Female Presidents of the "Royal College of Pathologists": Their Achievements and Contributions.

The Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) celebrates its Diamond Jubilee in 2022 since its opening by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1962. One of the main remits of RCPath is the overseeing of the training of pathologists and scientists working in pathology's 17 different specialties within the United Kingdom and across the globe. During its 60 years, three female Presidents have been elected: Dame Barbara Clayton (1984-1987), Dr.

Insights into the development of alcoholic chronic pancreatitis at Soweto, South Africa: a controlled cross-sectional study.

Objective: We asked why so few working-class Africans of Soweto have chronic pancreatitis (CP) when alcoholism is the norm.

Methods: Twenty-one alcoholics with acute psychosis but normal pancreas were investigated for lifestyle, micronutrient status, electrophilic stress, and iron overload.

Results: Alcoholics consumed more ethanol daily than did 14 previously studied patients with CP (P = 0.

Primary standardization of assays for anticonvulsant drugs: comparison of accuracy and precision.

Background: The accuracy and precision of methods for the measurement of the anticonvulsants phenytoin, phenobarbital, primidone, carbamazepine, ethosuximide, and valproate in human serum were assessed in 297 laboratories that were participants in the United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme (UKNEQAS).

Methods: We distributed lyophilized, serum-based materials containing low, medium, and high weighed-in concentrations of the drugs. The 297 participating laboratories received the materials on two occasions, 7 months apart.

Scoring and performance of analysis and interpretation of toxicologic cases assessed by external quality assurance.

Quantitative analysis of toxicology cases requires knowledgeable interpretation. We describe a scoring scheme that integrates analytical and interpretive performance for such cases using a reward/penalty scoring scheme. This scheme has been validated on cases circulated over the previous 5 years to volunteer participants in the UKNEQAS for Drug Assays Scheme.