St. Mark's between 1935 and the present. Personalities and progress 1935-1985. Minor anal conditions. Fistula-in-ano. Investigation of the pelvic floor. Pathology of large bowel neoplasia. Local excision for adenocarcinoma of the rectum. Carcinoma of the colon. The surgical treatment of rectal cancer at St. Mark's 1935-1985. The St. Mark's Hospital polyposis registry. Pathology of inflammatory bowel disease at St. Mark' 1956-1986. Inflammatory bowel disease: story of achievement and challenge. Sphincter-saving surgery for non-malignant disease. Flexible endoscopy at St. Mark's. Developments in anaesthesia for colo-rectal surgery over the last fifty years. - St. Mark's Hospital, founded 1835, is the only hospital in the world to specialise entirely in intestinal and colorectal medicine and is a national and international referral centre for intestinal and colorectal disorders. It is the only hospital in the UK, and one of only 14 worldwide, to be recognised as a centre of excellence by the World Organisation of Digestive Endoscopy, and is a major centre for teaching and research (cf. Britain's best hospitals: a patients' guide). - Besitzverm.aV; gutes, sauberes Exemplar