phy's finding of 1914 (18), she inoculated irradiat ed rats and mice subcutaneously with minced cell suspensions of human tumors and obtained active growth for two generations or more in 83 out of 100 tumors transplanted. In 1958 she recorded 90 per cent of 101 human tumors surviving and pro liferating for 1@—@0 days in irradiated and/or cor tisone-treated rats inoculated subcutaneously and i...

ABOUT 35 YEARS AGO a young inexperienced and very nervous student entered Wards 1 and 2 of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, as resident pupil. The same student-I hope I am still capable of learning-stands before you this evening and hopes you will receive him as graciously as Professor W. W. D. Thomson did on that occasion. He shook my hand and welcomed me as a new member of his team. This...

all forms of creative production born of an intimate and individual urge, often secretive, unbound from the conventional art system rules. Through short descriptions of the Outsider art work of prominent artists and new protagonists often hosted in community mental health services, this section intends to investigate the latest developments of the contemporary art scene, where the distances bet...

This anthology commemorates a most unusual and complex person. Homer William Smith was best known as a renal physiologist whose work ranged from the evolution of the kidney to clinical studies on renal function and disease in man. He also studied and wrote about religion and philosophy, and published two novels, one of which, Kamongo, had rather a surprising success considering that its "plot" ...

A. Introduction B. Extraction of Lipids from Biological Fluids 1. Gangliosides 2. Prostaglandins and other eicosanoids 3. Purification of total lipid extracts 4. Some miscellaneous extraction procedures C. Adsorption Chromatography for the Isolation of Lipid Classes 1. Lipid class or group separations on silica gel 2. Adsorption chromatography with chemically-bonded phases D. Reversed-Phase App...

So far it would seem we have had many lives, but not the Life of William Harvey. An ideal Life should be based on all the documentary, literary and other evidence that can possibly be sought out at the time and should be shown to be thus based. There should be no criticism nor any attempts at whitewashing or worshipping the hero in the light of contemporary standards, but there should be a deep...

William Thomas Green Morton, the man most commonly associated with the introduction of anesthesia in 1846, fathered William James Morton. William James Morton's contributions to society were substantial. He conducted pioneering work in radiology, radiation oncology, and therapeutic electricity. He authored numerous textbooks and articles, and he was an editor of a journal on human behavior. His...

Consulting Editorial Board HAROLD L. ATKINS, M.D. M. DONALD BLAUFOX, M.D. A. BERTRAND BRILL, M.D., PH.D. JOHN A. BURDINE, JR., M.D. N. DAVIDCHARKES, M.D. TREVOR D. CRADDUCK, PH.D. MICHAEL A. DAVIS, PH.D. WILLIAM C. ECKELMAN, PH.D. SEBASTIAN GENNA, PH.D. C. CRAIG HARRIS, M.S. THOMAS P. HAYNIE, M.D. MARGUERITE T. HAYS, M.D. WILLIAM R. HENDEE, PH.D. B. LEONARDHOLMAN, M.D. RICHARD A. HOLMES, M.D. M...

This study explores the auditory processing skills of a 14-year-old boy (William) with an acquired aphasia, diagnosed as Landau–Kleffner syndrome. A single case study design was implemented, with the use of both chronological age-matched and receptive-language-matched control participants. Tasks were designed to investigate non-linguistic and linguistic auditory processing. The results indicate...