| The Croonian lectures of 1917: a McGill pathologist confronts the biologists of England. | |
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PMID: 21079256 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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John George Adami (1862-1926) qualified in medicine at Manchester and in 1892 was appointed professor of pathology at McGill University. At the invitation of the Royal College of Physicians (in London) he delivered the Croonian Lectures in 1917. He chose the title 'Adaptation and disease; the contribution of medical research to the study of evolution'. Adami believed that medical work had brought to light important facts about heredity that had not been communicated adequately to biological scientists. He used the lectures to describe this work, placing particular emphasis on his contention that acquired characters are inherited. At this time the medical audience at Adami's lectures would have been generally sympathetic to the idea that acquired characters can be inherited, though many leading British biologists were not sympathetic. Adami hoped that a concise review of the medical findings would persuade the biologists to his point of view or at least would be the starting point for a serious discussion of his evidence. However, the biologists were not persuaded and, although there were acrimonious personal exchanges, there was no scientific debate. |
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Mike Buttolph |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of medical biography Volume: 18 ISSN: 1758-1087 ISO Abbreviation: J Med Biogr Publication Date: 2010 Nov |
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Created Date: 2010-11-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9308895 Medline TA: J Med Biogr Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 198-204 Citation Subset: IM; Q |
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Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. m.buttolph@ucl.ac.uk |
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