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DONALD GEORGE SUTHERLANDM.A. CAMB., M.B., B.SC. EDIN.

Dr. D. G. Sutherland, one of the original membersof the staff of the Metropolitan Water Board, came to thelaboratory bench after years of practical experience inpublic health as medical officer of health for Sutherland.As senior bacteriological assistant to the late SirAlexander Houston he was responsible for the routinebacteriological analysis of London’s water, and he playedan important part in the development of the Bact. colitest for water and in the differentiation of members of thecoliform group of organisms. He also published a dis-sertation on spore-bearing anaerobic organisms as

criteria in the bacteriological examination of water-supplies.Born at Brora, he was educated at Watson’s College,

Edinburgh, and at Edinburgh University where he wasawarded the university medal for public health andforensic medicine in 1885. The following year hegraduated M.B., and three years later took his B.sc.

in public health. After experience of general practiceat Stirling and. Dornoch he was appointed M.o.H. forSutherlandshire in 1890 and he held this post till in 1900lie came south to work as an advanced research studentat St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he tookhis M.A. degree. During the smallpox epidemic of1901-02 he was engaged in the preparation of calf lymphfor the Local Government Board, whom he continued toserve till in 1905 he was appointed to the MetropolitanWater Board. Here he remained till he retired 26 yearslater.A man of many gifts and many interests, besides his

medical and scientific qualifications he was a barrister-a,i4aw -of the Middle Temple and an able mathematician,and his publications ranged from an essay on Scottishsurnames to a discussion on alcohol as a help or a

hindrance to efficiency. " Full of charm and kindliness,Sutherland was always ready to advise his colleagues,"writes D. B. B., " and he took a keen interest in the welfareof the junior members of the staff. A Quaker born andbred in the Scottish Highlands he had the characteristicsof his race and upbringing, and an unswerving love oftruth and justice dominated his character." When hereached the age of retirement he was persuaded to remainanother year with the board, but in 1931 he retired toBrora where he continued to take a discerning interestin public health. He died at Ealing on Jan. 10 at theage of 82. His son Dr. H. H. D. Sutherland is in practicein North Kensington.

WILLIAM FULTON NEIL

B.SC., M.B. OTAGO F.R.C.S.

Mr. W. F. Neil, of Nottingham, who died on Jan. 21,was a New Zealander. Qualifying at Otago in 1906,he spent a short time in practice before coming toEngland, where his first appointment, was that of house-surgeon at Nottingham General Hospital. In 1909 hetook his F.R.C.S., and in 1914 he joined the R.A.M.C.,serving in France as surgical specialist. Owing toshortage of staff, however, he was recalled to theNottingham General Hospital for the last two years ofthe war, and soon afterwards he was appointed honorarysurgeon. In consulting practice he quickly establisheda reputation in the district as a sound surgeon, and thisreputation he maintained and extended until his death.He became an active member, and president, of the localmedical society, and he was also one of the senior membersof the Travelling Surgical Club, whose presidency he heldfor several years. In this capacity he formed friendshipswith many Continental surgeons, and particularly withProfessor Finsterer, whom he often visited in Vienna.A colleague writes : " Apart from his happy home life,

Neil’s chief interest was his work for the hospital, fromwhich he was never deflected by his success in privatepractice. He developed a high standard of abdominalsurgery in Nottingham, and he took a keen interest intraining his house-surgeons, many of whom now holdpositions of importance. He also played a leading partin planning new buildings and in improving the hospitaladministration. From the first, it was apparent that hewas a man of outstanding personality and great personalcharm : his energy and devotion to surgery were unfailing,

and he was always popular with his colleagues, whoseconfidence and affection he won by his work as chair-man of the medical staff committee. In his daily workhe was calm and forbearing, and he was equally kind andconsiderate to patients and staff, to whom his deathcame as a sad blow. He was a great and loyal friend."

Of Mr. Neil’s three children, a son and a daughter aremembers of the medical profession.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths,

BIRTHSALWYN-SMITH.-On Jan. 30, in London, Dr. Alison Alwyn-Smith

(nee Laing), the wife of Dr. Peter Alwyn-Smith-a daughter.INGHAM.—On Jan. 25, the wife of Dr. R. J. Ingham, of Tenby-

a son.JENNER.-On Jan. 28, at Sherborne, the wife of Dr. Martin Jenner

—a daughter. ,

LYTLE.-On Jan. 29, at Woking, the wife of "Major J. D. M. Lytle,R.A.M.c.-a son.

NEUSTATTER.—On Jan. 27, at Beaconsfield, the wife of Major W. L.Neustatter, R.A.M.C.—a son.

SOLOMON.—On Jan. 31, at Beaconsfield, the wife of Dr. R. M.Solomon-a daughter.

WRIGHT.—On Jan. 25, in the London Hospital the wife of LieutenantJ. T. Wright, R.A.M.C.—a son.

MARRIAGESBEVAN—JUDSON.—On Jan. 29, at Poona, Bryan Bevan, captain

R.A.M.C., to Elaine Judson, lieutenant i.M.s.BLANSHARD—ROSENWALD.—On Dec. 28, at Patras, Paul Blanshard,

major R.A.M.C., to Caroline A. Rosenwald, captain u.s.P.H.s.ELLIOTT—GEMMELL.—On Feb. 2, at Huntingdon, Howard Derby-

shire Elliott, M.B., to Mary Gemmell, squadron-officer W.A.A.F.HAYES—OWEN.—On Jan. 31, at Hendon, Clifford Hayes, major

R.A.M.C., to Gwendoline Owen, M.B.E., Q.A.I.M.N.S./R.NELSON—WALKER.—On Dec. 1, John W. Nelson, M.R.c.s., Colonial

Medical Service, to Anne K. Walker, B.sc., of Luanshya, NorthernRhodesia.

STRATON—SCOTT.—On Jan. 29, at Stokes Poges, Thomas Straton,M.B., to Rae Hervey Scott, M.B.

DEATHSDOUGLAS.—On Jan. 31, Harold Archibald Douglas, M.D. Camb., of

Chatham.GREEN.-On Jan. 26, at St. Leonards-on-Sea, Albert Green, M.B.

Lond., aged 85.HUGHES.—On Jan. 24, at Chichester, Sidney Hughes, M.R.C.S.LESSING.—On Jan. 28, at Fort William, Florence May Lessing,

M.R.C.S.MITCHELL.—On Jan. 28, at Newquay, Cornwall, David Robertson

Mitchell, M.B. Glasg.RICHARDS.—On Jan. 25, Walter Guyon Richards, M.R.C.S., of

Fordington Road, Highgate.SAINT.-On Jan. 30, at Herne Bay, Frances Emma Turle Saint

(nee Evans), L.R.C.P.E., aged 77.STANTON.—On Feb. 1, Elizabeth Stanton (née O’Flynn), M.R.c.P.,

widow of Sir Thomas Stanton, K.C.M.G., F.R.C.P.WALTERS.-On Feb. 2, at Farnham, Surrey, Frederick Rufenacht

. Walters, M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., aged 88.

AppointmentsBECE, ARTHUR, M.D., D.A. : M.o., Tanganyika.BHAGAN, K. A., M.R.C.S.: M.o. (Grade C), Trinidad.GORDON, DOUGLAS, M.B. Edin., D.M.R., D.M.R.D. : temp. hon. asst.

physician, X-ray dept., Croydon General Hospital.*HALBERSTAEDTER, MAX, M.B. Lond., F.F.R., D.M.R.E. : radio-

therapist, St. Mary’s Hospital, London.*HARRISON, M. E. S., M.D. Edin., M.R.C.P.E., F.R.C.S.E. : hon.surgeon, ear, nose, and throat dept., Scunthorpe and DistrictWar Memorial Hospital, Lines.

LEES, ROBERT, M.D. Edin., F.R.c.P.E.: M.o. in charge of v.D.

dept., Leeds General Infirmary.PATERSON, J. A. R., M.B. Aberd. : M.o., Northern Rhodesia.SCOTT-FoRBES, HuaBB M.R.o.8., D.P.M.: additional temp. county

psychiatrist for Devon.* For one year.

Dr. G. H. TovEV has been appointed director and Dr. F. W.PoTE deputy director of the Ministry of Health regional bloodtransfusion depot, Southmead Hospital, Bristol (Tel.: Bristol68021), which has taken over the civilian transfusion responsi-bilities in region vn, previously borne by the Army blood-supply dep6t.

Dr. G. H. PERCIVAL has been appointed the first holder ofthe Grant chair in dermatology at the University of Edinburgh.

Dr. Percival, who is 44 years of age, qualified M.B. Edinburghin 1923 ; he obtained the D.P.H. in 1925, M.R.C.P.E. in 1926,PH.D. in 1927, and M.D. and F.R.c.P.E. in 1931. He was a

house-physician at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, and held aVans Dunlop and a Grocers’ Company research scholarship. Afterstudying in Paris, Lausanne, and Ziirich, he returned to Edinburghwhere he was appointed assistant physician, and later physician, tothe skin department of the Royal Infirmary. Dr. Percival is thejoint author of .A.n Introduction to Dermatology, now in its tenthedition, and of various contributions on skin diseases and otherdisorders. He is dermatologist to the South-East Scotland E.M.S.area.