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THE ninetieth annual meeting of the British Medical Association was held in Glasgow on July 25–28, under the presidency of Sir William Macewen, and its proceedings included much of interest to men of science outside the circles of medical specialism. In his address delivered on the evening of July 25 in the Bute Hall of the University, after welcoming the Association to Glasgow and referring to some of the great names associated with the University of Glasgow during the 471 years of its existence, the president put in a strong plea for a broader scientific outlook with less concentration on purely human phenomena. He referred to the want of scientific training and scientific habits of thought in the general community, and pointed out how this had led to the neglect of discoveries of the greatest practical importance. It had now been discovered that such a disease as syphilis was a preventable germ disease, which could be stamped out by means made known to them: “If this generation did not stop the disease it committed a crime against posterity.” The main part of the address dealt with the enthralling subject of brain-surgery, of which the speaker is one of the most distinguished pioneers, and of which he is still an acknowledged master.
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The Glasgow Meeting of the British Medical Association. Nature 110, 293–294 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110293a0
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