It was a long time before he could steady his nerves to answer my questions, and then he answered perplexingly and brokenly.

Scientists have grown miniature human brains in test tubes, creating a tool that will allow them to watch how the organs develop in the womb and, they hope, increase their understanding of neurological and mental problems. ¶ Just a few millimetres across, the cerebral organoids are built up of layers of brain cells with defined regions that resemble those seen in immature, embryonic brains.

The episode began by a telephone ring in the morning and the voice of Algernon Mailey at the far end of the wire.

It is also in part the nosocomial treatment schedules that have drawn our attention to this important field. I suggest that with shock lung we are dealing with a problem of multiple organ failure, not just the lung.