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victor of many a witty battle to establish the facilities for, andthe status of, radiotherapy in this place. He has left no ani-mosity, but only admiration amongst those who eventuallyacknowledged the justice of his claims. The Portsmouth

radiotherapy department is a memorial to his genius."

B. W. writes:" In Ralph Gunderson, Portsmouth has lost an outstanding

citizen. His was the foresight and enthusiasm which startedthe Lord Mayor’s appeal which led to the raising of E35.000 in1958 to buy a cobalt bomb. The sum was over twice the target,and it thus became possible to buy two, not one, cobalt unitsas first envisaged. The department that came into being tohouse these units was built under his own close supervisionand guidance, and is a model of its kind. The pride that thestaff take in their work, and their efficiency, are well known. Thetypewritten records, so carefully compiled and maintained, arethe envy of other departments. His personality was forthrightand direct-so much so that a false impression was sometimesmade on people who did not have the good fortune to knowhim well. He was in truth a man of great integrity and learning,and his judgment was always tempered by warm humanity andcommonsense. We mourn a fine doctor and a staunch friend."

Mr. Gunderson leaves a widow.

HARRY GUY NUGENT COOPER

B.A., B.M. Oxon., F.R.C.S.

Mr. Guy Cooper, surgeon to the Guildford and King-ston hospital groups, died on Feb. 15 at the age of 55.He was the son of the late Dr. Harry Cooper of Surbiton.

Before the war he was well known as a lawn-tennis player atWimbledon, and he captained the Oxford University team in1929. From Oxford he went to Guy’s Hospital and, afterqualifying in 1932, he held a resident surgical appointment atAncoats Hospital, Manchester, and a registrarship in the

genitourinary department at Guy’s. He took the F.R.c.s. in1937 and soon afterwards was appointed to the staffs of theRoyal Surrey County Hospital and St. Luke’s Hospital, Guild-ford. During the late war he served as a surgical specialist inthe R.A.M.C. with the rank of lieut.-colonel.

W. G. G. writes:

"Guy Cooper was a general surgeon in the finest sense of theword. A wonderful surgical opinion, a fine operator, his ser-vices were sought far beyond the confines of Guildford. His

astonishing capacity for work and his physical strength enabledhim to do far more than an ordinary man’s share of work.He was kindness personified; he achieved the humility born ofexperience, and his patients and staff worshipped him. He wascourteous and unruffled in any emergency and hated anythingsuggestive of humbug, flashiness, or superspecialisation. Thelegion of friends and colleagues who sought his advice, pro-fessional and otherwise, was a testimony to his ability andhumanity. He had another side to his character, which wasprobably little known outside Guildford. This was his flair formaking apt speeches at local hospital and medical occasions.Few who heard him give his last valedictory address to a retiringmember of the staff will forget the perfectly chosen words andphraseology of this address."Mr. Cooper leaves a widow and a daughter.

Dr. H. N. FLETCHER

F. G. R. writes:" Long ago, Hugh Fletcher and I were on the house together

at St. Mary’s Hospital, Manchester. His fame as an outstandingathlete and Scottish rugger international had preceded himfrom Edinburgh. We found him the most unassuming andmodest of men, with a quiet charm which captivated people.Blessed with a magnificent physique, his triumphs in the ’W-ocldof sport came naturally, and left him quite unspoilt. Lastweek G. W. B. rightly stressed Fletcher’s courtesy, kindness,and transparent honesty. In sum, the hallmark of a greatgentleman."

Diary of the Week

FEB. 25 TO MARCH 3

Sunday, 25thINSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY, 330, Gray’s Inn Road, W.C.1

10.15 A.M. Mr. William McKenzie: Common Ear, Nose, and ThroatConditions.

Monday, 26thPOSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON, Ducane Road, W.12

4 P.M. Prof. A. C. Dornhorst: Nervous Control of the Circulation.ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole Street, W.1

5.30 P.M. Odontology. Short papers.MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

9 P.M. (Medical School, University of Manchester.) General Practice.Dr. Geoffrey Wade: Anticoagulants.

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Tuesday, 27thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.25 P.M. Mr. D. B. Moffat: Embryology of the Arteries of the Brain. (Arris

and Gale lecture.)UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

5 P.M. (University College, Gower Street, W.C.I.) Prof. P. Desnuelle(University of Aix-Marseilles): Pancreatic Lipase. (First of twolectures.)

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE8 P.M. Medicine. Short papers.

INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, Lisle Street, W.C.25.30 P.M. Dr. I. A. Magnus: Photosensitivity.

ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, W.25 P.M. (Wright-Fleming Institute.) Prof. H. L. Sheehan: Postpartum

Hypopituitarism.ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE, Millbank, S.W.1

5 P.M. Prof. John Bruce: Surgery of the Small Intestine.MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

4.30 P.M. (Medical School, University of Manchester.) Dr. H. T. Howat:Chance and Luck in Medical Investigation.

Wednesday, 28thPOSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON

2 P.M. Dr. R. H. Gorrill: Current Problems in Clinical and ExperimentalPyelonephritis.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE10.30 A.M. Endocrinology. (Joint meeting with the Society for Endocrin-

ology and the Society for the Study of Fertility.) Dr. G. A. Over-beek (Netherlands), Dr. H. F. Scholer (Netherlands), Dr. F.Hartley, Dr. V. A. Drill (Chicago), Dr. G. K. Suchowsky (Germany),Dr. P. Dziuk, Dr. L. P. Bengtsson (Sweden), Dr. G. I. M. Swyer,Dr. G. R. Venning, Dr. C. Lauritzen (Germany), Dr. G. Hecht-Lucari (Italy), Dr. A. I. Klopper, Dr. P. M. F. Bishop, Dr. E. R.Diczfalusy (Sweden): Actions and Uses of Orally Active Progesta-tional Steroids.

8 P.M. Proctology. Short papers.INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY

5.30 P.M. Dr. Henry Haber: Cytodiagnosis in Dermatology.INSTITUTE OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton, S.W.3

5 P.M. Dr. I. S. Longmuir: Automatic Registration of OxyhamoglobinDissociation Curves.

Thursday, lstROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

5.30 P.M. Mr. A. H. Hunt: Tumours of the Upper Jaw.UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

5 P.M. (University College.) Professor Desnuelle: Adaptation of Pan-creatic Secretion to Dietary Variations. (Second of two lectures.)

5.30 r.M. (Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, Chandos Place, W.C.2,)Professor Sulo Toivonen (University of Helsinki): Mechanisms ofEmbryonic Induction.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE8 P.M. Neurology. Dr. Helen Dimsdale, Miss Josephine Barnes, Mr. John

O’Connell: Pregnancy and Lesions of the Nervous System.LIVERPOOL MEDICAL INSTITUTION, 114, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, 3

4.30 P.M. (Joint meeting with the Manchester Medical Society) Dr. P. 0.Yates: Significance of the Extracranial Cerebral Arteries in Cerebro-vascular Disease. Mr. H. B. Torrance: Diagnosis and Treatmentof ofHypertension due to Renal Arterial Disease.

UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS5 P.M. (Physiology Department, Queen’s College, Dundee.) Sir

Christopher Andrewes: Common Colds and Other RespiratoryInfections.

Friday, 2ndPOSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON

10 A.M. Sir Stanford Cade: Assessment of the Value of Adrenalectomy inBreast Cancer.

4 P.M. Dr. J. N. Walton: Current Concepts of Muscle Disease.ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

10.30 A.M. Otology. Short papers.2.30 P.M. Laryngology. Short papers.6 P.M. Anesthetics. Dr. B. Roy Simpson: Postoperative Extradural

Analgesia.INSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY

3.30 P.M. Mr. Maxwell Ellis: Malignant Diseases of the Larynx-Hoarseness.