A small collection of artifacts obtained from an aboriginal Mackenzie Inuit grave eroded by the Mackenzie River is described. The site appears to date to within the second half of the 19th century, following European contact but before acculturative processes and population decline, which brought about the extinction of traditional Mackenzie Inuit culture.

Ethnohistoric records indicate that the economy of early historic Mackenzie Inuit was centred on the summer hunt for beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). However, no systematic attempt has been made to quantify the dietary importance of beluga whales to earlier, precontact-period Mackenzie Inuit societies. This issue is addressed herein through analysis of over 2000 beluga bones recovered fro...

iV whom the duties of Statutory Supervision under the Mental ^enciency Acts were being carried on for the London County Council, and this work gave her an intimate knowledge of the needs of mentally handicapped children and the value of Occupation Centres. In 1932 she came to the Central Association for Mental Welfare to fill the post of Case Secretary. Later she became Education Secretary when...

Auricular flutter was first described by McWilliam in 1887 (Mackenzie, 1925) as a result of experimental stimulation. Ritchie (1905) obtained graphic records from the jugular vein, and Jolly and Ritchie (1908) (Mackenzie, loc. cit.) took electrocardiographic tracings from one of Ritchie's cases of auricular flutter. Mackenzie looking back through his old records found cases of auricular flutter...