scholarly journals XIX. On expectorated matter

1809 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 313-344
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Half Century ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Practical Information

The attention of physiologists has been very much with­ drawn, for the last half century, from the consideration of the different states of the circulating and secreted fluids, in conse­quence of the opinion that the nervous and fibrous or mus­cular systems can afford satisfactory interpretations of the phenomena of living beings; and on account of the disgust produced by the visionary properties and groundless hypo­theses, originating in the humoural doctrines of Galen. But late experiments have manifested, that various things taken into the stomach can be made at pleasure to produce consider­able effects, by impregnating sensibly the blood and urine, as well as the milk, sweat, and perhaps saliva. Further; the fine experiments of Professor Colman have shewn, that the conta­gious glanders may be excited in the ass by the transfusion of the blood of a glandered horse, and the matter from the nose of the glandered ass can produce this disease in the horse or the ass. Hence I apprehend it is reasonable to expect, that the farther investigation of the properties of the animal fluids will afford gratifying instruction to the Researcher in natural science, and important practical information to the Physician. On the present occasion, I desire the honour of communi­cating the knowledge I may have acquired, by investigating the properties of expectorated matter secreted by the bron­chial membrane. The appearances of this substance serve to regulate the judgment of the Physician concerning several dis­eases of the lungs; but especially of that of pulmonary tubercles which yearly destroys 120,000 to 140,000 subjects of the United Kingdom. It is fit that I remark, that I do not notice in this paper the ingenious experiments of several learned Chemists, because by so doing I should be led into a detail of too great extent for my design.

Community Music in the United Kingdom

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Deane
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Community Music ◽  
Half Century ◽  
Active Intervention ◽  
The United Kingdom

The type of community music defined as an ‘active intervention’ can suggest a political, usually left-leaning, flavor to the practice. But the trajectory of the work in the United Kingdom over the last half-century suggests that government policies, rather than politics, have been the driver for the development of much community music work. Moreover, the practice adapts well to frequent changes in such policies. From an original stance of opposition to authority, through to a confidence in its own authoritativeness, the practice's instrumentality and focus on its participants have been key ingredients in helping community music in the United Kingdom to mature as a profession and continue to thrive.

The pre-history of health psychology in the United Kingdom: From natural science and psychoanalysis to social science, social cognition and beyond

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 472-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Murray
Keyword(s):  
Health Psychology ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Cognition ◽  
Social Science ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk

Health psychology formally came of age in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, but it was prefigured by much discussion about challenges to the dominance of biomedicine in healthcare and debates. This articles focuses on what could be termed the pre-history of health psychology in the UK. This was the period in the earlier 20th century when psychological approaches were dominated by psychoanalysis which was followed by behaviourism and then cognitivism. Review of this pre-history provides the backdrop for the rise of health psychology in the UK and also reveals the tensions between the different theoretical perspectives.

The Diamond Jubilee of the Professional Association, 1932–1992: An Historical Review

1992 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 252-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy Jay ◽  
Alicia Mendez ◽  
Hester G Monteath
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
British Journal ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Professional Association ◽  
Half Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Golden Jubilee

The Golden Jubilee edition of the British Journal of Occupational Therapy in May 1982 recorded one half century of professional progress. This article records some landmarks in the development of occupational therapy as an organised profession within the United Kingdom over the past 60 years.

scholarly journals Genetics in the United Kingdom — The Last Half-Century

Heredity ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
J R S Fincham
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Half Century ◽  
The United Kingdom

Donald Devereux Woods, 1912-1964

1965 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 202-219 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Medical Research ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Trinity College ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Research Fellow ◽  
University Of Oxford ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Middlesex Hospital ◽  
The University

Donald Woods, Iveagh Professor of Chemical Microbiology in the University of Oxford, died on 6 November 1964 at the early age of 52. He was the elder son of Walter and Violet Woods, born at Ipswich on 16 February 1912. Educated at Northgate School, Ipswich, he became a Scholar at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating in 1933 with first class honours in Parts I and II of the Natural Science Tripos. He remained at Cambridge with a Beit Memorial Fellowship and took his Ph.D. in 1937. In 1939 he joined the Medical Research Council’s Unit for Bacterial Chemistry as a Halley- Stewart Research Fellow, working at the Middlesex Hospital, London. In 1940 to 1946 he was engaged in ‘war work’. In this latter year he became Reader in Microbiology in the Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford (Professor Sir Rudolph A. Peters) and in 1955 Iveagh Professor of Chemical Microbiology in the same Department (Professor Sir Hans A. Krebs). This was the first Chair in this subject in the United Kingdom, and was endowed by Arthur Guinness, Son and Company. Woods became a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, in 1951. He was elected a Fellow of this Society in 1952.

The Schlagintweit Collections

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Armitage
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
East India Company ◽  
British Library ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Made In

This article outlines the significance of some of the discoveries in natural science made in India and the Himalayas by the Schlagintweit brothers, who were eminent nineteenth century scientists and explorers employed by the East India Company to carry out survey work. The mainly natural history subject matter covers zoology, botany, geology, surveying and ethnography. The article also describes how various specimens were collected and transported to the United Kingdom their investigation by scientists and their eventual places of custody in various institutions. Although there are specimens collected by the Schlagintweits in German institutions, the present work concentrates on the collections that were originally housed in the India Museum of the East India Company before its dispersal in 1879. The paper was written whilst working at the India Office Library and Records, London, which is a department of the British Library, and the notes refer mainly to material held there.

scholarly journals The Progress of Life Assurance Business in the United Kingdom during the last Fifty Years

1891 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 136-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Deuchar
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Half Century ◽  
Life Assurance ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Look Back ◽  
History Of

At so striking an epoch in the history of our times as the Jubilee of our Most Gracious Queen, it seems natural that those who are engaged in any special branch of trade, or commerce, or science, should look back with interest at the records of the progress of that branch during the period then completed; and I therefore venture to hope that the particulars which I have collected regarding the progress of Life Assurance Business in the United Kingdom during the last half-century, and which I propose to lay before you this evening, may prove in some degree interesting to you.Before submitting to you these particulars, I think it may be useful if I refer for a few minutes to the condition of the United Kingdom in 1837, and to the changes which have occurred since then in matters which have had an important, though indirect, bearing on Life Assurance Business.

Models of Food and Eating in the United Kingdom

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Murcott
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Half Century ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
History Of ◽  
Food And Drink ◽  
The Uk

Since the end of WWII, there has been a catalogue of far-reaching changes in eating in the UK, many hailed as finally signaling almost a half century of long-awaited improvements, in variety and increased choice, in renewed attention to quality. At the same time, it is possible to identify longer established models of food and drink, including tea, fish and chips, and a ‘cooked dinner’. All echo the particular geography and history of the British Isles and illustrate that it is possible to detect and describe stable patterns of dishes, menus and mealtimes, models of UK eating.

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