AIM To discuss the possible significance of the increased incidence of intussusception in children in relation to the "Great Smog" of London in December 1952. METHODS Cases of intussusception were recorded in two hospitals in East London for the years 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1954. For 1952 the actual dates of admission were recorded. RESULTS During the year 1952 the total number of cases of i...

Polarimetry has been used to detect the occurrence of configurational changes accompanying denaturation in various proteins (Jirgensons, 1950, 1951, 1952; Kauzmann el al., 1953; Yang and Foster, 1954; Linderstrf~mLang and Schellman, 1954). However, because of the present incomplete knowledge of protein structure, no concrete proposals have yet been made connecting observed rotational values and...

Anti-f alloantibody is produced by exposure to the f (ce) antigen on red blood cells (RBCs), which is a compound antigen of the Rhesus (Rh) blood group, expressed when both c and e antigens are present in the same haplotype (in cis). Although anti-f alloantibody was first discovered in 1953 and it has rarely been detected, the results of its detection were not reported as images in previous stu...

L K E T H E PRECEDING ARTICLES in this ' semi-annual series 1 this survey is based on notes written by members of the Re fer ence Staff of the Columbia University L i braries. A n innovation in this issue is the inclusion of a f e w titles in the sciences, annotations for which were written by assistants in the Columbia science libraries. Notes written by assistants and used unchanged are signe...

ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, BELFAST: 1903-1953. By Robert Marshall, M.D , F.R.C.P.(Lond.), F.R.C.P.I., D.P.H. (Pp. 139 + xv; plates 12. 7s. 6d.). Belfast: W. and G. Baird. 1953. GRADtTATES of the Belfast medical school the world over will welcome this fine and fitting tribute to the wvork of the Royal Victoria Hospital. The Board of Management have been fortunate in that the oneperson pre-eminentl...

Polarimetry has been used to detect the occurrence of configurational changes accompanying denaturation in various proteins (Jirgensons, 1950, 1951, 1952; Kauzmann el al., 1953; Yang and Foster, 1954; Linderstrf~mLang and Schellman, 1954). However, because of the present incomplete knowledge of protein structure, no concrete proposals have yet been made connecting observed rotational values and...