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that this spartan way of life prevented the catchingof colds. "

In 1906 Dr. Wheaton was elected to the fellowship ofthe Royal College of Physicians, and from 1926 to 1928 heserved on their council.

THE LATE PROFESSOR JAMIESON

MAY I add - (M. J. S. writes) to the excellent penpicture of Jamieson drawn by two of his former colleaguesin your columns something more about his life and workin Leeds, where for so many years he was an outstandingpersonality within and without the university? WhenI came to Leeds in 1910 Jamieson was still a demon-strator, but that modest title gave no inkling of hisstanding in the school, and that year, on WardropGriffith’s translation to the chair of medicine, he becamethe first full-time professor of anatomy in Leeds.During his 15 years’ apprenticeship as demonstrator he

had worked in close association not only with a physician-anatomist who was himself a brilliant teacher, but alsowith a succession of budding surgeons-Moynihan, J. F.Dobson, and William Gough-all of whom had beenhonorary demonstrators in the department. It is notsurprising, therefore, that Jamieson’s anatomical teachingwas coloured by practical clinical considerations whichadded greatly to its value, particularly in a school whichwas mainly a training-ground for general practitionersand surgeons. As a teacher he was supreme. His lectureswere attractive, lucid, and stimulating, but he was athis best in the dissecting-room, where, even after hebecame professor, he spent much of his time. Anatomyseems to attract or to breed good draughtsmen and goodteachers, and his blackboard sketches were masterpiecesof accuracy and clarity.Jamieson had a long and varied experience as an

administrator. His own department was exceedinglywell managed and that without extravagance. In theearlier years of his professoriate he was also warden ofLyddon Hall, a hostel for men students. But it wasduring the 1914-18 war that he had his first realopportunity to show his capabilities. Professor de BurghBirch, the dean of the medical faculty, was mobilisedas a colonel of Territorials on the outbreak of war.Jamieson stepped into the breach, and for the nextthree years deputised for him. In March, 1915, he washimself commissioned as major and appointed registrarof the East Leeds War Hospital, a big organisationwhich began in part of the Township Infirmary in BeckettStreet, and later extended to other institutions insideand outside the city. Later he was promoted lieut.-colonel and became administrator of the’ hospital.Meanwhile he continued to give part of his time toundergraduate teaching. These strenuous days broughthim into closer contact with clinical colleagues andmen in other walks of life than ever before. He took aparticular interest in the welfare of the non-commissionedofficers and men under his command-many of thesewar-time associates who turned to him for help in thepost-war period are grateful for what he did for them.One of Jamieson’s greatest pleasures was to take thechair at the annual reunion dinners of the hospital andto stand the first round of drinks. He rarely missed ameeting until he left Leeds in 1936.

In 1918, while still very fully occupied with his militaryduties, he was elected dean of the faculty of medicineand chairman of its board, complementary offices whichhe filled with distinction for 18 years of notable expansion.The school of dentistry (opened 1928), the extensions tothe department of physiology (opened 1930), and theAlgernon Firth Institute of Pathology (opened 1933) allowed much to his energy and drive. From 1923 to 1925he was also pro-vice-chancellor of the university, and asthis period coincided with a long interregnum in thevice-chancellorship Jamieson filled this office for thewhole of the 1923-24 session.He received degrees from both the institutions which

he had served so well, the honorary ijL.D. from Leedsin 1937, and later the M.A. and CH.M., jure officii, fromTrinity College, Dublin. His portrait by Mr. Leo Whelanof Dublin, painted in 1937, is now in the medical schoollibrary at Leeds.Jamieson had his own, sometimes unorthodox, methods

or working. He was much given to writing memoranda

on problems of the hour. These were never typed,except when duplication was’ essential, but were writtenin his own clear firm hand. Many of his colleagues havehad reason to be grateful for these admirable documents,setting forth in lucid sentences the opinions of a manof vision and sound common sense. He never had aprivate secretary. The secretary of the school, or dean’sclerk, as he was then called, had his own particularduties assigned to him-with a typewriter but no

stenographer. Most of Jamieson’s memoranda werewritten, not in the dean’s office, which was much toopublic a place, but either in his own little sanctum withits private stair in the anatomy department or at homeduring the midnight hours.

In private life, despite certain appearances to thecontrary, Jamieson was a sociable and friendly man.Like most people he had his antipathies, but funda-mentally he was fair and tolerant, if given at times tothe free and forcible expression of critical opinions.No teacher ever held a more assured place in the affectionof his students, and his colleagues mourn the passing ofa great teacher, a capable administrator and a, loyal,warm-hearted, and courageous friend.

A memorial service for the late Mr. J. E. H; Roberts,consulting surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, willbe held in the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less,West Smithfield, E.C.1, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 1 P.M.

AppointmentsBENTH.A.1B!, FLORENCE, èl.1.B. Durh., D.P.H. : M.o.H., Kettering.ELEKTOROWICz, ADAM, M.D. Lwow : radiologist, Bridge of Earn

Hospital, Perthshire.

Middlesex Hospital, London:KAVAA&R, STEPHEN, L.R.o.P.l., D.L.o.: acting otologioal registrar.WoNR.o, R. S., M.B. Camb., F.R.C.S.: first assistant, professorial 1

surgical unit.

Colonial Service:

FOSTER, W. S., M.R.c.s. : i.o. (health), Jamaica.KAPADIA, K. K., M.B. : M.o., Seychelles.SMITH, R. B. S., ’1Bf.B. Durh., D.T.M., D.T.H. : asst. director of

medical services, Northern Rhodesia.STOBBS, J. E., hi.B. Durh. : M.o., Nigeria.URICH, L. G. W., M.R.C.S., D.T.M. &;B:., D.P.]Er. : deputy director

of sanitary service, Trinidad.ZAHRA, A., M.D., B.SC.: ;B1.0., Nigeria.

Births, Marriages, and DeathsBIRTHS

ADKINS.—On Sept. 6, the wife of Mr. E. W. 0. Adkins, F.R.c.s.-a daughter.

HARDWiCK.—On Sept. 3, in London, the wife of Dr. S. W. Hardwick-a daughter.

HENEGAN.-On Sept. 5, the wife of Dr. Donald Henegan-a son.KELLY.-On Aug. -30, at Boscombe, the wife of Dr. Reginald

Kelly-a son.LEEsoN.-On Sept. 12, to Dr. Jean Leeson (née Mackay), wife of Dr.

C. A. Leeson-a daughter.MCCALL.-On Sept. 9, at Tunbridge Wells, the wife of Dr. Michael

McCall-a daughter. ,

PmAHSE.—On Sept. 4, in London, the wife of Dr. A. E. Pearse-a son.

PuNT.—On Sept. 14, in London, the wife of Dr. Norman A. Punt,F.R.C.S.E., D.L.o.-a son.

Ross.-On Sept. 5, in Edinburgh, the wife of Mr. James A. Ross,M.B.E., F.R.C.s.E.-a daughter.

TAYLOR.-On Sept. 6, in London, the wife of Dr. G. R. Taylor-a daughter.

WHITE.-On Sept. 7, the wife of Dr. A. A. White-a son.WBL80N.—On Sept. 5, at Ludham, Norfolk; the wife of Dr. Peter

Wilson-a daughter.MARRIAGES ’

BROWN-HARDY.-On Aug. 27, at Great Sampford, Essex, WilfredStuart Brown, M.R.C.S., to Betty Stella Hardy.

LIVINGSTON-McDONAGH.-On Sept. 9, in Jamaica, Sir NoelBrooks Livingston, to Josephine Olga McDonagh, M.R.C.s.

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MATB.EW80N—TiERNEY.—On Sept. 4, in London, John GrayMathewson, M.B., to Jane Tierney.

DEATHSBANKs.-On Sept. 9, at Hadlow Down, Sussex, Alfred Banks,

F.R.C.S., D.P.H., aged 86. ’

KEMPSTER.-On Sept. 7, in London, Christopher Richard Kempster,M.R.O.S.

PULLING.-On Sept. 9, at Brighton, Herbert John Pulling, M.R.c.s.,aged 88.

SONI.-On Sept. 7, in Manchester, Mul Raj Soni, B.A. Punjab.M.B. Edin., D.P.H.

WiitLis.—On Sept. 12, at Cheadle, Cheshire, Eugenie Leeson Willis,M.A., M.B. Camb., F.R.C.S.