Poems from the Medical World

‘Man is the Shuttle’.- Man Henry Vaughan.- Drinking Abraham Cowley.- Urban Pollution John Armstrong.- A Cloud of Ghosts Russell Grant.- An Accident Gael Turnbull.- A Great Talker William Lindsay.- Doctors, Clinics and Surgeries.- The Village Doctor Margaret Gillies.- Portrait of a Physician Sir Samuel Garth.- The Doctor Dannie Abse.- Farewell, Gibson Square Elizabeth Bartlett.- Town Clinics Margaret Gillies.- From The Dispensary Sir Samuel Garth.- Extracts from a Police Surgeon’s Notebook William Lindsay.- Mother William Duncan.- Miracle Cure Edward Lowbury.- Immunisation Day Elizabeth Bartlett.- To a Child of Five Years Old Nathaniel Cotton.- A Child’s Pulse Henry Shore.- Sir of the C Stream Valerie Sinason.- A Music Lesson Ann Ward.- Life-Style Jenny Morgan.- But her Eyes spoke another Language William Duncan.- Friend at a Drug Clinic John Gonzalez.- ‘This is a room like all the rest’.- X-Ray Elizabeth Bartlett.- X Ray Dannie Abse.- The Cave Henry Shore.- The Emergency Room S. L. Henderson Smith.- The Suicide Edward Lowbury.- Blood Transfusion S. L. Henderson Smith.- Portrait of William Harvey Lord Russell Brain.- ‘The Questionable Terrain’.- Ghosts of the Living May Ivimy.- Welcome U. A. Fanthorpe.- Nurse May Ivimy.- For Saint Peter U. A. Fanthorpe.- The Library Margaret Gillies.- The Library Henry Shore.- Job Description: Medical Records U. A. Fanthorpe.- Case Notes Kenyon Alexander.- Turning Point Margaret Gillies.- In-patients U. A. Fanthorpe.- The Night Sisters Margaret Gillies.- Night Duty Jill Thomas.- Night Watch Patricia Torrington.- A Beautiful Night Thomas Louell Beddoes.- To Sleep John Keats.- The Visitors Peter Dale.- Just Visiting Peter Dale.- ‘Eyes That Shine’.- Four Things to See Ronald Mann.- Discovering an Island Edward Lowbury.-Eyes Henry Shore.- Vision Edward Lowbury.- The Blind Man Ronald Mann.- Squint Edward Lowbury.- Limpet Ronald Mann.- Bones S. L. Henderson Smith.- Feet are not Funny William Lindsay.- ‘No Notes to Chart our Journey’.- Old Men in a Home May Ivimy.- Geriatric John Gonzalez.- Emergency Gastrectomy Peter Dale.- From Endymion John Keats.- Pathology of Colours Dannie Abse.- Hiroshima Lord Russell Brain.- The Operation S. L. Henderson Smith.- Heart Surgery E. Mitter.- A Phantom Limb Edward Lowbury.- Radium Therapy Peter Dale.- The Stethoscope Dannie Abse.- Not Dead but Sleeping Elizabeth Bartlett.- Woman in the Hospital for Incurables Daphne Gloag.- Sexual Delinquent U. A. Fanthorpe.- Music in a Dark Room Elizabeth Bartlett.- A Mood E. Mitter.- Consultant’s Holiday U. A. Fanthorpe.- Physician, Heal Thyself S. L. Henderson Smith.- Patients U. A. Fanthorpe.- Pantomime Diseases Dannie Abse.- ‘They all, still, smile like that’.- Tied under my Heart Judith Smallshaw.- The Obstetrician Henry Shore.- The Knife Judith Smallshaw.- Birth Judith Smallshaw.- The Mountaineers Christine Bress.- The Smile Was Dannie Abse.- ‘If there are Ghosts to raise’.- Emily Dickinson—in appreciation Roy Batt.- Dream-Pedlary Thomas Lovell Beddoes.- Evocations Kenyon Alexander.- Looking for.Something? Edward Lowbury.- Know Yourself John Arbuthnot.- The Maze Norman Kreitman.- Cavatina Patricia Ball.- The Angel Collector Henry Shore.- Electroencephalogram Geoffrey Holloway.- The Visitors Elizabeth Bartlett.- Therapy Patricia Ball.- Ode on Melancholy John Keats.- Schizophrenia Elizabeth Bartlett.- We are all a little mad John Gonzalez.- ‘No Room for False Emotion Here’.- Don’t Call Edward Lowbury.- Congers Ronald Mann.- The Destroyers Henry Shore.- Poem in the Mirror Norman Kreitman.-Franco Judith Smallshaw.- Emily Drowned William Duncan.- Time to Kill Edward Lowbury.- Old Age of a Clown Edward Lowbury.- On a Death in an Old People’s Home May Ivimy.- The Layer-Out S. L. Henderson Smith.- Post Mortem Lord Russell Brain.- Post-Mortem S. L. Henderson Smith.- On Edmund Burke Oliver Goldsmith.- Epitaph on Colonel Francis Chartres John Arbuthnot.- John Donne speaks from his Grave Lord Russell Brain.- Resurrection Song Thomas Lovell Beddoes.- The World of Light Henry Vaughan.- In Winter, Elms Ronald Mann.- ‘The Healer Walks with Burning Hands’.- Fire-Mass Russell Grant.- Unconscious Woman Jill Thomas.- Elms in Winter Edward Lowbury.- Learning to Breathe Gael Turnbull.- The Homecoming Norman Kreitman.- Faster than Light Edward Lowbury.- Renewal Lord Russell Brain.- A Visit to the Zoo for the First Kidney Transplant Mothers and their Children Daphne Gloag.- Baby Giraffe Patricia Ball.- At Jesty’s Tomb Edward Lowbury.- After the Dark Months Ronald Mann.- The Dyke Jenny Morgan.- A Spastic Child on a Pony Judith Smallshaw.- To Sir Charles Sherrington On his 90th birthday Lord Russell Brain.- Success in Malaria Research Sir Ronald Ross.- To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent John Keats.- Recovery Julie Ball.- Walking by the Sea George Crabbe.- St. Luke’s Little Summer Edward Lowbury.- Deliverance Geoffrey Holloway.- Index of Authors.- The Contributors.