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[July 14, 1923 



prepared himself for his still j^reater success as a 

 university professor. 



Wlun Lister i aine l)ack to IvlinlmrL'li Iroiii Glasgow 

 in 1869, ihc IcLid between the lollou'crs ul Syme and 

 those of Simpson was simmering out, but by no means 

 forgotten. At that time John Chiene and John 

 Duncan were the most prnmiiu-nt younger surgeons 

 in that city. Both were among Lister's adherents, 

 hut Chiene was more than a mere adherent ; he 

 bccanir at otire a devoted disciple. E\cry day found 

 him woikiiiu and studying in Lister's wards, and as 

 years went on he was more and more closely associated 

 with Lister's work. 



During his nine years' stay in Edinburgh, Lister 

 was acquiring a world-wide reputation ; but among 

 his colleagues he met with sharp criticism from his 

 opponents and- only lukewarm support from his friends. 

 Even Annandale, his successor in the chair of clinical 

 surgery, though professedly a convert to the antiseptic 

 doctrine, was not altogether successful in practising 

 it. It was, therefore, most important when Lister went 

 to London in 1878 that some trusty follower should 

 remain in Edinburgh to keep the torch burning there, 

 as Sir Hector Cameron was manfully doing in Glasgow. 

 That trusty follower was found in Chiene. He was 

 now in a very influential position, and he advocated the 

 cause of antiseptic surgery by example and precept 

 with great success until the younger men. Lister's 

 pupils and his own — now themselves middle-aged — 

 had succeeded to the various University chairs and 

 hospital appointments ; by which time Lister's prin- 

 ciples, though not the details of his practice, had come 

 to be recognised as orthodox and universally followed. 



Edinburgh would, of course, like the rest of the 

 world, have become fully enlightened in due time, but 

 it can scarcely be doubted that the period of twilight 

 would have been more prolonged if it had not been for 

 Chiene's whole-hearted and persevering efforts. 



Dr. W. d'E. Emery. 



By the death of Dr. Walter d'Este Emery on June 19, 

 pathology has lost a keen disciple, and his acquaint- 

 ances a loyal friend. Emery was a distinguished 

 student of Queen's University, Birmingham, and 

 St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. After junior 

 appointments held at his schools, he became assistant 

 bacteriologist to the Laboratories of the Royal Colleges 

 of Physicians and Surgeons. Later, he was lecturer 

 on pathology and bacteriology in the University of 

 Birmingham and Hunterian professor at the Royal 

 College of Surgeons. Coming to London, he held 

 various appointments, finally being made lecturer on 

 pathology and bacteriology, and director of the 

 Laboratories, King's College Hospital, a post he had to 

 relinquish some two years ago on account of ill-health. 



Emery was the author of " Clinical Pathology and 

 Hsematology," which passed through several editions 

 and contains many practical hints, the outcome of his 

 wide experience, and of " Immunity and Specific 

 Therapy," which at the time of publication in 1909 

 presented an excellent critical survey of the extensive 

 literature on these subjects. He was keenly interested 

 in the problem of cancer, and a supporter of the para- 

 sitic hypothesis of the causation of this malady, argu- 



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rank, and in latci 'iiipeiefit morbid histologist. 



ThrouLiliout his career lie wa> overburdened witli 

 routine work ; with more opporlunily. il can scarceh- 

 be douiited his output of research work would lia\(; 

 been lari/er. R. T. il. 



Miss A. C, Breton. 



We regret to record the death on June 15, at 

 Barbados, of Miss Adela C. Breton at the age of seventy- 

 three. 



For more than thirty years Miss Breton tra%elled 

 extensively and studied in many parts of the world, 

 and her ready pen and keen powers of observation 

 made her letters a delight to her friends. She had 

 considerable talent as an artist, and utilised this gift 

 to advantage in the pursuit of her archaeological 

 investigations. In Japan, for example, she made a 

 very thorough study of the temples in a series of 

 large water-colour drawings. Her name, however, will 

 best be remembered in connexion with her expeditions 

 to Mexico — which she visited thirteen times — and 

 other parts of Central America, for the purpose of 

 studying the antiquities of that region. In her travels 

 in Mexico in the early 'nineties she rode on horseback, 

 accompanied by one Indian only, a feat which in those 

 days required both courage and much power of en- 

 durance. At the suggestion of Mr. A. P. Maudslay, 

 she undertook to copy in water-colour the mural 

 paintings of Chichen Itza in Yucatan, and produced 

 a remarkable series of records of great beauty and 

 high scientific value, unfortunately still unpublished. 

 Miss Breton was also responsible for the copy of the 

 pre-Columbian map of Mexico City, preserved in the 

 National Museum of Mexico, and of the map of the 

 Valley of Mexico, by Alonzo de Santa Cruz, in the 

 University of Uppsala, which were published in Mr. 

 Maudslay's translation of the " Conquest of Spain," by 

 Bernal Diaz de Castillo. Of the former, Mr. Maudslay 

 says it " needed long familiarity with Mexican picture- 

 writing and topography to accomplish so successfully." 

 Miss Breton's great accuracy and industry served 

 her and her readers well in the many papers on 

 American archaeology and other subjects which she 

 contributed to scientific journals. She was a regular 

 attendant at the meetings of the International Con- 

 gress of Americanists, and was to a very large extent 

 responsible for the organisation of the meeting held 

 in London in 191 2. 



We regret to announce the following deaths : 



Sir James Raid, Bt., Physician in Ordinary to 

 Queen Victoria, King Edward, and King George, 

 on June 28, aged seventy-three. 



Sir Benjamin Simpson, formerly Sanitary Com- 

 missioner and Surgeon-General with the Government 

 of India, on June 27, aged ninety-two. 



Mr. S. S. Hough, F.R.S., H.M. Astronomer at the 

 Cape of Good Hope, on July 8, aged fifty-three. 



