A healthy 17-year-old Chinese male suddenly collapsed and died during a game of badminton. The autopsy examination revealed a solitary calcified aneurysm of the left common coronary artery with marked stenosis of the orifices of the anterior descending and circumflex branches. Histology of the aneurysm was non-specific with hyalinised scar tissue and foci of calcification. The only illness of s...

Born at Weston-super-Mare on the 25th May 1893, where his father was in business, he received his early education at Brynmellan School. From here in 1908 he entered the Medical School of the University College of Bristol, the year prior to the University receiving its charter. The Medical School was then situated in Tyndalls Park. A natural athlete, he played football, tennis and represented Gl...

To assess the prevalence of sports eye injuries in our area a register was kept over the 18 months from October 1982 to March 1984. Squash, association football, badminton, and tennis were the main offenders. The severest injury was from a golf ball, involving a fractured zygoma. There was one retinal dialysis, and one lens dislocation requiring extraction. Spectacles were broken in six cases a...