I am grossly out of touch with recent advances especially in the biomedical field. But my hesitation was soon over...

IT is a very great honour, especially for a Queensman, to be invited to give this lecture, and( I am most grateful to the Committee of the Robert Campbell Trust for the invitation. It came to me as a complete surprise because I have never had any reason to suppose that r might be privileged to join the distinguished company of former orators. They comprise a star-studded honours list of a leagu...

1Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Address for Correspondence: Prof James Best, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Novena Campus, 11 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308232. Email: [email protected] *Delivered on 31 July 2015 at the 49th Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine 2015 Distinguished guests and colleagues in medicine, I am deeply honoured to h...