

His research concerns the clinical measurement of neuromuscular transmission (train-of-four) and the study of muscle relaxants. Hassan H.Ali, MB, BCh, Professor of Anaesthesia, a native of Egypt, is a graduate of Cairo University and had his anesthesia education at that institution and the University of Liverpool in England. The physicians and scientists noted below represent areas of the Department's activities for which they had major responsibilities together, they constitute the MGH Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (DACC) History Committee. Henry K Beecher was the Chief and all are still contributing to the present efforts of the Department, most often on a part-time basis two have retired. When I returned to MGH in the fall of 1999, I mentioned the MGH/HMS project to our Chief, Warren Zapol, MD, who most enthusiastically commented, "Go for it!" Together we identified members ofthe senior faculty who had been here on average thirty years or more. But my plans were delayed for over five years as I accepted the appointment as Faculty Dean for Clinical Affairs at HMS. Then to begin a similar piece for MGH/Harvard Medical School (HMS) Anesthesia. My immediate post-retirement plans were to complete a chapter for a text on the history of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, and The B-side of the single is "Good Captain Clack", which is from the album Procol Harum.The desire to compile a book describing the history ofthe Department of Anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital dates back to 1994, the year ofmy sixty-fifth birthday as well as my decision to step down from a twenty-five-year tenure as Anesthetist-in-Chief of the MGH Department. The title refers to the famous Homburg hat, manufactured in Bad Homburg in Germany.

Cash Box said that it is "a solid, slow-paced ballad with the same haunting quality in the melody and lyrics which made 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' such a big hit." The theme is not as clearly Bach-like as in "A Whiter Shade of Pale" nevertheless, the single was, on its release, criticised for being too similar to its predecessor. The music also features Matthew Fisher's rich and deep Hammond organ, but the piano and guitar have bigger places in the overall sound. Reid's "Homburg" lyrics contains the same surreal, dream-like imagery and feelings of resignation and futility as in the debut single. An Italian cover ("L'ora dell'amore" by I Camaleonti) reached number one in the Italian Hit Parade Singles Chart on December 16, 1967, and remained there for 10 weeks. It went to number one in several countries, including Australia, South Africa, and the Netherlands.

Written by pianist Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid, "Homburg" reached number 6 on the UK Singles Chart, number 15 in Canada, and number 34 in the United States.

" Homburg" is a song by the English rock band Procol Harum, released as the follow-up single to their initial 1967 hit " A Whiter Shade of Pale".
