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324 BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 2 FEBRUARY 1980

the creation of a neurosurgical centre in the

East Anglian Region and Lewin was appointed to develop such a centre at Cambridge. He

successfully withstood attempts to force a

start in makeshift accommodation and

eventually the centre was established in a

purpose-built department in the new Adden

brooke's. Under his direction it has continued

to meet the ever-increasing demands of the

region.

Inevitably, Lewin's many administrative

and political commitments limited the de

velopment of his full surgical potential. He

was a deft and highly competent operator, indeed a perfectionist, but with a wise under

standing of the limitations of the craft. He was quick to appreciate the importance of new developments, and his department was

always a very up-to-date one. With its wealth

of material and modern facilities it soon

became an important teaching centre, and

Lewin's dedication was an inspiration to the

many young men who sat at his feet. In his

later very busy years he had the invaluable

support of loyal colleagues at Cambridge, whose sadness will be shared by the whole

neurological fraternity.

EG-T writes: In Walpole Lewin a rather

austere and reserved manner concealed a

warm heart, a sprightly wit, and a brilliant

mind. As long ago as 1959 he and the late

Lawrence Abel wrote a masterly report on the

backward state of hospital building in the

NHS which set Government and medical

profession thinking furiously about this

(still unsolved) problem. This was but one of

many important contributions that Walpole made to the identification and solution of

awkward problems. In his three years as

chairman of the Standing Committee of

Doctors of the EEC his penetrating intellect commanded wide respect and he led the committee to adopt more outward and forward looking attitudes. Recently he

achieved the same success as chairman of the council of the World Medical Association, into which office he threw his usual skill and enthusiasm.

Walpole Lewin was one of those amazing

people who require very little sleep, and I recall numerous important conferences in the small hours at BMA House and in many a

foreign hotel. How fortunate that the BMA decided last year to confer on him two of its

highest honours. And how sad poor Walpole was (he told me so, with tears in his eyes) that

Marion was not there to share his triumph. Dear Walpole did so much for our profession and for mankind.

DS writes : It is not easy to accept that Walpole Lewin is no longer with us, but the memory of his vibrant personality and his influence for

good on our professional affairs will be with us for many years to come. Having cut his

political teeth first as a member and then as

chairman of the CCHMS Committee, Walpole was elected Chairman of Council of the BMA

in 1971 and occupied that difficult and arduous office with great distinction for the next five

years. He was totally dedicated to his profes sion, and the BMA was fortunate in finding a

man who, having made an outstanding con

tribution to neurosurgery, was prepared to

utilise his undoubted qualities as an ad

ministrator, and in this his logical mind never

failed to get to grips with the realities of any

medicopolitical problems. He was quite

tireless in bringing these qualities to bear, both in his home town of Cambridge, where he was

actively engaged in the new medical school, and nationally with the Royal College of

Surgeons and the GMC. His reputation both as a clinician and an administrator quickly spread internationally, and he became an

enthusiastic chairman of the WMA and played a leading part in the medical councils of the EEC. But, although greatly in demand, he never took on any job unless he felt he could

make an active contribution, and as a result he left his mark on all the organisations with

which he was concerned. I shall remember

him most for his more human qualities of

kindness, loyalty, and sense of humour, which was always kind, never malicious. He will be

greatly missed.

O B APPLEYARD MA, MD

Dr Bernard Appleyard, who was in general practice at Scarborough until April 1979, died

suddenly on 17 December. He was 63.

Oliver Bernard Appleyard was educated at

Fulneck School and Scarborough College,

winning a scholar

ship to Pembroke

College, Cam

bridge, in 1935 to

study medicine.

From Cambridge he graduated BA

in 1937 and trans

ferred to Leeds

for his clinical

studies. He quali fied with the Con

joint diploma in 1940 and took the

MB, BChir in 1943* After resi

dencies at Leeds in 1941 he volunteered for the Merchant Navy, and during his service

he was torpedoed twice. He transferred to the RAF and attained the rank of squadron leader.

During his period in the RAF he spent some

20 months in the jungle self-preservation unit in India.

After the war he entered general practice at

Ben Rhydding, Ilkley, from where he pro ceeded with a thesis on allergy, including

Meni?re's syndrome, in general practice. In 1950 he moved to Scarborough, where he remained in singlehanded practice until his retirement. For 25 years he was medical officer to Bramcote School and Scarborough College, and in addition to a busy seaside

practice he cared for the local National

Children's Home and Dulverton Hall, a

retirement home for Anglican clergy. He described his work in articles for the Practi

tioner and wrote both medical and non-medical articles for other journals. He also wrote for the BBC. He was a great believer in keeping fit and busy, and managed to combine his

general practice work with a post as medical assistant in anaesthetics to Scarborough

Hospital as well as finding time for his

interests in swimming, riding, fishing, painting, and music. He was treasurer to the local

Disabled Riders Association and a member of the Derwent Anglers Association. He remained active throughout and retired early in order to devote himself to his hobbies and his new interest in medical hypnosis. His

early and sudden death was a great shock to

his many friends and colleagues.

Bernard's energy and good humour were an

unfailing source of strength to his friends and

family, as his kindness and common sense were to his patients. He will be greatly missed

by all who were fortunate enough to know him. He is survived by his wife Jeanne, and

by his daughter and son, who is a consultant anaesthetist.?A S McK.

A J V CAMERON MA, MD, FRCP

Dr Auster Cameron, a consultant cardiologist at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, died on

2 January at the age of 63.

Alister James Victor Cameron was born on

11 September 1916 at Stenhousemuir, Stir

lingshire, and brought up in Clydebank. He was dux of Clydebank High School and obtained a bursary to Glasgow University,

where he graduated MA in the humanities. In

1935 he transferred to the faculty of medicine on a Stewart bursary and took the MB, ChB with honours in 1940. He was a Macewen

medallist and prizeman in clinical medicine and clinical surgery, and medallist and

Lorimer bursar in chemistry. After resident

appointments in the Western and Royal infirmaries he entered the Emergency Medical

Service and held successively the posts of medical registrar and assistant physician at

Gartloch Hospital, Glasgow, and acting physician in charge of the medical unit,

Ballochmyle Hospital, Ayrshire. In 1947 he was appointed assistant physician to the

outpatient department of Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

He was awarded the Christina Hansen

research scholarship in medicine at Glasgow University in 1946, when he started his

research in cardiology, particularly vector

cardiography, of which he was a pioneer, in

the department of Dr J H Wright. In 1952 he

proceeded MD. At the end of that year he

spent four months in the Clinique Cardio

logique de la Facult? de M?decine, University of Paris, under the direction of Professor E

Donzelot, where he studied cardiac electro

physiology with particular reference to

vectorcardiography. This was a particularly

happy occasion in his life. Three years before, in 1949, he had married Janet Thompson

Murdoch, a medical graduate of Edinburgh

University, and she was able to join him in

Paris in the latter part of his visit.

In 1953 he became consultant physician and cardiologist to the Western Infirmary in

the department of Professor Sir Edward

Wayne, with whom he formed a natural,

professional bond. Both delighted in each

other's cardiological skills. Alister had given several communications to the Association of

Physicians and the British Cardiac Society, and in 1952 he was elected an associate member

of the British Cardiac Society and was a

member of the first European Congress of

Cardiology that year. He remained consultant

cardiologist to the Western Infirmary until his

death, and during this 27-year period he built

up the department of cardiology and planned its further development in phase 1 of the

Western Infirmary. In the last 25 years of his

life it became clear that his main strength was

in clinical and teaching aspects of cardiology,

although in the early 1960s he carried out an

excellent controlled clinical trial of hyperbaric

oxygen in acute myocardial infarction. In 1970

he suffered the first attack of his illness, but

he continued his work despite indifferent

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