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bound copy which gave him great pleasure. Lately hehad been living in Derbyshire close to his daughter Mrs.Osborne. The picture of him with his great grand-daughter was taken in 1940.

GEORGE WAUGH SCOTTOBE, M D GLASG, D T M & H

Dr. G. W. Scott was taken ill at the cottage of one ofhis country patients on the afternoon of June 6. Hedied a few hours later at his home in Malvern Link

- and now lies buried at Queens-lerry. ue was sixty-one yearsof age.After qualifying at GlasgowUniversity and serving as seniorhouse-surgeon at Greenock In-firmary he became medicalofficer to the Kamuning, Hea-wood, Changhat Salak and otherestates hospitals in Malaya,spendirig his best years there inpractice and in the study oftropical medicine and epide-miology. In 1937 he settled atMalvern and at once acquireda reputation and a deservedpopularity with patients andcolleagues alike. " Under a

light cloak of native shyness,"W. H. McM. writes: "George

Scott was disclosed as a modest and sincere_ man witha lively sense of humour and a perpetual desire to-give of his best. He took an active part in localorganisations. Under his genial leadership, the first-aid post ran easily and efficiently, a reflection ofhis personality. At the time of his death he was chair-man-elect of the Worcester and Bromsgrove divisionof the BMA, and in previous years had served on thecouncil and as representative for Malaya. He was afellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and thefirst president of the Vigornian Clinical Society. Heshowed that it was possible for one busy in generalpractice to keep abreast of the times, and to participateactively in hospital clinical meetings. These he seldommissed ; nor did he fail to promote in them a livelydiscussion and an atmosphere of friendliness. He carriedhis Scottish individuality with him and radiated charm.More than one person has been heard to say that hiscompanionship would go far to mitigate the disadvantageof life in the Far East." ‘

Dr. Scott is survived by his wife and his son GavinSteuart, who continues in the practice at Malvern.

Births, Marriages and DeathsBIRTHS

DE WYTT.—On June 10, in London, to Dr. Kathleen de Wytt (néeVickers), wife of Captain W. H. de Wolfe de Wytt, RAMC—adaughter. ’

LEWIS.—On June 11, in London, the wife of Dr. A. P. R. Lewis-a son.

O’CONNELL.—On June 13, at Croydon, to Dr. Lilian O’Connell (née. Chant), wife of Major Patrick O’Connell, RAMC—a son.

PICKERING.—On June 11, at Gerrards Cross, to Dr. Carola Pickering(née Seward), wife of Prof. G. W. Pickering, FRCP—a daughter.

TUKE.—On June 14, at Bournemouth, the wife of Surgeon Lieuten-ant R. G. Tuke, RNVR—a son.

NORMAN—EVANS.—On June 10, in London, Thomas Norman, MD,Merchant Navy, to Mary Milbrough Evans.

MARRIAGES.

,DEATHSDICK.—On June 13, at Dorking, John Lawson Dick, MD EDIN., FRCS.HAYES.—On June 12, at,Cheltenham, George Constable Hayes,

FRCS, consulting surgeon to the ear, nose and throat departmentof Leeds General Infirmary.

HUSKIE.—On June 7, at Moffat, David Huskie, MB EDIN., FRCPE,aged 80. ,

LAWRENCE.—On June 15, at Chepstow, Henry Gwynne Lawrence,MB LOND., aged 73. ’

LESTER.—On June 2, at Christchurch, New Zealand, George Mac-kenzie Lester Lester. MA OXFD, MRCS, aged 82.

MAY.—On June 12, William Norman May, MD LOND., of Sonning,aged 62.

MORTON—On June 16, at Putney, John Morton, MB GLASG.NELSON.—On June 18, William Bremner Nelson, MRCS, of West

Byflect, Surrey, aged 78.YOUNG.—On June 12, at Tunbridge Wells, Charles Wheeler Forrest

Young, MD LOND., DPH, formerly MOH for Middlesex. ’

On Active Service

CASUALTIESThe following- casualties are announced :

KILLED

Lieutenant SAMUEL MORRIS GREEN, MB LPOOL, RAMO ‘

DIED OF WOUNDS

Captain CIARAN JOSEPH GANNON, MB NUI, RAMC

AWARDS

The following award was included in the Birthday Honlisr;s : AFC

Wing-Commander C. C. BARKER MB EDIN, RAF

The following other awards have also been made :DSO

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Flight-Lieutenant G. D. GRAHAM, MBE, MB CAMB., RAFLieut.-C61onel H. H. KENSHOLE, MRCS, LDS, RAMCLieut.-Colonel P, L. E. WOOD, MBE, MRCS, RAMC

MC

Captain D. H. R. MONTGOMERY, MRCS, RAMCRNVR OFFICERS’ DECORATION

Surgeon Commander G. M. TANNER, MB CAMBSurgeon Lieut.-Commander H. E. HOLLING, MB SHEFF

MENTION IN DISPATCHES

Surgeon Lieutenant I. H. Squadron-Leader D. L. JOHN-MILLER, MB, RNVR. SON, MRCS, RAVFR

Surgeon Lieutenant GEOFFREY Squadron-Leader R. W. LASS,H. MURRAY, MB, RNVR MRCS, RAFVR

Air Vice-Marshal A. E. PANTER, Squadron-Leader J. MeA.BA, MRCS, KHS McARTHUR, MRCS

Air-Commodore KENNETH Squadron-Leader M. L. MALEY,BIGGS, MC, MRCS MB

Group-Captain V. S. EWING, Squadron-Leader ROGER Mop-MB TIMER, "MB

Group-Captain J. M. KIL- Squadron-Leader J. B. MURPHY,PATRICK, MB I MB

Group-Captain W. J. G. Squadron-Leader C. A. C.WALKER, MRCS O’CONNOR, MB, RAFVR ,

Wing-Commander G. P. ARDEN, Squadron-Leader J. A. PAR.FRCS, RAFVR TRIDGE, BM

Wing-CommanderJ.S.CARSLAW, Squadron-Leader E. E. PHILIPP,MB i MRCS

Wing-Commander R. W. B. Squadron-Leader N. P. SHIELDS,ELLIS, FRCP ! MRCS, RAFVR .

Wing-Commander C. R. E. Squadron-Leader J. M. SMILES,FREEZER, MB, RAFVR MB

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Wing-Commander G. B. GRAY- Squadron-Leader b. Stevenson,LING, MRCS, RAFVR MD, BAFVB

Wing-Commander C. W. KIDD, Squadron-Leader R. F. STUBBS,MD MB

Wing-Commander G. B. MAC- Squadron-Leader P. G. TODD,GIBBON, MB MRCP,RAFVR

Wing-Commander J. C. Squadron-Leader J. L. TRAINER,MACGOWN, MD LBCFB, LDS, RAFVR

Wing-Commander J. H. NEAL, Squadron-Leader J.WATSON,MB,MRCS RAFVR

Wing-Commander G. H. Flight-Lieutenant M. W.STUART,MB ARTHURTON, MB

Wing-Commander V. - H. Flight-Lieutenant R. E. BRAN-TOMPKINS, MRCS DON, LRCPE, RAFVR

Squadron-Leader ANNIE D. M. Flight-Lieutenant I. DONALD,ADAMS, BM OXFD MB, RAFVR .

Squadron-Leader J. E. M. Flight-Lieutenant I. D. GEBBIE,BARNES, MRCS, RAFVR MB, RAFVR

Squadron-Leader T.W. BRANCH, Flight-Lieutenant A. G,MRCS HARDY, BM, RAFVR

Squadron-Leader M. R. Flight-Lieutenant J. K. Me-CHASSELS, MB CABE, MB, RAFVR,

Squadron-Leader JACK, COLO- Flight-Lieutenant G. E.VER, MB

’ PHILLIPS, MRCS, RAFVRSquadron-Leader R. CUNNING- Flight-Lieutenant R. K.HAM-JONES, MRCS, RAFVR PHILLIPS, MRCS, RAFVR

Squadron-Leader D. G. EvANs Flight-Lieutenant C. S. N.Squadron-Leader D. C. FAR- SWAN, MB,QUHARSON, MRCS Flying-Officer R. G. MAGNER, MB

MEMOIR

Captain G. E. YARDLEY, who died of wounds in Italy duringMay. was born in Paris in 1909 and came to England when hewas ten to go to Caldicott School at Hitchin. His educationwas continued at Leys School and St. John’s College, Cam-bridge, where he read for the law. But during a year spentat Harvard he was attracted to medicine and when hereturned to this country in 1931 he began work at Guy’s.He took the conjoint qualification and his MB Camb. sixyears later and after holding house-appointments at Guy’s,

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he settled in practice at Windsor just after the outbreak ofwar. Having joined the RAMC at the beginning of 1941 heleft for North Africa early in 19.43. He represented his unit

in the march of victory in Tunis, andlater was posted to Italy. In the assaulton Cassino he was working in an advanceddressing-station on the banks of theRapido when he was wounded in thehead from,a mortar shell. He diedwithout regaining consciousness and isburied, outside Naples. C. B. V. T.writes : " Those of us who knew GeorgeYardley well will like to rememberhim against the background of his homewith his wife and two small sons. Heloved children and was loved by them, forhe gained their confidence by his unruffledtranquility. Quiet but not reserved, gaybut not boisterous, he had great per-Polyfoto

sonal charm. Outside his work he found pleasure in music,reading and writing, and his study of philosophy enhancedhis human approach to medicine." ,

Notes and News

ADJUSTMENT TO A NEW WEAPON

THE stages by which the mind adapts itself to an unknowndifficulty must be well stamped into human protoplasm ,bynow : man has not proved the most adaptable animalwithout finding some short cuts. A pilotless plane, a week ago,had something eerie about it, and the damage it could do wasseen out of perspective, not as mere damage but as somethingtouched with mystery and horror. The Government waswise in quickly giving the country full information about thedevice. To prove that it was not guided by an unseenmalevolent hand, but was merely a missile, like the otherthings flung about in war, was to rob it at once of much of itsdignity. To show that it was of the same destructive orderas a block-buster-certainly no worse-was to bring it fromthe ranks of the unknown to the familiar ; and if familiaritycan hardly be said to father contempt, at least it breedsfortitude. Within a few days, the final stage of psychologicaladjustment was accomplished : the thing has acquired petnames-" buzz bomb," " doodle-bug "-designed to reduceits stature still further and to put it once and for all among theother tools of war.

PAID APPOINTMENTS AT A HOSPITALTHE Peterborough Memorial Hospital, a voluntary hospital

with over 200 beds, has been rearranging and augmenting itsmedical staff during the past two years. The first step wasthe appointment of Dr. G. F. Walker as physician and medicalsuperintendent. Next Mr. K. C. Jaidka, honorary surgeon’since 1928, was appointed full-time salaried surgeon, and Dr.J. H. Gann, honorary ophthalmic surgeon, undertook towork on a sessional fee basis. Dr. D. H. Fulton’s appointmentas pathologist was altered to a full-time salaried one; Mr. NoelJ. Smith was appointed full-time orthopaedic surgeon, andDr. A. H. Brockbank,full-time radiologist. Several membersof the original staff retained their honorary status ; Dr. JoeWalker continues as honorary physician, Dr. E. A. Holmes ashonorary surgeon, Dr. C. C. Forsyth as honorary dentalsurgeon, and Dr. W. Marshall, founder of the fracture clinic,as honorary surgeon and surgeon in charge of Service fractures.The ear, nose and throat department is now in’the hands of.Mr. J. P. Monkhouse (London) and Mr. A. S. H. Walford(Cambridge), and Dr. C. H. Whittle (Cambridge) holds aclinic in dermatology. Dr. R. J. B. Broad and Dr. JoanCooper (London) have become visiting anaesthetists. The

following have been appointed visiting consultant specialists :Dr. Rowland Hill and Mr. W. T. Warwick (London), and Dr.Campbell Canney, Mr. 0. Lloyd and Mr. S. Riddiough(Cambridge). Consulting sessions are arranged by themedical superintendent as required by the medical staff.All the consultant specialists work on a sessional fee basis.Arrangements have been made with the local authoritiesfor the revival of a clinic for psychiatry, and Dr. N. K.Henderson of Rauceby Mental Hospital has resumed hisattendances. ’

Members of the staff are free to undertake private consulta-tions and operations in their departments.

Society of Apothecaries of LondonSir Hugh Lett has been re-elected representative on the

British Postgraduate Medical School, Dr. J. P. Hedley onthe Central Midwives Board, and Mr. L. Vernon Cargill onthe Central Pharmaceutical War Committee.The following have been promoted to the livery of the

society : J. P. Bentley, J. H. Gaddum, E. J. S. Barthorpe,G. F. Buchan and C. Jennings Marshall. The following wereelected to the freedom by redemption :Arthur Levin, William Marriott; J. P. M. Tizard, John

Middleton and A. St. G. McPhillips. W. H. D. Fairbankwas bound apprentice to Sir Stanley Woodwark.

The diploma of master of midwifery has been granted to G. D. N.Milne, and the diploma of the society to the following :

A. W. Banks, R. H. Boardman, A. E. Bernstein, P. L. Brangwin,J. L. Brennan, D. E. M. Brown, P. D. Bryant, P. V. G. Dawson,A. M. Earle, M. A. Hamdy, R. K. Haslam, R. J. H..Hodges, P. W. T.Hollis, F. R. S. Knight, W. H. Lillywhite, T. Y. Martin, P. E. Mars,J. Middleton, J. 0. Stephens, J. K. Sugden, D. A. Tait, K. Talboys,A. G. Wolstenholme and E. G. Wright. ’

University of EdinburghThe honorary degree of doctor of laws is to be conferred

on Sir John Fraser, FRCSE, the principal-elect.

Paddington Medical SocietyThe annual general meeting will be held at St. Mary’s

Hospital, W.2, on Tuesday, June 27, at 9 PM, when Dr. Z.Green will give his presidential address on medicine in thepostwar era.

Polish Medical Association

On Tuesday, June 27, at 5 PM, at BMA House, TavistockSquare, London, W.C.1, Prof. F. A. E. Crew, FES, will addressthe society on new problems of social medicine.

Society of Chemical IndustryAt a meeting of the Nutrition Panel at 2.30 PM in the rooms

of the Chemical Society, Burlington House, London, W., onTuesday, June 27, on the taste and quality of food in relationto nutrition, Prof. Hamilton Hartridge, FRS, will speak onthe physiology of taste and smell and its nutritional signific-ance ; Mr. G. W. Scott Blair, PH D, on the assessment offood quality by handling ; Dr. D. R. Davis on the subjectiveeffect of food in relation to its nutritional value.

Society of MOHsA meeting of the Fever Hospital Medical Service Group

will be held at Tavistock House, London, W.C.1, on Friday,June 30, at 3 PM, when there will be a discussion on penicillin.Sir Alexander Fleming, FRS, will speak on the penicillin-content of blood following administration by various routes,and Dr. A. Dolphin on penicillin in the treatment of septic-semias and meningitis.The meeting of the School Medical Service Group on

July 21, when the President of the Board of Educationwas to speak, has been postponed.

The late Dr. A. D. CowsuR,N, a former coroner for SouthLondon, has left the residue of his estate of £59,000 on trustfor his wife for life and then to King’s College Hospitalmedical school " on account of its.exeellent teaching and highideals."

Major OsKAR TEICHMAN, DSO, Me, MRCS, local Army welfareofficer for the Southern Command, was appointed MBE inthe Birthday Honours list.

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AppointmentsCRioHLOw, T. V., B sc LOND., MRCS, DMBE : radiologist to the British

Legion Village, Preston Hall.Epps, PHYLLIS, MD LOND., MRCp : senior MO at Roffey Park Rehabi-

litation Centre, Horsham.EVANS, R. M., MB CAMB., MRCP: temp. physician to the Bootle

General Hospital, Liverpool.

The fact that goods made of raw materials in short supply owingto war conditions are advertised in this paper should not be taken ;as an indication that they are necessarily available for export. -:--

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