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Bartholomew’s Hospital. A highly successful career ina specialty for which he was so eminently fitted appearedcertain ; but unhappily, after a short period of enthusiasticapplication, he became restless, and he resigned to takean appointment in New York as assistant director ofphysical medicine and director of rehabilitation at theHospital for Special Surgery. In this he appearedcontented and energetic, though he suffered from persis-tent diplopia and frequent headaches. Early in thewar he had sustained a severe hunting accident withconcussion and a far more serious cerebral injury thanhe was willing to admit.

ADOLPHE ABRAHAMS.

Dr. Lovelock married, in 1945, Miss Cynthia Wells James,of Brooklyn, who survives him with two daughters.

CLIFFORD DOBELL

M.A., SC.D. CA31B., F.R.S.

Dr. Dobell, who died in London on Dec. 23 at the ageof 63, was protistologist to the Medical Research Council.Earlier he had held a lectureship and assistant professor-ship in protistology and cytology at the ImperialCollege of Science. His work on amoebic dysenteryduring the 1914-18 war was summarised in his MedicalResearch Council reports on the protozoological investiga-tion of cases and carriers in 1917, and his study of 1300convalescent cases in 1918. During the late war hecontinued his researches on the intestinal amoebse of man :he completed his study of the life-history of Endolimaxnana, and he was able to cultivate iodamoeba in vitrofor the first time. His early studies of coprozoicflagellates are also well known and of acknowledgedvalue. One of his outstanding contributions was hisstudy of the life-cycle and of the nuclear changes in theparasitic sprozoon Aggregata eberthi. While other workersdid not entirely agree with his interpretation, it remainsa classic of this kind of investigation.Though Dobell was a protozoologist he also did

important work in bacteriology, and did much to lay thefoundation of a more academic and cytological approachto the study of bacteria in general. For many years thescience of bacteriology suffered from the study of thepathogenic forms by medical men with, naturallyenough, little interest in the finer structure of theorganisms. Dobell’s mastery of technique and hisable use of the microscope, as well as his choice of some of

the larger free-living forms as objects of study, openedup an approach to bacteriology which has now beenfollowed in many directions.

Dobell was devoted to science, but he belonged to anearlier tradition and he accepted the modern experimentaland biochemical approach with considerable reluctance.

Sir CHARLES GORDON-WATSON

D. R. C. writes : " Sir Charles Gordon-Watson cameto York early in the war as surgical consultant toNorthern Command. He was one of the first of a galaxyof talent which descended on York Military Hospital,and which transformed it into one of the most efficientunits in the country. From then until his retirementhe ranged over nearly half of Eastern England, visitinghospitals and dealing with major surgical problems andpolicy. He stayed on in York when he retired, likingthe old city and its racecourse. His tall figure and hisimperious but kindly features were well known in thetown and on the golf course.

" Two years ago he had a major abdominal operation,done by one of his old Bart’s juniors. This was verysuccessful, and it was hoped he would have many yearsof active life, but despite a new eupepsia other signs ofthe wear and tear of a busy surgical life showed them-selves. He fought his disabilities with great courage ;only a few months ago he started having a new courseof golf lessons. Later, When his limbs wouldn’t quiteobey his commands, he would practise movements forhours, and by his strong will force his legs to carry himin some sort of fashion. Even to those who knew himonly in his.later years it was plain that here was a com-manding personality and a good and skilful surgeon."A requiem mass for Sir Charles Gordon-Watson will be held

at St. James’s, Spanish Place, London, W.1, on Wednesday,Jan. 11, at 11.45 A.M.

AppointmentsADENEY, N. F., M.B. Camb., F.R.C.S.: director of thoracic unit,

Southampton.* ALERGnNT, C. D., M.D. Lpool, M.s.c.p. : consultant venereologist,

Liverpool region.CRAwSHAw, D. G., M.B. Mane., D.C.H., D.P.H.: M.o.H., Peterborough.CURTIS, GLADYS, M.R.C.S. : asst. school M.o., Sheffield.DARKE, C. S., M.D. Lond., M.R.C.P.: consultant physician, City

General Hospital, and physician, thoracic surgical unit,Sheffield.

FRIEL. W. R. -N., M.B. Edin., M.R.C.P.E., D.P.H. : medical superin-tendent, All Saints’ Hospital and Hill Top Hospital, Broms-grove, Worcestershire.

GLANVILLE, H. J., M.R.C.S., D.PHYS.MED.: consultant physician inphysical medicine, Salisbury Hospital Management Committeearea.

HUTTON, T. B., M.A., M.B. Camb., F.R.C.S.E., n.z.o. : ear, nose, andthroat surgeon (consultant), hospitals in Pontefract andCastleford and in Wakefield A Hospital Management Committeegroup.

LLOYD, T. W., D.M. Oxfd, M.R.C.P.: medical superintendent andconsultant chest physician. South Worcestershire group ofhospitals and St. Wulstan’s Hospital, Malvern.

MoLEOD, W. J., M.D. Belf., D.P.H. : senior M.o., Belfast coimtyborough health committee’s establishment.

MULVEIN, MARGARET, M.B. Glasg. : -asst. M.o. for the staff of theCounty Council of Yorkshire.

Middlesex Hospital, London:BOYLE, A. C., M.B. Lond., D.PHY8.MED. : asst. physician, dept. of

physical medicine.LLOYD-DAVIES, 0. V., M.S. Lond., F.R.C.S.: asst. surgeon.SNELLING, MARGARET, M.B. Lond., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.: asst.

radiotherapist.* Amended notice.

Births, Marriages, and DeathsBIRTHS

ATKINSON.—On Dec. 18, at Beckenham, Kent, the wife of Dr.W. J. Atkinson-a daughter.

BOREHAM.—On Dec. 30, in London, the wife of Mr. Peter Boreham,F.R.C.S.—a daughter.

BRADMORE.—On Dec. 22, to Dr. Rosemary Bradmore, wife ofMr. H. M. Bradmore, F.R.C.S.—a son.

DEVAS.—On Dec. 21, in London, the wife of Dr. M. B. Devas—a son.

ELSOM.—On Jan. 1, at Lichfield, the wife of Dr. A. R. Elsom--a son. ’

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GLADSTONE.—On Dec. 26, in London, the wife of Dr. G. S. Gladstone—a son.

HAYDEN.—On Dec. 26, the wife of Dr. R-. K. Hayden-a daughter.HEADLEY.—On Dec. 22, in London, the wife of Dr. S. R. T. Headley

-a son.LENNOX.—On Dec. 19, in London, the wife of Dr. Bernard Lennox

-a son.

MACKEITH.—On Dec. 20, in London, the wife of Dr. R. C. MacKeith-a son.

MORGAN.-On Dec. 20, in London, the wife of Dr. G. 0. Morgan-a daughter.

PENNINGTON.—On Dec. 24, the wife of Dr. M. C. Pennington—a daughter.

PRINGLE.—On Dec. 14, the wife of Dr. Edward Pringle-a daughter.VOWLES.—On Dec. 25, at Barnstaple, to Dr. Mary Vowles, wife of

Dr. Keith Vowles-a son.WALKER.—On Dec. 22, the wife of Dr. M. F. C. Walker—a daughter.

MARRIAGECHIVERS—CORBISHLEY.—On Dec. 30, at High Lane. Cheshire,

Charles Peter Chivers, M.B., to Jean Corbishley.

DEATHSCHAPLIN.—On Dec. 25, Clement Woodthorpe Chaplin, M.D. Lond.,

aged 74.CLARKSON.—On Dec. 16, at Watford, Colin Campbell Clarkson,

, M.B. Lond.CRUDEN.—On Dec. 24, in London, Robert Cruden, M.A., M.B. Aberd.LOVELOCE.—On Dec. 28, in’New York, John Edward Lovelock,

M.A., B.M. Oxfd, M.R.C.P.MCROBERT.—On Dec. 28, at Rangoon, Burma, Ronald MeRobert,

M.B. Aberd., F.R.C.O.G., lieut.-colonel, I.M.S. retd, aged-53.MAY.-On Dec. 22, at Westerham, P. M. May, M.R.C.S., surgeon

captain, R.N. retd. ’

MULVANY.—On Dec. 23, in London, Thomas Edward Mulvany,M.R.C.S., aged 81.

MURRAY.—On Dec. 31, at Hythe, Kent, John George PatrickMurray, M.b. Edin., F.R.o.s.E.

NEWTON.—On Dec. 20, in Edinburgh, William Henry Newton,M.D. Mane., D.sc. Lond.

PARE.—On Dec. 25, at Harrogate, Henry Burton Pare, M.B. Mane.PEAD.—On Dec. 24, at Bexhill-on-Sea, John Hunter Pead, B.A.,

m.B. Camb., surgeon captain, R.N. retd, aged 81.PESEL.—On Dec. 29, Howard George Pesel, M.C., M.D. Edin., aged 72.PLATT.-On Dec. 26, at Wilmslow, John Noble Platt, M.R.C.S.,

aged 78.SCALES.—On Dec. 21, in London, Cuthbert Scales, M.C., M.B. Edin.,

colonel, R.A.M.C. retd. ’

UNITT.—On Dec. 22, at Leicester, James Arthur Unitt, L.R.c.P.E.,aged 89.

UPCOTT—GILL.—On Dec. 31, at Ryde, I.O.W., Geoffrey AllenUpcott-Gill, F.R.C.B.E., aged 71.

WOLVERSON.—In December, at Folkestone, Frederick Wolverson,M.D. Glasg., aged 75. ,;’,