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Contents
- 1 Why I became an occupational physician …Bill Gunnyeon
- 2 Those extra momentsJean Spencer Felton
- 3 One hundred years of the health and safety laboratory 1Anon
- 4 Fifty years ago: ‘Raynaud’s phenomenon in a pneumatic tool worker’A.C. Mackay
- 5 Thoughts on lawnmower bladesAnthony Seaton
- 6 Why I became an occupational physician …C.A. Veys
- 7 Thackrah’s graveGraham Hardy
- 8 The celebration of Saint MondayMike Gibson
- 9 SócratesJohn Hobson
- 10 Why I became an occupational physician …Stewart Lloyd
- 11 ‘Working Lives’ by John DarwellAnon
- 12 Fifty years ago: ‘Harmful noise’J.J.A. Blakely
- 13 Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician’s odyssey 1—SolventsJ.A. Hunter
- 14 Why I became an occupational physician …Katherine M. Venables
- 15 Fifty years ago: ‘A Mobile Consulting Room’G.O. Hughes
- 16 Excellent credit ratingJohn Challenor
- 17 Two words and a manAnthony Seaton
- 18 Why I became an occupational physician …John Sorrell
- 19 The Hawthorne effectAnon
- 20 Fifty years ago: ‘Free enterprise and public service’Anon
- 21 Born to Run?John Hobson
- 22 Why I became an occupational physician …Peter Verow
- 23 Fifty years ago: ‘The Diseases of Occupations by Donald Hunter’L.G. Norman
- 24 Health and safety legislationMike Gibson
- 25 How one pre-employment decision nearly changed the world orderNerys Williams
- 26 Why I became an occupational physician …Susan A. Robson
- 27 DDA 1995, 2005 or 605?Hanaa Sayed
- 28 Fifty years ago: ’The work of the Research Advisory Committee’D. Malcolm
- 29 I want never getsAnthony Seaton
- 30 Why I became an occupational physician …David Wright
- 31 Why I became a second hand bookseller: part 1Andy Slovak
- 32 Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician’s odyssey 2—New jobJ.A. Hunter
- 33 The oldest sick noteJohn Hobson
- 34 Why I became an occupational physician …Joseph L. Kearns
- 35 Why I became a second hand bookseller: part 2Andy Slovak
- 36 Fifty years ago: ‘The first group occupational health service in Scotland’W.M. Dixon
- 37 I learned (a bit) about aviation medicine from thatMike Gibson
- 38 Why I became an occupational physician …Raymond Agius
- 39 Occupational health in IndiaNaomi Brecker
- 40 A bit like turtlesJohn Challenor
- 41 On tenterhooksAnthony Seaton
- 42 Why I became an occupational physician …D. Coggon
- 43 Coming to the end of the road in occupational health—lessons from cancer careNaomi Brecker and Barbara Wren
- 44 Fifty years ago: ‘The medical officer of health and the small workplace’A.W.W. Robinson
- 45 The human spirit levelJohn Hobson
- 46 Why I became an occupational physician …R. Ian McCallum
- 47 A close friendDavid Walker
- 48 Occupational hazard of rubber tappingJ.T. Mets
- 49 Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician’s odyssey 3—The Birdman of LinbridgeJ.A. Hunter
- 50 Hunting canariesMike Gibson
- 51 Why I became an occupational physician …William Dixon
- 52 Why I now watch my step as an occupational physician …James Preston
- 53 Fifty years ago: ‘Occupational health: An employer’s view’R. Viner
- 54 Clinical researchAnthony Seaton
- 55 Why I became an occupational physician …David Snashall
- 56 The RMS TitanicKen Addley and Paul McKeagney
- 57 Fifty years ago: ‘Assessment of the ability to work of the “Unfit” ‘Kenneth Lee
- 58 In search of the black stuffKirstie Gibson
- 59 Back to schoolJohn Hobson
- 60 Billy LiddellAnthony Seaton
- 61 Why I became an occupational physician …Ann Fingret
- 62 Fifty years ago: ‘General practice and industrial medicine in the United States’B.H. Pentney
- 63 Every cloud has a silver lining … even a failed private practiceNerys Williams
- 64 Why I became an occupational physician …Ralph Ashton
- 65 A memorable patientMike Gibson
- 66 The strange case of Irving SelikoffAnthony Seaton
- 67 Why I became an occupational physician …Morris Cooke
- 68 Why I am doing the GCC againVanessa Hebditch
- 69 Fifty years ago: ‘The appointed factory doctor’Anon
- 70 MesotheliomaJohn Hobson
- 71 Why I became an occupational physician …Ian S. Symington
- 72 Sydney 2000Mike McKiernan
- 73 Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician’s odyssey 4—VanadiumJ.A. Hunter
- 74 Directly readJohn Challenor
- 75 Why I became an occupational physician …Peter Harries
- 76 A leaky vesselRichard Colman
- 77 Fifty years ago: ‘Parameters of occupational health in America’H. Beric Wright
- 78 More genetics for medical students?Anthony Seaton
- 79 Why I became an occupational physician …Monty Brill
- 80 Charmed to be sureArthur Eakins
- 81 A practical demonstration of Boyle’s LawMike Gibson
- 82 Lest we forgetJohn Hobson
- 83 Why I became an occupational physician …Andy Slovak
- 84 Are you ready for the EU Sharps Directive 2010/32/EU?Sabine Wicker and Paul Grime
- 85 Fifty years ago: ‘A poisons information service’Roy Goulding
- 86 Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician’s odyssey 5—DriversJ.A. Hunter
- 87 Why I became an occupational physician …Hans Engel
- 88 The ex-service men’s maternity wardJohn D. Meyer
- 89 Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistressNerys Williams
- 90 Those two impostorsAnthony Seaton
- 91 Why I became an occupational physician …Athol Hepburn
- 92 An elusive occupational toxinHans Engel
- 93 Fifty years ago: ‘The Proposed New Constitution’Anon
- 94 ArmadilloJohn Hobson
- 95 Why I became an occupational physician …Tim Carter
- 96 Learning from the Vikings: Hávamál and occupational rehabilitationDesmond O’Neill
- 97 Early thoughts on gMike Gibson
- 98 Employers—aren’t they all the same?John Challenor
- 99 Why I became an occupational physician …Roy Archibald
- 100 The rewards of rural training in the Scottish HighlandsSyed Nasir
- 101 Fifty years ago: ‘Genesis of a new society’Anon
- 102 The mill reek in 1754Anthony Seaton
- 103 Why I didn’t become an occupational physician …Alan Bailey
- 104 Time to ditch occupational healthGordon Shepherd
- 105 Fifty years ago: ‘A new portable hand operated external cardiac compressor’B.S. Baker
- 106 Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician’s odyssey 6—Sniffing aboutJ.A. Hunter
- 107 One hundred years of the health and safety laboratory 2Anon
- 108 All tied upJohn Hobson
- 109 Why I became an occupational physician …Simon E. Asogwa
- 110 Fashion victimsPaul Grime
- 111 One hundred years of the health and safety laboratory 3Anon
- 112 Fifty years ago: ‘Malaises and Discontents’Anon
- 113 Why I became an occupational physician …Clodagh Cashman
- 114 The Ontario Workplace Health Champions programmeD. Linn Holness and Gary Liss
- 115 Going through the motionsMike Gibson
- 116 How to learn scienceAnthony Seaton
- 117 Why I became an occupational physician …Timothy P. Finnegan
- 118 Hammerfest: Occupational medicine at 70° northEmma Hirons
- 119 Fifty years ago: ‘Height, Weight and Obesity in an Industrial Population’R.W. Howell
- 120 The raincoat signJohn Hobson
- 121 Why I became an occupational physician …W. Glass
- 122 The art of observationKaren Coomer
- 123 Worst job ads from history—situation vacant plague doctorKirstie Gibson
- 124 The adjudicatorDavid Walker
- 125 StonesAnthony Seaton
- 126 Why I became a part time occupational physician …Peter Verow
- 127 A multidisciplinary clinic for occupational diseaseDorothy Linn Holness
- 128 Fifty years ago: ‘The teaching of occupational medicine to undergraduate medical students’Anon
- 129 Why I became an occupational physician …William R. Jenkinson
- 130 Jaw ache—an occupational hazard?John Storrs
- 131 What clinicians should look for in health and lifestyle appsNerys Williams
- 132 MellifluousJohn Hobson
- 133 Why I became an occupational physician …Ira Madan
- 134 One hundred years of the health and safety laboratory 4Anon
- 135 Slum clinicsDianne Baxendine
- 136 Fifty years ago: ‘Laser hazards’John Rich
- 137 A sovereign remedy to all diseasesAnthony Seaton
- 138 Why I became an occupational physician …Henry N. Goodall
- 139 Fashion victims campaign: responses from clothing retailersPaul Grime
- 140 What’s in a name?Mike Gibson
- 141 Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician’s odyssey 7—AromatherapyJ.A. Hunter
- 142 Why I became a respiratory physician with an occupational interestDavid Fishwick
- 143 An unusual occupation with novel hazardsPaul Williams
- 144 Fifty years ago: ‘Emery Pneumoconiosis’A.O. Bech, M.D. Kipling, and W.E. Zundel
- 145 PilesJohn Hobson
- 146 Why I became an occupational physician …Giuliano Franco
- 147 Philosophical Transactions: 350 years of publishing at the Royal SocietyEva Baranyiová
- 148 Occupational historiesMike Gibson
- 149 Risk assessments: Good and badAnthony Seaton
- 150 Why I became an occupational physician …John Aldridge
- 151 PTSD induced by the trauma of subordinates: The Robert Gates syndromeEric Altschuler
- 152 Fifty years ago: ‘Problems of a group occupational health service in Lancashire’F.H. Tyrer
- 153 Working in the shadow of a thin blue broken lineJohn Challenor
- 154 Why I became an occupational physician …Jerry Beach
- 155 New Stress Check Programme in Japan’s workplaceTomoyuki Kawada
- 156 Jelly beans and jumbo jetsAnthony Seaton
- 157 Society of Occupational Medicine Golden Jubilee Travelling Fellowship 2017Nerys Williams
- 158 Shaking all overJohn Hobson
- 159 Why I became an occupational physician …Robert Willcox
- 160 Preparing for retirementStephen Deacon
- 161 Fifty years ago: ‘The scope of occupational medicine in a university health service’Anthony Ryle
- 162 A blue patient and exploding factoriesAnthony Seaton
- 163 Why I became an occupational physician …Malcolm Gatley
- 164 Golden Jubilee Travel Fellowship 2016Folashade Adenekan
- 165 Which way is up?Mike Gibson
- 166 Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician’s odyssey 8—The HAVS and the Have NotsJ.A. Hunter
- 167 Don Valley festival championsDavid Walker
- 168 Why I became an occupational physician …Ian Reid-Entwistle
- 169 Pegasus at WanlockheadTimothy Finnegan
- 170 One hundred years of the health and safety laboratory 5Anon
- 171 Fifty years ago: ‘Searching for occupational cancer risks’Joan M. Davies
- 172 Ready, Fire, Aim!John Hobson
- 173 Why I became an occupational physician …Chris Sharp
- 174 Demoralization and stress— we can all help (?)Frank Klont
- 175 Keeping hat making alive in LutonKirstie Gibson
- 176 The silent killerAnthony Seaton
- 177 Why I might become an occupational physicianJoshua Devonport
- 178 Occupational eye hazard of renaissance sculptor Benvenuto Cellini and the recurrent theme of Pigeon’s bloodTimo Hannu
- 179 Fifty years ago: ‘Pulmonary function tests in asbestos workers’G.L. Leathart
- 180 It’s not all hot airMike Gibson
- 181 Why I became an occupational physician …Douglas Scarisbrick
- 182 Visit the workplace? What’s wrong with it?Arun Chind
- 183 Why doctors need to be careful with social mediaNerys Williams
- 184 One hundred years of the health and safety laboratory 6Anon
- 185 I never knewJohn Hobson
- 186 Why I became an occupational physician …Arun Peter Chind
- 187 The early working life of one occupational physician in the 1970sEric Teasdale
- 188 Fifty years ago: ‘The shopworker’Elizabeth Mitchell
- 189 Neurological memoriesAnthony Seaton
- 190 Consequences of OH alert syndromeKaren Coomer
- 191 Fifty years ago: ‘Sickness absence resistance’P.J. Taylor
- 192 More hot airMike Gibson
- 193 Internet addiction—caught in the webNerys Williams
- 194 Hazard, risk and a bulletJohn Challenor
- 195 Anti-smoking legislationMike Gibson
- 196 Fifty years ago: ‘Productivity, morale and occupational medicine’John Garnett
- 197 Corbett McDonaldJohn Hobson
- 198 Shale is here againAnthony Seaton
