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ultra-modern hospital where incipient psychoses could be cut short and where excessive drinkers could be restored permanently to their families. He possessed in rich measure the Hippocratic virtue of compassion for those in distress, and this was in line with the meticulous care he showed in treatment, and explained his great success in this difficult field of medicine, to the literature of which he made valuable contributions. As a student of human nature he was always interested and wit the wisdom of the in ordinary person-whether a Bavarian peasant or a Cockney shop-keeper-and this led to his light-hearted publication, Proverbs for Pleasure."
A. G. adds: "I only knew Herbert Pullar-Strecker in the last years of his life after he had retired from Wyke House, which he loved and which he regarded as the apotheosis of his achievement. It may seem that to have known a doctor only in the autumn of his years is a poor qualification for writing about him, but though I saw the man rather than his work, it was obvious how much his make-up enriched his therapeutic capacities. A true scholarphysician, he exemplified the undeniable truth that medicine can only be adequately practised against a background of wide culture. To hear him speak of how much his own life had been influenced by Goethe and Schopenhauer was a delight in itself, and also evidence of the width and depth of his therapeutic armoury. In his approach to human beings his attitude was always that the whole is greater than the sum of the component parts. At the same time, he was an omnivorous searcher for fact and detail. Like Kipling, he had two separate sides to his head, and he succeeded in persuading them to work in harmony. He will be sorely missed not only by his patients but by all who enjoyed his stimulating and varied conversation."
BERNARD GRAHAM SCHOLEFIELD
D.M., M.Ch. Oxon., F.R.C.S.
Scholefield, formerly general surgeon Hospitals, died on June 18 at the age of 77.
to
His father was a general practitioner in Blackheath, his great-grandfather founded the Miller Hospital, Greenwich. In a brilliant academic career, he was a King’s scholar at Westminster School and, after serving in the Royal Engineers, obtained a War Memorial scholarship to Christ Church College, Oxford. He qualified from Guy’s Hospital, London, in 1924 and in 1925 was awarded a Commonwealth fellowship to America, where he spent two years working at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, and the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard. Returning to Guy’s in 1927, he spent five years as demonstrator in anatomy and surgical registrar. He was a gifted rugby player, getting an Oxford blue, and an England, trial cap in 1925. He moved to Hereford in 1932, where soon made his mark. During the 1939-45 war he became commandant of the Emergency Medical Service for Herefordshire. He initiated a pathology department and a local blood-transfusion service. Afte) the war he was Herefordshire’s representative on regional B.M.A. committees and chairman of the B.M.A.’s consultant committee in 1953-56. He was also chairman of the West Midland Surgical Society in 1954, and county surgeon of the St John Ambulance Brigade for a number of years. Bernard had the personality and natural authority to pla a dominant part in both Hereford and regional surgical affairs where his wisdom, tinged with sardonic humour, was invalu able. He bore his long final illness with predictable equanimity An outstanding clinician and character, he will be sadl:
missed. He is survived is also a doctor.
by
his
wife,
two
daughters,
RABIES DEATHS IN EUROPE YEAR ago the Department of Health was trying to contact British holidaymakers seen stroking a horse in a field at Ruhans in France; the horse died of rabies two days later. Even more than this incident, deaths in Britain from rabies contracted overseas have focused attention on the rigorous enforcement of quarantine policy. France and Spain are recent victims of the European rabies epizootic, but Eastern Europe has borne the brunt of deaths. In notifications to the World Health Organisation figures for human cases match, as expected, those for deaths, save in West Germany:
A
two
Joint Committee on Higher Psychiatric Training The Joint Committee is collecting information about all senior registrars, lecturers, research-workers, and other trainees in "higher psychiatric training" to compile a register. The register will enable the Joint Committee to advise trainees about its training recommendations and about possible future statutory requirements relating to specialist registration. The Joint Committee has already inspected certain higher training posts, and a full programme of inspection will be undertaken over the next two or three years. All trainees are now being enrol. Further information can be obtained from: the Secretary, Joint Committee on Higher Psychiatric Training, c/o Royal College of Psychiatrists, 17 Belgrave Square, London SW 1X 8PG.
asked
Mr Bernard
the Hereford
Notes and News
and
a
son, wh
B.E.M
to
An international prize for modern nutrition will be awarded in 1977 for research on fermented milk products and nutrition (biological, clinical, and epidemiological aspects). Details may be had from Prof. M. Demole, 4 chemin Castoldi, CH - 1208 Geneva, Switzerland.
Appointments ALDERMAN, BRIAN, M.B.L’pool,
M.R.C.O.G.:
consultant obstetrician and gynx-
cologist, Wirral A.H.A. M.R.C.O.G.: consultant venereologist, South and Gwent Health Authorities. CHAN, J. J. K., F.F.A. R.C.S.: consultant anesthetist, Havering district, Barking and Havering A.H.A. CHAWLA, J. C., M.D.Bnst., F.R.C.S. : consultant in rehabilitation, Velsh Spmal Injuries Unit. CLARKE, G. R., M.B.Cantab., M.R.C.P. : consultant in rheumatology and rehabilitation, Havering district, Barking and Havenng A.H.A. DELANEY, J. C., M.B.L’pool, M.R.C.P.. consultant physician, St Helens and Knowsley, Cheshire, Sefton, and Liverpool A.H.A.s. GRANDE, R. A., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.P. : consultant general physician with a special interest in chest diseases, Haringey district, Enfield and Haringe)
BECKINGHAM, D. C., B.M.Oxon.,
Glamorgan
A.H.A.
JACKSON, F. B., M.B.Manc., tory,
F.R.C.PATH. :
director, Area Public Health Labora-
Conway.
JACKSON, JEFFREY, M.B.Manc., F.R.C.S.: consultant in accident and emergency medicine, Hillingdon Hospital, North West Thames R.H.A. JOHANSEN, K. A., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.O.G.: consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, South Glamorgan Health Authority. LEWIS, M. J., M.D.Brist., DIP.BACT. : director, Area Public Health Laboratory
Nottingham. TAYLOR, C. tor,
E. D., M.D.Cantab., F.R.C.PATH.: consultant microbiologist Regional Public Health Laboratory, Cambridge.
direc-
ultra-modern hospital where incipient psychoses could be cut short and where excessive drinkers could be restored permanently to their families. He possessed in rich measure the Hippocratic virtue of compassion for those in distress, and this was in line with the meticulous care he showed in treatment, and explained his great success in this difficult field of medicine, to the literature of which he made valuable contributions. As a student of human nature he was always interested and wit the wisdom of the in ordinary person-whether a Bavarian peasant or a Cockney shop-keeper-and this led to his light-hearted publication, Proverbs for Pleasure."
A. G. adds: "I only knew Herbert Pullar-Strecker in the last years of his life after he had retired from Wyke House, which he loved and which he regarded as the apotheosis of his achievement. It may seem that to have known a doctor only in the autumn of his years is a poor qualification for writing about him, but though I saw the man rather than his work, it was obvious how much his make-up enriched his therapeutic capacities. A true scholarphysician, he exemplified the undeniable truth that medicine can only be adequately practised against a background of wide culture. To hear him speak of how much his own life had been influenced by Goethe and Schopenhauer was a delight in itself, and also evidence of the width and depth of his therapeutic armoury. In his approach to human beings his attitude was always that the whole is greater than the sum of the component parts. At the same time, he was an omnivorous searcher for fact and detail. Like Kipling, he had two separate sides to his head, and he succeeded in persuading them to work in harmony. He will be sorely missed not only by his patients but by all who enjoyed his stimulating and varied conversation."
BERNARD GRAHAM SCHOLEFIELD
D.M., M.Ch. Oxon., F.R.C.S.
Scholefield, formerly general surgeon Hospitals, died on June 18 at the age of 77.
to
His father was a general practitioner in Blackheath, his great-grandfather founded the Miller Hospital, Greenwich. In a brilliant academic career, he was a King’s scholar at Westminster School and, after serving in the Royal Engineers, obtained a War Memorial scholarship to Christ Church College, Oxford. He qualified from Guy’s Hospital, London, in 1924 and in 1925 was awarded a Commonwealth fellowship to America, where he spent two years working at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, and the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard. Returning to Guy’s in 1927, he spent five years as demonstrator in anatomy and surgical registrar. He was a gifted rugby player, getting an Oxford blue, and an England, trial cap in 1925. He moved to Hereford in 1932, where soon made his mark. During the 1939-45 war he became commandant of the Emergency Medical Service for Herefordshire. He initiated a pathology department and a local blood-transfusion service. Afte) the war he was Herefordshire’s representative on regional B.M.A. committees and chairman of the B.M.A.’s consultant committee in 1953-56. He was also chairman of the West Midland Surgical Society in 1954, and county surgeon of the St John Ambulance Brigade for a number of years. Bernard had the personality and natural authority to pla a dominant part in both Hereford and regional surgical affairs where his wisdom, tinged with sardonic humour, was invalu able. He bore his long final illness with predictable equanimity An outstanding clinician and character, he will be sadl:
missed. He is survived is also a doctor.
by
his
wife,
two
daughters,
RABIES DEATHS IN EUROPE YEAR ago the Department of Health was trying to contact British holidaymakers seen stroking a horse in a field at Ruhans in France; the horse died of rabies two days later. Even more than this incident, deaths in Britain from rabies contracted overseas have focused attention on the rigorous enforcement of quarantine policy. France and Spain are recent victims of the European rabies epizootic, but Eastern Europe has borne the brunt of deaths. In notifications to the World Health Organisation figures for human cases match, as expected, those for deaths, save in West Germany:
A
two
Joint Committee on Higher Psychiatric Training The Joint Committee is collecting information about all senior registrars, lecturers, research-workers, and other trainees in "higher psychiatric training" to compile a register. The register will enable the Joint Committee to advise trainees about its training recommendations and about possible future statutory requirements relating to specialist registration. The Joint Committee has already inspected certain higher training posts, and a full programme of inspection will be undertaken over the next two or three years. All trainees are now being enrol. Further information can be obtained from: the Secretary, Joint Committee on Higher Psychiatric Training, c/o Royal College of Psychiatrists, 17 Belgrave Square, London SW 1X 8PG.
asked
Mr Bernard
the Hereford
Notes and News
and
a
son, wh
B.E.M
to
An international prize for modern nutrition will be awarded in 1977 for research on fermented milk products and nutrition (biological, clinical, and epidemiological aspects). Details may be had from Prof. M. Demole, 4 chemin Castoldi, CH - 1208 Geneva, Switzerland.
Appointments ALDERMAN, BRIAN, M.B.L’pool,
M.R.C.O.G.:
consultant obstetrician and gynx-
cologist, Wirral A.H.A. M.R.C.O.G.: consultant venereologist, South and Gwent Health Authorities. CHAN, J. J. K., F.F.A. R.C.S.: consultant anesthetist, Havering district, Barking and Havering A.H.A. CHAWLA, J. C., M.D.Bnst., F.R.C.S. : consultant in rehabilitation, Velsh Spmal Injuries Unit. CLARKE, G. R., M.B.Cantab., M.R.C.P. : consultant in rheumatology and rehabilitation, Havering district, Barking and Havenng A.H.A. DELANEY, J. C., M.B.L’pool, M.R.C.P.. consultant physician, St Helens and Knowsley, Cheshire, Sefton, and Liverpool A.H.A.s. GRANDE, R. A., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.P. : consultant general physician with a special interest in chest diseases, Haringey district, Enfield and Haringe)
BECKINGHAM, D. C., B.M.Oxon.,
Glamorgan
A.H.A.
JACKSON, F. B., M.B.Manc., tory,
F.R.C.PATH. :
director, Area Public Health Labora-
Conway.
JACKSON, JEFFREY, M.B.Manc., F.R.C.S.: consultant in accident and emergency medicine, Hillingdon Hospital, North West Thames R.H.A. JOHANSEN, K. A., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.O.G.: consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, South Glamorgan Health Authority. LEWIS, M. J., M.D.Brist., DIP.BACT. : director, Area Public Health Laboratory
Nottingham. TAYLOR, C. tor,
E. D., M.D.Cantab., F.R.C.PATH.: consultant microbiologist Regional Public Health Laboratory, Cambridge.
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