scholarly journals Frederick George Donnan, 1870-1956

1957 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 23-39 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Heat Stroke ◽  
Medical Practitioner ◽  
Private Life ◽  
General Medical Practitioner ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The Family ◽  
University College

This biography is compiled from the Personal Record which Donnan left with the Royal Society, the assistance of numerous pupils and friends, and from the recollections of the writer extending over a long period. Donnan was born on 5 September 1870 at Colombo, Ceylon, and was the second of a family consisting of two brothers and four sisters. His father was William Donnan, a merchant of Belfast, and his mother’s maiden name was Jane Ross Turnley Liggate she also being a native of Northern Ireland. Donnan’s uncle, Captain James Donnan, was ‘master attendant’, Colombo and Inspector of the Ceylon Pearl Fisheries, who received a C.M.G. on his retirement; his son, Donnan’s cousin, was a regular soldier who spent most of his life in India, retiring with the rank of Colonel in 1913, rejoining the Army in 1914, and dying of heat stroke in Mesopotamia. Donnan’s brother, William Dunlop Donnan, was a general medical practitioner (M.D. of the Queens University) of Belfast till his death in 1941. Donnan returning from Ceylon at the age of 3 had no recollections of that country at all and this must be considered in making any appreciation of him as a devoted Ulster patriot. Donnan was a bachelor, so particular and generous mention must be made of his two sisters Jane and Leonora (Nora) who played such an important and unobtrusive part in his life. Jane was his secretary at University College and later looked after the I.C.I. Research Associates working there; after his retirement she carried on with his correspondence. In these later years her eyesight began to fail and steadily worsened. She died only three days before her brother and they were cremated on the same day. On duty she was most intelligent and efficient and in private life had all the family charm.

scholarly journals Alfred Young, 1873 - 1940

1941 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 761-778 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Trinity College ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Trinity College Dublin ◽  
The Family ◽  
University College ◽  
Edward Young ◽  
Justice Of The Peace

Alfred Young was born at Birchfield, Farnworth, near Widnes, Lancashire, on 16 April 1873. He died after a short illness on Sunday, 15 December 1940. He was the youngest son of Edward Young, a prosperous Liverpool merchant and a Justice of the Peace for the county. His father married twice and had a large family, eleven living to grow up. The two youngest sons of the two branches of the family rose to scientific distinction: Sydney Young, of the elder family, became the distinguished chemist of Owen’s College, Manchester, University College, Bristol, and finally, for many years, of Trinity College, Dublin. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in his thirty-sixth year and died in 1937. Alfred, who was fifteen years his junior, was elected Fellow in 1934, at the age of sixty, in recognition of his mathematical contributions to the algebra of invariants and the theory of groups, a work to which he had devoted over ten years of academic life followed by thirty years of leisure during his duties as Rector of a country parish. Recognition of his remarkable powers came late but swiftly: he was admitted to the Fellowship in the year when his name first came up for election. In 1879 the family moved to Bournemouth, and in due course the younger brothers went to school and later to a tutor, under whom Alfred suffered for his brain power, being the only boy considered worth keeping in.

John William Sutton Pringle, 22 July 1912 - 2 November 1982

1983 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 524-551
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Military Medicine ◽  
Medical Practitioner ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Grammar School ◽  
Lake District ◽  
Preparatory School ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Alps ◽  
Happy Family

John William Sutton Pringle was born in Manchester on 22 July 1912. He was the eldest of four brothers. His father was John Pringle, M.D. (Dublin), a well known medical practitioner in Rochdale and Manchester. The origins of the family have been traced back to one Robert de Hoppryngil, which is a hill near Galashiels from which the name Pringle was derived. They moved to Ireland in the time of Cromwell, where they became farmers and bailiffs. J. W. S. Pringle’s father had come over to Manchester in 1900. His mother was Dorothy Emily ( née Beney), whose family claimed to be of Huguenot extraction. The Scottish branch of the Pringle family produced Sir John Pringle (1707-83), the founder of modern military medicine and originator of the Red Cross idea. He secured improved ventilation in jails, ships, barracks and mines; he named influenza and defined the forms of dysentery; he eventually became President of the Royal Society. And J. W. S. Pringle had a more recent link with the Royal Society in that he shared a grandfather with the malariologist J. A. Sinton, V.C., F.R.S. As a boy, John Pringle enjoyed a happy family life, escaping from the grime of Manchester for summer holidays in the Lake District, in Donegal and in the Alps. He was educated at home and at a local ‘high school’ until ten years of age. He then started attending Manchester Grammar School (1922-23) but the Manchester fogs induced broncho- pneumonia in two consecutive years and he was therefore transferred to a preparatory school, Langley place at St Leonard’s-on-Sea, Sussex (1923-26). Here the teaching under W. J. Roberts was very good and he won a senior scholarship to Winchester College.

Egon Hynek Kodicek, 3 August 1908 - 27 July 1982

1983 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 297-331 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sigmund Freud ◽  
Medical Practitioner ◽  
Orthodox Jews ◽  
Military Hospital ◽  
Only Child ◽  
General Medical Practitioner ◽  
Diagnostic Skills ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Military

Egon Hynek Kodicek was born on 3 August 1908 at Kamenny Ujezd, a little village on the river Moldau in southern Bohemia, which at that time was part of the Austro -Hungarian Empire. He was an only child and his father was a general medical practitioner, trained in Vienna. Egon’s father was widely known in the region for his expert diagnostic skills. Using only his senses of touch, vision and smell he was able correctly to identify disease processes where other doctors would need the help of hospital facilities. As a doctor he was much influenced by the teaching of Sigmund Freud and he was one of the first to use psychological methods, when appropriate, in the treatment of disease. Egon admired and had an enormous respect for his father and sometimes would accompany him in his horse-drawn carriage on visits to patients. When Egon was 6 years old the family moved to nearby Budweis, where his father had been appointed doctor-in-charge of the military hospital there. Although his grandparents on both sides w ere orthodox Jews, Egon’s parents were not religious and he described him self and his father as ‘Czech liberals’

scholarly journals Owain Westmacott Richards, 31 December 1901 - 10 November 1984

1987 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 537-571 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Medical Officer ◽  
Medical Practices ◽  
The Family ◽  
University College ◽  
Deputy Chairman ◽  
University College London ◽  
High Standards ◽  
The Town

Owain Westmacott Richards was born on 31 December 1901 in Croydon, the second son of Harold Meredith Richards, M.D., and Mary Cecilia Richards ( née Todd). At the time H. M. Richards was Medical Officer of Health for Croydon, a post he held until 1912 when he returned to the town of his birth, Cardiff, as Deputy Chairman of the newly formed Welsh Insurance Commission, the forerunner of the Welsh Board of Health. Owain Richards’s grandfather had a hatter’s business in Cardiff, which had been established by his father, who had migrated to Cardiff from Llanstephan in Carmarthenshire (now Dyfed). This great-grandfather was probably the last Welsh-speaking member of the family; his son discouraged the use of Welsh as ‘unprogressive’ and married a non-Welsh speaking girl from Haverfordwest. Harold Richards, being the youngest son, did not inherit the family business. On leaving school he worked for some years in a shipping firm belonging to a relative. He found this uncongenial and in his late twenties, having decided to become a doctor, he attended classes at the newly founded University College at Cardiff. Passing the Intermediate Examination he entered University College London, qualifying in 1891, taking his M.D. and gaining gold medals in 1892 and 1893. He was elected a Fellow of University College London in 1898. As medical practices had, at that time, either to be purchased or inherited, Harold Richards took a salaried post as Medical Officer of Health for Chesterfield and Dronfield (Derbyshire), soon moving to Croydon. After his work at Cardiff, he transferred, in 1920, to the Ministry of Health in London, responsible for the medical and hospital aspects of the Local Government Act, 1929 (Anon. 1943 a, b ). He retired in 1930 and died in 1943. His obituaries recorded that he was ‘excessively shy and modest’, that he always ‘overworked’ and had markedly high standards (Anon. 1943 a, b ). Such comments would be equally true of Owain.

Dr James Copland (1791–1870) and his Dictionary of Practical Medicine

2021 ◽  
pp. 096777202110323
Author(s):  
Simon Gray
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
Practical Medicine ◽  
Orkney Islands

Dr James Copland (1791–1870) was born in the Orkney Islands and studied medicine at Edinburgh where he graduated in 1815. The following year was spent in Paris to acquire knowledge of the latest developments in pathology and he then travelled for a year along the coast of West Africa gaining practical experience of treating tropical diseases. After establishing his medical practice in London, which eventually became extremely successful, he contributed to medical journals and also became editor of the London Medical Repository from 1822 to 1825. His greatest work was The Dictionary of Practical Medicine written entirely by himself which was completed between 1832 and 1858. More than 10,000 copies of the dictionary were sold and its author became world famous during his lifetime. In 1833, Copland was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and from 1837 onwards he played a prominent role in the proceedings of The Royal College of Physicians. This article shows how his extensive professional and literary work was combined with an unusual private life.

scholarly journals Physical exercise and internet-based cognitive–behavioural therapy in the treatment of depression: Randomised controlled trial

2015 ◽  
Vol 207 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mats Hallgren ◽  
Martin Kraepelien ◽  
Agneta öjehagen ◽  
Nils Lindefors ◽  
Zangin Zeebari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Medical Practitioner ◽  
Work Capacity ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
General Medical Practitioner ◽  
Treatment As Usual ◽  
Moderate Depression ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural

BackgroundDepression is common and tends to be recurrent. Alternative treatments are needed that are non-stigmatising, accessible and can be prescribed by general medical practitioners.AimsTo compare the effectiveness of three interventions for depression: physical exercise, internet-based cognitive–behavioural therapy (ICBT) and treatment as usual (TAU). A secondary aim was to assess changes in self-rated work capacity.MethodA total of 946 patients diagnosed with mild to moderate depression were recruited through primary healthcare centres across Sweden and randomly assigned to one of three 12-week interventions (trail registry: KCTR study ID: KT20110063). Patients were reassessed at 3 months (response rate 78%).ResultsPatients in the exercise and ICBT groups reported larger improvements in depressive symptoms compared with TAU. Work capacity improved over time in all three groups (no significant differences).ConclusionsExercise and ICBT were more effective than TAU by a general medical practitioner, and both represent promising non-stigmatising treatment alternatives for patients with mild to moderate depression.

Otto Meyerhof, 1884 - 1951

1954 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-200 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Artistic Development ◽  
School Life ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Long Period ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Foreign Member

Otto Meyerhof was born on 12 April 1884 in Berlin and died in Philadelphia on 6 October 1951 at the age of 67; he was the son of Felix Meyerhof, who was born in 1849 at Hildesheim, and Bettina Meyerhof, nee May, born in 1862 in Hamburg; both his father and grandfather had been in business. An elder sister and two younger brothers died long before him. In 1923 he shared the Nobel prize for Physiology (for 1922) with A. V. Hill. He received an Hon. D.C.L. in 1926 from the University of Edinburgh, was a Foreign Member (1937) of the Royal Society of London, an Hon. Member of the Harvey Society and of Sigma XI. In 1944 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. Otto Meyerhof went through his school life up to the age of 14 without delay, but there is no record that he was then brilliant. When he was 16 he developed some kidney trouble, which caused a long period of rest in bed. This period of seclusion seems to have been responsible for a great mental and artistic development. Reading constantly he matured perceptibly, and in the autumn of 1900 was sent to Egypt on the doctor’s advice for recuperation.

scholarly journals A comparative study of the brains in pleuronectidae

1937 ◽  
Vol 122 (828) ◽  
pp. 308-343 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Medulla Oblongata ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Feeding Habits ◽  
Serial Sections ◽  
Naked Eye ◽  
The Family ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Brain

Part I. The Medulla Oblongata, And Its Variations Acoording To Diet And Feeding Habits In previous communications to this Society the relationship of the habits of feeding and diet to the form and pattern of the medulla oblongata has been described in the cyprinoids, clupeids, and gadoids (Evans, 1931, 1932, 1935). This research takes up a similar study of the brain of the Pleuronectidae. The expense has been borne by a grant from the Royal Society for which the author tenders his grateful thanks. It has seemed to be desirable to extend the observations to the fore- and mid-brain, as in some members of the family these present a very marked development. In order to elucidate some of the problems that arise I have also studied the brain of the eel, and some interesting conclusions have resulted. We find, as a result of examination by the naked eye and of serial sections, that we can divide the following species into four groups as follows: I. The sole, Solea vulgaris .

The Royal Society of Edinburgh, James Hutton, the Clerks of Penicuik and the Igneous Origin of Granite

2008 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. Suppl. 1-Suppl. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald B. Mclntyre
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Wavelength Region ◽  
Science Volume ◽  
Mount Everest ◽  
James Clerk Maxwell ◽  
Igneous Origin ◽  
The Family

Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the world’s tallest mountain — about 1000 m taller than Mount Everest (Science, volume 313, 22 September 2006, p. 1732). Near the summit, at an altitude of 4092 m, is the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) — the largest astronomical telescope designed to operate in the sub-millimetre wavelength region of the spectrum. In 1987 the JCMT was dedicated by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and named for the physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879). Sir John Dutton Clerk of Penicuik Bt, CBE, VRD, DL FRSE (1917-2002) represented the family.

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