Cecil Joseph Digan Langton was born on 17 March 1907, and educated at St Aloysius College, Sydney. He graduated MB BS from Sydney University in 1933, and then became a resident medical officer at Lewisham Hospital, Sydney, of which he was Medical Superintendent from 1934-5. In 1936 he came to Englan

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