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DR. W. O. KERMACK, for many years in charge of the Chemical Laboratories of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, has been appointed to the recently established chair of biological chemistry in the University of Aberdeen. This appointment will be received with a great deal of interest by all in the biochemical field, and with an element of surprise perhaps by some, for the appointment is probably unique in scientific circles in that Dr. Kermack is blind. To proceed to such an appointment in a laboratory subject has something in it of an act of faith, based not alone on the high scientific attainments but also on the rich mental endowments and sterling qualities of the new professor.
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Biological Chemistry at Aberdeen : Dr. W. O. Kermack F.R.S. Nature 162, 604–605 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162604b0
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