Formulary Notes and Ceylon Medical Journal

This is about Medical Faculty of Peradeniya.

We did not have a journal then all our publications were condensed in Formulary Notes.
Professor Senaka Bible initiated these little publications similar to Bhody Leaves of BPS.

Rest of the publications had to be presented to CMJ.

There was a book on liver of pathology published by a lady in UK who was an examiner.

To me, most  mentioned in the book were artifactorial.

One day, I asked my Professor of Pathology, it is time we should dispute them.

He said this is what you should do.

Professor of Paediatrics was very helpful and we decided to write 10 articles (not research) based on liver pathology in children.

Infectious hepatitis was common then.

The so called textbook was removed within 3 months of our publications in CMJ.

I decided to pen this since doctoring publications was an age old tradition.

There is a YouTube presentation highlighting these episodes.

The Coranavirus Saga is the latest manifestation.