John Wesley (1708-91).

John Wesley was a competent physician, quite capable of the diagnosis and care of patients. His Primitive Physic provides a picture of therapy in the eighteenth century but he rejected the bleeding and purging which were common at that time. He was ahead of his time in his emphasis on hygiene, cleanliness and simple living.

Sir George Newman (1870-1948).

George Newman (1870-1948) was a major figure in the development of public health and school medicine in the years between World Wars I and II. From a Quaker background, he became first Chief Medical Officer to the Board of Education and then Chief Medical Officer to the Ministry of Health. In these posts he wrote many reports to the minister concerned and stimulated others.

Novel imaging strategy for the detection of fat embolism after arthroplasty.

Introduction: Respiratory complications are common after arthroplasty with fat emboli and thromboembolic disease (PTE) being the most serious. As fat embolism from bone marrow should contain reticuloendothelial cells, we hypothesized that these cells take up colloid in the lung. A prospective tomographic study of 99m Tc phytate and perfusion was performed within 24 h after arthroplasty.

Bone scintigraphy in acetabular labral tears.

Background: Acetabular labral tears are an increasingly recognized cause of hip pain in young adults with hip dysplasia and older patients with degenerative disease of the hips.

Methods: The authors analyzed retrospectively bone scintigraphy in 27 patients with acetabular labral tears diagnosed by MRI/arthroscopy. Analysis was also made of scintigraphy in 30 patients without labral tears being investigated for other causes of hip pain for comparison.

James Alison Glover (1874-963), OBE (1919) CBE (1941) MD (1905) DPH (1905) FRCP (1933).

James Allison Glover served in the Boer War and World War I. In 1917 he was appointed to the Cerebro-spinal Laboratory in London. There, his work on cerebrospinal fever resulted in the "spacing out" of beds in huts and earned him the name of "good friend of the private soldier".

Leonard Ralph Braithwaite (1878-1942).

Leonard Ralph Braithwaite lived and worked in Yorkshire all his life, with the exception of service overseas in World War I. He worked with Berkeley Moynihan early in his career, and went on to become a renowned surgeon and teacher in his own right.

Distinguishing scintigraphic features of spondylolysis.

A scintigraphic pattern of increased uptake was observed in the pedicles of the affected segment and a triangular pattern of uptake in the sagittal projection of tomographic studies of pars fractures. It was hypothesised that these observations were specific for pars fractures. A retrospective study of 25 young athletes (age 9-16 years) with a variety of spinal disorders was undertaken.