Bevis Brock was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Salisbury. He was born in Cambridge in 1922, the son of H M Brock, a well-known cartoonist and illustrator. Bevis attended the Perse School in Cambridge and subsequently Cambridge University, before undertaking his clinical training at King’s Colle

Ian McNicol Smith, known as ‘Mechanical’, was head of the orthopaedic department at Box Hill Hospital, Victoria, Australia. He was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland on 23 April 1920. His father, Thomas Henry Smith, was a butcher; his mother was Helen McNicol Smith née Wilson. His elder brother

Dr John Roarty is regarded as one of the pre-eminent orthopaedic surgeons, and a pioneer of hip replacement surgery, in Australia. He devoted his life to his profession, and with a gentle tenacity, in his characteristically unassuming way, rose to the top of his field. Born on April 18, 1924, to

William Ramsay Risk was born on 20 June 1929 in Egypt. It is not known where he was educated or where he studied medicine. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1954 and became an orthopaedic surgeon working in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA. Married to Brenda Mary, they had a daughter Sara Da

Ian Macfarlane, the son of James Macfarlane and Islena, née Cromarty, was born on 8 September 1925 in Uckfield, Sussex. He was educated at Seafield Park, Fareham, Hampshire, and received his medical training at the Middlesex Hospital. After qualifying in 1948 he held an appointment as casualty offic

With the recent death of Peter Low, Nelson and New Zealand lost an important connection with an era of health care that was by today’s standards lightly administered, remarkably efficient and well-regarded by both staff and community. Trained as a general surgeon, Peter subsequently specialised in o