Obituaries

(Contributed by his son and daughters) The son of a farmer, Tommy spent his early years in East Lothian.

(Based on information supplied by friends and colleagues in Australia) When asked why she had become a doctor Dr Elder once replied " I wanted to prove that...

The son of a doctor caring for the British diplomatic staff in what was then Persia, Elgood had what most boys would regard as an idyllic life before what...

Contributed by Rafael Carmena, FRCP Edin Professor Domingo Espinós, FRCP Edin has died in Madrid, aged 72 years, of complications following a car accident.

(Contributed by Professor Colin Bird) Born on Christmas Eve in 1930, John Evans was brought up in Llanelli Wales.

(Details kindly furnished by his widow, Mrs Violet Ewing) Gerald came from a “medical” family, his father a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin who became a psychiatrist, his...

With John Feely’s death the medical profession, and the ranks of Clinical Pharmacology in particular, have lost an outstanding man who contributed much and inspired others following in his...

(Contributed by Iain Milne, College Librarian) Joan Primrose Scott Ferguson was born just over 84 years ago on the 15th of September 1929.

Former consultant haematologist Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny and North of Scotland Blood Transfusion Service, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness (Contributed by his wife, Ingrid) Tom undertook the first year...

Died January 7th 2024, Toronto, Canada, of congestive cardiac failure A physician who was born in England, qualified in Ireland, obtained his MRCPE in Scotland, and became a pioneering...

[Contributed by Niall Finlayson] John Arthur Hunter Forrest was born in Dumfries in 1943 and was educated at St Joseph’s College in Dumfries. He studied medicine at the University...

Paediatricians and many of their patients will learn will sadness of the death of Dr ‘Connie’ Forsyth at the age of 83.