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Gilruth, Geo. Ritchie, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S.Edin. 1865, held the following 
appointments : — Surg. Lt.-Col. (V.D.) 1st. Edin. (City) Y. Artillery ; Asst. 
Demonstrator of Anatomy R.C.S. Edin. ; Res. Surgeon Consett Infirmary ; 
and was the author of Physiological Effects of Injuries of the Spinal 
Cord in the Lower Animals, and papers to the Lancet and Edinburgh 
Medical Journal. 
He was elected a Fellow of the Society in 1880, and died at Allan ton, 
Bridge of Allan, on 15th August 1921. 
Helme, Thomas Arthur, M.D. Edin. (Gold Medal) 1889, M.B., 
C.M. (Hon.) 1885, M. R.C.S. Eng. 1894, M.R.C.P. Lond. 1894, was educated 
at Edinburgh University, University College, London, and the University 
of Strasburg. He was Freeland-Barbour Research Scholar R.C.P. Edin. 
in 1890; Leckie-Mactier Fellow 1886; Buchanan Scholar 1885, Univer- 
sity, Edinburgh ; Exhib. Univ. Lond. 1884 ; Hon. Phys. Northern Hosp. 
Women and Children, Manchester ; V.P. N. of England Obstetrical Society ; 
and President Lancs, and Ches. Branch B.M.A. He held the following 
appointments : — Physician, Women’s Dispensary, Edin. ; Res. Surg. Roy. 
Maternity Hosp. Edin. ; Res. Obst. St Mary’s Hosp. Women and Children, 
Manchester; and communicated a paper to the Transactions of this 
Society (vol. xxxv) on “ Histological Observations on the Muscular 
Fibre and Connective Tissue of the Uterus during Pregnancy and the 
Puerperium.” He was author of the Anatomy and Physiology of the 
Uterus, 1889, and published papers in the Medical Chronicle, 1893, and 
in the British Medical Journal, 1907. 
Dr Helme was elected to the Fellowship of this Society in 1890, and 
died on 5th September 1921. 
Hunter, James, F.R.C.S.E., F.R.A.S., was one of the oldest Fellows of 
the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, and was well known in medical 
circles. For a number of years he was Lecturer in Physiology to the 
School of Medicine of the Royal Colleges, and latterly he acted as Examiner 
in Biology and Physiology for the Royal College of Surgeons in the triple 
qualification. He was a keen amateur astronomer, interested in optics, 
and published several papers in the Scottish Microscopical Society’s 
Transactions and Proceedings, and a joint paper with Mr E. Sang in the 
Proceedings of this Society, vol. viii, 1873, p. 126: “Observations and 
Experiments on the Fluid in the Cavities of Calcareous Spar.” 
Dr Hunter was elected a Fellow of the Society in 1887, and for many 
years regularly attended its meetings. He died at Edinburgh on 15th 
February 1921. 
