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One of W. S. Craig’s regrets was that it proved impossibleto concentrate the work into one or even two units. Heenjoyed most of all the construction of, and 18 years’work in, the special-care baby ward which opened in theLeeds Maternity Hospital in 1952.

Besides teaching generations of medical students andcaring for children beyond counting, he published duringhis 22 years in Leeds more than seventy papers, of which atthe very least twelve can be considered as outstanding.His second book, Care of the Newly Born Infant, was firstpublished in 1955, and was specifically written for bothnurses and doctors. This invaluable and splendidly illustra-ted book has now gone into its 5th edition, the last one inthe good hands of Dr A. J. Keay and Dr D. M. Morgan.For the early editions, it was characteristic of him to insistthat members of his department who had made relativelyminor contributions should be listed as collaborators on thetitle page, and that profits from the sale of the book shouldgo to these contributors, though he would take none forhimself. His third book was a labour of love, an account ofthe life of John Thomson, one of the first British pædiatri-cians.W. S. Craig was intensely loyal to his junior staff, especi-

ally behind their backs. He was not slow to chastise, butwas generous with praise. He rejoiced in sharp observationand loved to see young doctors learning clinical sense andjudgment. The child and his mother came first, and theconsultation was inviolate; etiquette mattered; administra-tors could wait. As for laboratory tests and powerful drugs,they were exceedingly valuable, but clinical judgmentmattered more.

. What a prodigious capacity for work he had! He did notseem to want to go on holiday, and was not very enthusi-astic when others did. His ward-rounds were hard onlunch-lovers, and stomachs could rumble. He liked to becalled out at night-or pretended he did-and seemed toenjoy the agonising problems of the very ill newborn baby.He enjoyed teaching, and with the students he loved toencourage and probe and castigate and preach the virtuesof the family doctor. He felt personally responsible for thetraining of the house-physician, and checked that thework was done. The Lord protect you (for no-one elsecould) if your notes were not written up by morning. Anodd point to the young was that this man, who could attimes be stern on his home ground, was charming and fullof talk and cheerfulness at gatherings away. In one sentence,I would say that W. S. Craig was not a forgettable man;and that he put children and their mothers above all.

M. F. G. B.

AppointmentsBoswELL, P. A., M.B.Brist , M R.C.PATH : consultant microbiologist,

Basingstoke and North Hants health dtstrtct, Hampshire A.H.A.

(teaching.•CURREY, JACQUELINE, M.B.Lond., M.R.C.P.: consultant physician m rheu-

matology and rehabilitation, Hem and Esstz Hospital and HertfordCounty Hospital.

DATHAN, J. R. E., M.D.Lond., M.R.C.P.: consultant physician, Southamp-ton and South West Hanta health district, Hampshire A.H.A.

(teaching,.DuTHtE, J. S., CH.M.Aberd., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.E.: consultant general

surgeon, Oldham A.H.A., North Western R.H.A.HALLETI, R. J., B.M.Oxon., M.tLC.F, D.C.H. : consultant pædiatrician,

Portsmouth and South East Hanu health district, HampshireA.H.A. teaching).

JONES, D. L., M.B.Manc., P.R.G.S.: consultant urologist, Trafford A.H.A.and Mtnchetter A.K.A. (teaching), North Western R.H A.

MAMLS, FRANCES, M., M.B., B.tC.Lond., D.P.M.: consultant psychiatrist,the London Hospital, City and East London A.H-A- (teaching).

MOSELEY, 1. F., M.B., B.sc..Lond., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.R., D.M.R.D.: consultantradiologist, National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, London.

WALDRAM, R. P. L., M.D.Cantab., M.R.C.P.: consultant physician,Basingitoke and North Hann health district, Hampshire A.H.A-

(teaching).* Amended notice.

Notes and News

SENIOR HOSPITAL MEDICAL AND DENTALOFFICERS

FOLLOWING representations from the professions, the

Department of Health and Social Security and the WelshOffice have agreed that there should be a final centralreview of the personal status of senior hospital medicalofficers and senior hospital dental officers who were noteligible for the 1972/73 review. Those eligible will beS.H.M.o.s and S.H.D.O.S who were under the age of 65and in N.H.S. employment at Jan. 1, 1975, and who werenot eligible for the 1972/73 review which related to

S.H.M.O.S and S.H.D.O.S occupying posts graded as consultantand receiving a special allowance. Those eligible will beinvited to apply for review to the Department of Health orto the Welsh Office. Applications will be considered by acentral review panel, the members of which will be entirelyprofessional. The panel will consist of 2 representativesof the Department of Health, 2 of the Joint ConsultantsCommittee, 1 outside assessor (normally from the appropri-ate Royal College or Faculty), and 1 representative from theappropriate regional health authority or area health authority(teaching), or area health authority in Wales. Any practi-tioner who considers himself eligible for this review, andwho does not shortly receive an application form, shouldapply for one to his employing authority; forms shouldbe returned by Aug. 15. The decisions of the review

panel will be final-there will be no right of appeal, andno further reviews will be arranged in the future.

ANALGESICS IN THE HOME

IN 1972 three adults out of every ten interviewed inthe General Household Survey for that year 1 admittedtaking an analgesic in the seven days before interview.About 80% of this consumption was self-prescribed, andhardly any of the analgesics containing phenacetin wereprescribed by a doctor. The rates per 1000 persons were asfollows:

Of those taking aspirin preparations 34-7% had takentablets at least three times, and 33.3 % took five or moretablets. The survey also revealed that 63% of males and41 % of females over the age of sixteen were smokers.

The 250th anniversary of the founding of the University ofEdinburgh’s Faculty of Medicine is to be commemorated nextyear in the week of June 24-30. Edinburgh graduates who maywish to attend (with or without relatives or friends) can obtainfurther information and preliminary registration forms from theSecretariat, 250th Anniversary Celebrations, University MedicalSchool, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG.

A lecture by Dr P. J. Scheuer on the evolution of hepatitiswill be given at 2 P.M. on Wednesday, July 9, at the RoyalPostgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, LondonW12 OHS.

A Moynihan lecture on oncology and surgery will be given bySir Michael Woodruff, P.R.s., at 3 P.M. on Wednesday, July 9,at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln’s InnFields, London WC2A 3PN.

1. The General Household Survey 1972. H.M. Stationery Office. E5.