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friendly leg-pull was a characteristic. His friendly yet decisivemanner was a’source of great confidence to his patients and tohis colleagues. An excellent teacher, he was invariably happyto have with him on his Sunday morning rounds local practi-tioners, who found them informative and stimulating. He wasa good committee man, his suggestions practical and helpful.A reply to a letter, requiring careful wording and good phrasing,was often left in his hands, and usually met with the agreementof the committee. His recreations were golf, tennis, and, in lateyears, chess; in all of which he met with success and enjoyedthe friendship of many of his colleagues. After his retirementto Suffolk, he was a regular visitor to Thorpeness and Alde-burgh courses.*Dr. Scott married in 1926 Dr. Marjory Godfrey; she

died two years ago and there were no children of the

marriage.TOBIAS LEVITT

M.A. Cape Town, F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.E., F.R.C.S.I.Mr. Levitt died in Charing Cross Hospital on Feb. 22

at the age of 50 after some years of ill health during whichhe had resolutely continued his research on the thyroid.His thesis that most pathological conditions of the

gland can be regarded as aspects of a single disease

process was set out in his book which was publishedin 1954.He was a South African by birth and he began his studies

in the University of Cape Town, where he graduated M.A.with first-class honours in anatomy in 1929 and in physiologyin 1930. After holding a lectureship in these subjects in theuniversity he came to London and continued his medicalstudies at the Middlesex Hospital, qualifying in 1934. After

holding a demonstratorship in anatomy at the Middlesex

Hospital he was appointed a surgeon at Paddington Hospital.He took the F.R.C.S.I. in 1937. During the late war he servedin the R.A.M.C. as a surgical specialist.

After the war most of his time and energy were givento his work on the thyroid. He became first assistantat the thyroid clinic at New End Hospital, Hampstead,and in 1952 gave a Hunterian lecture at the Royal Collegeof Surgeons on the status of lymphadenoid goitre,Hashimoto’s disease, and Riedel’s disease. Soon after the

publication of his book he was awarded travelling fellow-ships by the Kellogg Foundation and by the InternationalCollege of Surgeons. He spent the next year lecturing inthe United States on diseases of the thyroid. Since 1956he had been attached as a research-worker to the RoyalMarsden Hospital while preparing his book on malignantdisease of the thyroid gland.For some years he had been a lecturer in surgery to

the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine, and of his workas a postgraduate teacher W. W. D. writes :Toby Levitt was probably the only person who obtained all

three surgical fellowships by examination in the days beforethe primary was reciprocal. Perhaps it was this experiencethat enabled him to understand so well postgraduates whowere striving to pass the final F.R.C.S. He will be rememberedall over the Commonwealth and particularly in India for theendless trouble he took with these students. Many who hadabandoned hope of ever passing the examination found newhope with him. The various details and hazards of the fellow-ship were rehearsed continuously: what to wear, how to stand,how to speak-no detail was too small for him. When the daycame, many candidates found the examination an anticlimax,having attended his course in the wards of New End Hospital.Generous of heart, he often refused financial reward for histeaching. In 1952 his Hunterian lecture held his audience

spellbound, and it will long be remembered as a model of itskind. His large volume on the thyroid provoked world-widediscussion. Produced with the same meticulous care which

characterised his teaching, its concepts, although unacceptableto many, were stimulating and thought-provoking, and led toadvance in the subject.

NORTON MILNERM.R.C.S.

Dr. Norton Milner, who died on Feb. 12 at the age of83, was in practice in Sheffield for over fifty years, andfor many years he was also anaesthetist to the Sheffield

Royal Infirmary.He was born in Sheffield, the eldest son of the late Isaac

Milner, J.P. He studied medicine at the Sheffield MedicalSchool and at University College, London, qualifying in1898. After spending two years in resident posts at the RoyalHospital, Sheffield, he settled in practice in Millhouses, thena small village near Sheffield. To keep up his connection withhospital work he acted as honorary anxsthetist at the RoyalHospital for some years, and during the 1914-18 war, withthe rank of captain, R.A.M.C.(T), he served as anaesthetistto the 3rd Northern General Hospital in Sheffield and the59th General Hospital in France. After the war he joined thestaff of the Royal Infirmary, Sheffield, as an anaesthetist,and was attached to the surgical professorial unit.

E. F. writes :

After Dr. Milner’s elder son joined him as a partner in 1932he had leisure to cultivate his hobbies of geology and biology,He formed a valuable collection of semi-precious stones whichhe had found and polished ; and his advice was soughtby jewellers from a wide area. He was a keen golfer and formany years was the secretary of a large local golf club. Duringthe late war his partner was away for four years, and the extrawork of the practice was a great strain to his health. Duringhis less active later years he resuscitated his early bibliographicalknowledge and interests, and formed a collection of books.His life was indeed full but his primary interest was alwaysmedicine. His ideals of practice were the highest and hisnumerous patients must be grateful especially for his knowledgeof the art as well as the science of medicine.

Dr. Milner’s wife died two years ago. He leaves a

daughter and two sons.

Appointments

BAIN, G. A. F., L.R.C.P.E., D.P.M.: senior assistant psychiatrist, MiddlewoodHospital, Sheffield.

BuCHAN, A. R., M.B. Durh.: assistant M.o.H. and school M.o., Newcastleupon Tyne.

DAY, B. L., B.M. Oxon., F.F.A. R.c.s.: consultant anesthetist. Royal NationalOrthopaedic Hospital, London.

DiDSBURY, BRIAN, M.B. Manc., D.P.H. : deputy M.o.H., school M.o., anddeputy port M.o., Great Yarmouth.

GLYNN, CHRISTINA, M.R.C.S.: school M.O., Birmingham.GOULD, R. A., M.B. Lond. : assistant M.o., Tadworth Court (annexe of The

Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London), Tadworth,Surrey.

GRIFFIN, G. V., M.B.Durh.: assistant M.o.H. and school M.o., Newcastleupon Tyne.

HAY, A. W., M.B. Durh., D.P.H. : area executive M.o., south-east area andM.o.H., Whitley Bay, Longbenton and Seaton Valley.

KAUFMAN, LEON, M.B. Edin., F.F.A.R.c.s.: senior registrar in anesthetics,The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, and UniversityCollege Hospital, London.

MURDOCH, SANDRA, M.B. Birm., D.A. : anaesthetic registrar, United NorwichHospitals.

PARR, D. J., M.D. Lond., D.P.M. : part-time s.H.M.o., department of psychiatry,London Hospital.

ROWLANDSON, RICHARD, M.B. Cantab., F.R.C.S.: consultant thoracic surgeon,Brook General Hospital, London, and Preston Hall, Aylesford, nearMaidstone.

National Dock Labour Board:JACKSON, J. M., F.R.C.S.: M.o., north-west region.LLEWELLYN, W. A. S., M.R.C.S.: assistant M.o., north-west region.PHiLLlPS, R. K., M.R.C.S., i).i.H.: M.o., south-west region.

Welsh Regional Hospital Board:HARRIS-JoNES, J. N., M.D. Lond., M.R.C.P.: consultant in general medicine,

Llanelly and Bryntirion Hospitals.JENKINS, D. C. W., M.B. Lond., D.P.M.: assistant psychiatrist (S.H.M.O),

Morgannwg Hospital, Bridgend, Glamorgan.KoTOwSKI, JAROSLAW, M.B. Edin. : senior casualty officer, Barry Accident

Hospital.