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by at the headquarters ambulance station, ready to bedispatched immediately to the scene of a serious accident.This vehicle and the equipment it carried were of greathelp at Stratford.

ObituaryHERBERT STRINGFELLOW PENDLEBURY

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

Mr. H. S. Pendlebury, consulting surgeon to St.George’s Hospital, London, died on April 21, at the

age of 82.He was born at Wigan, the son of John Pendlebury,

J.P. At Pembroke College, Cambridge, he was prizeman,exhibitioner, and scholar, and he took a double first inthe natural sciences tripos in 1893. He entered St.George’s Hospital with a university scholarship and hequalified in 1896, proceeding to the F.R.c.s. the followingyear.After holding a demonstratorship in anatomy atSt. George’s, he was appointed to the staff in 1900. Healso joined the staffs of the Royal Waterloo Hospitalfor Children and Women and the Kensington Dispensaryand Children’s Hospital. He held the lectureship onsurgery at St. George’s, and he was for some years amember of the court of examiners of the Royal Collegeof Surgeons of England and an examiner for the Univer-sity of Cambridge and the Society of Apothecaries.Outside his surgical career Pendlebury was an adminis-

trator and organiser of considerable ability. With thelate Dr. Arthur Latham he was largely responsible for theamalgamation of the London medical societies which ledto the formation of the Royal Society of Medicine.He held the offices of honorary secretary and honorarytreasurer in the early years of the society and in recog-nition of his services he was admitted to its exclusivehonorary fellowship. Some twenty years later, as firsthonorary secretary of the Association of Surgeons ofGreat Britain and Ireland, he had the responsibility ofthe initial organisation of that body, whose progressfrom strength to strength he watched with interest allhis life.

C. F., who was his first dresser at St. George’s, writes :"Pendlebury retired from practice and from Londonabout a quarter of a century ago, and there are not manyleft-who knew him in his prime. To his generation he wasa surgeon of great dexterity, quick and neat in hisoperating, and willing to take risks when needed. Hispunctuality was a byword among residents and students,who soon learned that it was wise to be ready at leastfive minutes before any appointed time. His teachingwas clear and definite and left no doubt in the minds ofthe students as to the correct answer : in consequencehis lectures and ward rounds were always fully attendedor even overcrowded. To his friends and associates’ Pen’ was a staunch colleague and he was always readyto help his juniors. On a holiday or at the dinner-tablehe made an ideal companion."Mr. Pendlebury was twice married. His only child,

the son of his first marriage, was killed in action in Creteduring the late war.

JAMES THOMSONC.B., C.M.G., M.A., M.B. Aberd.

Major-General Thomson, who held the appointmentof deputy director-general of Army Medical Services inFrance at the end of the 1914-18 war, died in Aberdeenin April at the age of 90.He was born at Udny, Aberdeenshire, and he graduated

X.A. at the University of Aberdeen in 1883, and M.B.three years later. The following year he received acommission in the R.A.M.C., and in 1898 he took partm the Nile expedition. He received the British medal andthe Egyptian_ medal with clasp for good service at thebattle of Khartoum. During the 1914-18 war he waspromoted colonel in 1915 and the following year he wasPosted to France. He served at first as D.D.M.s. to]Runter-Weston’s VIII corps. In 1917 he was appointedC.B., and in 1918 when General Burtchaell became D.G.in succession to Sir Arthur Sloggett, Thomson, with thelocal rank of major-general, succeeded General " Tiger "

Macpherson as D.D.U. At this stage of the war the Servicehospitals were being bombed, and Burtchaell accordinglymoved them further south. To Thomson at his head-quarters at Hesdin was left the supervision of thecasualty-clearing stations at the front and of the arrange-ments for the evacuation of the wounded. In 1919 hewas appointed c.M.G. and a grand officer of the Crown ofRumania. He retired in 1030.

RICHARD MASSINGHAMM.R.C.S.

Dr. Richard Massinghain died at his home at Bidden-den, Kent, on April 1, at the age of 55. He gave upmedicine some years ago to give all his time to filmproduction, but his old profession was the back-ground and inspiration of much of his work in his newprofession.He was a son of the late H. W. Massingham, the well-

known editor of the Nation and of the Daily Chronicle,and he was educated at University College and UniversityCollege Hospital. After qualifying in 1924 he joined thestaff of the old London Fever Hospital in LiverpoolRoad, Islington, where he became senior resident medicalofficer. He interested himself in the diagnosis andtreatment of fevers and worked in collaboration with thelate Dr. Charles Box, who was consultant to the hospital.In 1937 he published a paper on the Use and Abuse ofDrugs in Acute Specific Fevers.

Following the artistic interests of his family, he startedto make films as an amateur in 1932, and in 1934 heproduced a full-length film entitled Tell ille If It Hurts,which showed the reaction of a patient to the dentist’sdrill. After he gave up his medical work in 1941 he mademany films for the Ministry of Information and theGeneral Post Office, and some of these were awardedinternational film distinctions.

" Both in his medical work and film production,"writes G. A. H. B., " Massingham was a firm believer inthe use of comedy and he always felt that no situationwas too serious for laughter. In 1950, he produced ahumorous film called The Cure which was based on hispersonal recollections of a visit by an eminent clinicianand a pharmacologist. The clinician had recently visitedDr. Philip Hench at the Mayo Clinic, and while drinkingthe patient’s sherry the visitors discussed cortisone andthe pathology of rheumatoid diseases while the patientclutched his sides in pain. It was a charming andcritical commentary on doctors and their patients, butunfortunately was shown only to a small audience. Hewas one of the most delightful and humorous men.Everyone who knew him must remember his roguishhumour, coupled as it was with an acute and penetratingjudgment."

Dr. Massingham is survived by his wife and an infantson.

Our obituary notice of Dr. Edridge-Green last weekshould have stated that he had two sons. One died inchildhood and the other, a regular officer, in the 1914-18 war.

Appointments

ADAM, JOHN, M.B. Aberd., D.M.R.I). : registrar in radiology, QueenMary’s (Roehampton) Hospital, London.

BOOTHROYD, L. S. A., lB<1.B. Lond., r.tz..c.5. : senior surgical registrar,Exeter clinical area.

HARRISON, G. J., L.R.C.P.I., D.P.1I. : medical superintendent (con-’sultant), Winwick Hospital.

MURRAY, DAVID, M.B. St. And., D.P.H., D.I.H.: asst. M.O., Edinburghschool health service.

NEWSAM, P. N., M.B. Belf., n.p.H.: registrar in surgery, ltossleyHill Hospital, Liverpool.

RILEY, HAROLD, M.B. Leeds, D.O.M.S.: part-time asst. (S.H.M.O.),eye department, The Children’s Hospital, Birmingham.

WINTER, JOHN, M.B., M.RAD. Lpool, D.M.R.D: consultant radiolo-gist, Mill Road, Newsham General, and Bootle hospitals.

Newcastle Regional Hospital Board :CATURANI, MARIO, M.n. Tufts, rz.rt.c.s., M.R.C.O.G.: consultant

obstetrician and gynaecologist, N.W. Durham H.Ai.c. group.KING, J. M., M.B. Glasg., M.R.C.O.G.: consultant obstetrician and

gynaecologist, Wansbeck H.M.c’. group.McCLURE, D. M., M.B. Glasg. : consultant pathologist, S. Shields

H.M.C. group.