This small book consists of a series of papers dealing with various aspects of hemodynamics in the macro-circulation of the lungs. The papers have little to say about the micro-circulation or the structure of the vessels themselves. Each paper is followed by a spirited discussion which proves to be a salubrious force against bias. The study group includes some of the most able and experienced i...

now closed to this country, and this, together with the necessity of conserving foreign exchange and avoiding the waste of shipping space by the importation of non-essential drugs and chemicals, renders the problem of finding adequate alternatives pressing \?Extract from preface to the Extra Pharmacopoeia, volume 1, 1941. Drug economy is surely as necessary to the war effort in India as it is i...

The first successful kidney transplantation between monozygotic identical twins did not require any immunosuppressive drugs. Clinical application of azathioprine and glucocorticosteroids allowed the transfer of organs between genetically disparate donors and recipients. Transplantation is now the standard of care, a life-saving procedure for patients with failed organs. Progress in our understa...