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Pathological Laboratories in Cheltenham, where herotated round the various departments. He decided to
gain further clinical experience before specialising in
neuropathology, and worked successively in the Neuro-surgical Centre at Smethwick, the medical wards at
Newport, Monmouthshire, and the department of
neurology at Cardiff Royal Infirmary. In 1961 he was
appointed senior registrar in pathology at the WesternInfirmary, Glasgow, based upon the Glasgow Institutefor Neurological Sciences at Killearn Hospital. He waselected a member of the British Neuropathological Society.It became obvious, however, that he was becoming in-creasingly disabled by multiple sclerosis, and in 1967 hewas appointed assistant in pathology at the Western Infirm-ary, Glasgow, where he was responsible for exfoliativecytology. He continued his studies on the setiology ofmultiple sclerosis and at the time of his death he was con-ducting research into the possible role of viruses. He wasalso engaged in work on the detection at necropsy of earlymyocardial infarction. In January, 1969, he read a paperat the New York Academy of Sciences on myocardialchanges in patients dying with brain lesions. He hadalso recently completed a thesis for the London M.D. onthis theme.Richard Connor was above all a man of great courage
who refused to be dismayed by his disability. He arrivedregularly at the laboratory in his invalid car and usuallyspent much of the day in his wheelchair; he would eat asimple luncheon in his office. He would motor off also tothe outskirts of the city to supervise his animal experi-mental work. At times he was able to get about using apair of walking-sticks, and would then take pleasure injoining the rest of the department at coffee or slide pro-jection sessions, making great efforts to prevent theisolation which his loss of mobility tended to impose. Hesometimes fell but was never deterred by this risk. Hewas greatly admired by friends and colleagues for his
continuing good-humoured bravery in the face of adversitywhich would have crushed a weaker person.
He is survived by his wife and their three children.A. T. S.
GORDON STEWART CLOUSTON
M.D.L’pool, D.P.M.
Dr. Gordon Clouston, formerly consultant child
psychiatrist and director of the Maidstone ChildGuidance Clinic, died on March 10.He gr31uated M.B. at Liverpool University in 1926, and
then showed an interest in pathology; he was awarded theHolt fellowship in pathology at Liverpool and took hisM.D. in 1931. He then turned to the School MedicalService, and when he was commissioned in the R.A.M.C.during the 1939-45 war he became a specialist in psychiatry.In 1946 he took the D.P.M., and very soon found his truevocation in child psychiatry.He is survived by his wife.P. H. writes:" Dr. Clouston was not an adherent of any one school of
psychiatric thought but exemplified the British empiricalposition. Based as it was in common sense, his work acquiredits own unique quality from his combination of kindness,sensitivity to the needs of people in trouble, and a quickperception of troubles half or quite hidden from the eye.No effort was too great on behalf of his patients; his timeat almost any hour was at their disposal if they neededhim. Children quickly saw that he could be trusted andthat he was on their side. He was equally generous in thehelp he gave fellow workers both in the clinic and in homes
and schools in Kent. Colleagues, too, could always turnto him for help in any predicament. If sometimes, whenthey had been carried away by anger or indignation, hishelp took the form of saving them from themselves andinducing them to think again, it speaks volumes for the tactand delicacy of his dealings that he never lost their friend-ship and sometimes even received their thanks."He was the most modest of men, unambitious for
himself and with no wish for power. Nevertheless, he wasfascinated by medical politics and enjoyed hearing thegossip and following the intrigues. His one aim was toenhance the status of child psychiatry so that more andbetter help could be given to unhappy children and theirfamilies. His genial and warm personality, his sense ofhumour, and his common-sense outlook won over even thehard-headed and made him an admirable advocate ofchild psychiatry. Below the easy surface charm there wasa depth of feeling and a determined persistence, and beneaththe modesty and good humour an extremely quick andshrewd mind.
" He served the Child Psychiatry Section of the RoyalMedico-Psychological Association with single-minded de-votion. A member from its inception, he was its honorarysecretary in 1964-66 and its chairman from 1969 until hisdeath. His chairman’s address was read for him in February,1971. It was an account of the work and achievementsof the Section in its 25 years of existence-a careful pieceof research and a scholarly contribution to the history ofpsychiatry. He will be greatly missed by the Child Psy-chiatry Section of the R.A1.P.A., and losing his friendshipand his company will sadden the lives of many people fora long time."
Appointments
CARSTAIRS, JEAN, B.M.Oxon, F.F.A. R.C.S., D.A.: consultant anesthetist,King’s Lynn H.M.c. and North Cambridgeshire H.M.c.
FLYNN, D. M., M.D.Edin., M.R.C.P., D.C.H.: consultant pxdiatricial-1,Royal Free hospital group, London.
GOODWILL, C. J., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.P., D.PHYS.MED.: consultant inphysical medicine, King’s College Hospital, London.
PARK, R. H. W., M.B.Edin., F.F.A. R.c.s., D.A.: consultant anaesthetist,Edinburgh Southern hospital group.
RAYMAKERS, R. L., M.B.Lond., F.R.C.S. : consultant orthopaedic surgeon,Sheffield R.H.B.
RUBIN, A. P., M.B.Cantab., F.F.A. R.c.s., D.A.: consultant anaesthetist,Charing Cross hospital group, London.
SMITH, G. M., M.B.Glasg., M.R.C.O.G., D.OBST.: consultant obstetricianand gynaecologist, Leicester area.
SPITTLE, MARGARET F., M.B., M.SC.Lond., F.F.R., D.M.R.T.: consultantradiotherapist, Middlesex Hospital and St. John’s Hospital forDiseases of the Skin, London.
STRANC, M. F., L.R.C.S.I., F.R.C.S. : consultant plastic surgeon, theMiddlesex hospital group, London.
WATSON, A. C. H., M.B.Edin., F.R.C.S.E.: consultant plastic surgeon,Bangour General Hospital, Broxburn.
Newcastle Regional Hospital Board:KREMER, L. M., M.B.Durh., D.P.M.: consultant in mental illness,
Cherry Knowle hospital group, Ryhope.LAWLER, R. G., M.B.Sheff., M.R.C.PATH. : consultant pathologist,
North Teesside hospital group.PILLAI, S. S., M.B.Madras, F.R.c.s., F.R.c.s.E.: consultant otolaryngo-
logist, Sunderland area, South Shields district, and Durhamhospital groups.
WAGGET, JOHN, M.B.Durh., F.R.C.S.: consultant padiatric surgeon,Newcastle upon Tyne hospital group.
South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board:BRAFMAN, A. H., M.D.Brazil, D.P.M.: consultant child psychiatrist,
Roehampton Child Guidance Unit.DRISCOLL, A. M., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.O.G., F.R.C.S.: consultant obstetri-
cian and gynaecologist, Guildford and Godalming hospital group.ELLIOTT, BRIAN, M.B.Lond., F.R.C.S.: consultant orthopxdic surgeon,
Worthing, Southlands, and District, and Chichester and Grayling-well hospital groups.
SHARP, MALCOLM, M.B.Lond., F.R.C.S.: consultant E.N.T. surgeon, St.Helier hospital group.