In the early part of 1937, during the course of excavations for a sewage extension tunnel at Queen's Park, on the south side of Glasgow, some pieces of bone were obtained by the workmen from a bed of gravel at a depth of 70 feet from the surface. Through the kindness of Mr T. Somers, Master of Works and City Engineer to the Corporation of Glasgow, these remains were loaned to the Geological Survey and, again with his sanction, submitted for examination to Professor James Ritchie of Edinburgh University, one of the collaborators in this note. Professor Ritchie reported that the fragments of bone fitted together to form the greater part of the right radius and ulna of a reindeer. At a later stage of the excavations a portion of an antler was disinterred from the same bed. It seems desirable to record these occurrences in some detail, and for convenience this communication has been divided into two parts. In the first of these the geological position and age of the fossiliferous deposit are briefly discussed, while the second part is devoted to a description of the remains themselves and to a comparison with similar remains elsewhere.
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Building work undertaken at Dunfermline abbey in 1818 unearthed a burial vault which included a skeleton. The skull has been widely examined and has been believed to be that of King Robert I (Bruce). The present article re-examines the archaeological evidence and brings to bear the medieval historical sources on the discovery. The ailments of the king and of the body discovered in Dunfermline are discussed, as is the separate heart burial which may have been carried out upon this individual interred. A summary follows, setting the evidence for the location of the tomb uncovered in 1818 against the available historical and architectural evidence for royal burial at Dunfermline in the medieval era. The sex, age, physique, disease, heart burial, tomb location and manner of death of the body discovered are analysed to draw conclusions about the identity of the incumbent of the Dunfermline tomb.
Stanford supported this suggestion, quoting from his own experience as a medical officer at a large factory. He sketched a plan for massradiography of workers in order to diagnose the early stages of tuberculosis, a disease which is on the increase. Dr. D. McClean, of the Lister Institute, stressed in this connexion that all milk sold to the public should be safe (that is, not infected) milk. The Oxford vaporizer, a simple apparatus for administering anmsthetics under battle conditions, was described by Dr. K. Mendelssohn, of the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford. This vaporizer is now being mass-produced at a cost four times lower than that if bench-produced. He stressed the need for closer contact between medical men and •men of science, between clinical and laboratory workers.. Dr. S. E. Hollingworth, of the Geological Survey, Illustrated how geologists are often not called in when sites for factories, camps and air-raid shelters are decided upon. This has led to considerable waste when the site is badly chosen in relation to drainage and water-supply. • Dr. N. F. M. Henry, of the Department of Mineralogy, Cambridge, asked for a larger place in the war effort for geologists, stating that the British Army has only two geologists. He also discussP.d the Malayan situation and the consequent need for using the other mineral resources of the Allied countries. There were many other speakers in the discussions, and they represented between them a considerable cross-section of industry. Mr. F. M. H. Markham, of the Central Register, answered some of their points regarding the utilization of personnel. Although he mentioned some cases where action is being taken or being considered, the Conference seemed quite definitely to show the need on the part of official committees for consulting the junior scientific worker. The Conference was summed up most ably uy Prof. J.D. Bernal. Starting on a note of urgency, he appealed for an absence of complacency on the part of men of science with regard to what Great Britain is doing. The suggestions which were put forward at the Conference would be taken up with the Ministries of Supply and Labour, but this would not be done without opposition. This opposition would come from industry and from the Government. The first is due to the prevalence of prewar competitive ideas, while the second is purely conservative opposition to new ideas. However, the scientific way of doing things is forcing its way against that opposition, although the attitude in many of the departments is equivalent to sabotage. Dealing with the proper utilization of our manpower , he emphasized that the only consideration in the selection and posting of personnel should be ability. We should be blinding ourselves to facts if we thought this was so at present. He referred to the contributionS in the Conference which had shown a widespread feeling that these scientific workers are not fully occupied, not doing the work they can most usefully do. The mechanism that exists at present is certainly not adequate if this situa...
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