Arthur de Sa, the fifth child of Lawrence and Clementine de Sa, was born in Bombay on 13 June, 1910. After education at Antonio da Silva High School, Bombay, he matriculated and secured an entrance scholarship to Elphinstone College, from whence he obtained a Junior Government Scholarship. After securing several prizes and medals he graduated from Bombay University in 1930. He then did various resident appointments before becoming honorary surgeon at King Edward Memorial Hospital from 1936 to 1968, and honorary paediatric surgeon at the Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children from 1942 to 1965. He was then consultant surgeon to Bombay Hospital up to the time of his retirement. The College records include very few details of de Sa's hospital work and teaching, but a former student (himself an FRCS now working in the United States) highly commends his formidable knowledge, as well as his intelligence, wit and friendly courteous style, and states that his lectures, ward rounds and tutorials were all keenly attended by large numbers of students who were deeply impressed by his teaching. Arthur de Sa was President of the Association of Paediatric Surgeons of India in 1959; President of the Association of Surgeons 1965-67. He was also President of the Indian chapter of the International College of Surgeons 1970-71. In September 1947, at the instance of the Indian government, de Sa led a team of doctors to Lahore and the surrounding areas for relief work during the bloodshed which followed the partition of India. He also accompanied the late Lady Mountbatten during her tour of the riot-stricken areas of West Pakistan at that time. During his working life de Sa contributed numerous articles and editorials to medical journals in India; he also wrote chapters for a number of surgical textbooks, including that on ascariasis in*Clinical surgery*, edited by Rob and Smith. He married Dr Celine Pereira in 1954 and they had one son and three daughters, he was survived by them at the time of his death on 4 March, 1981.