Educated at St Bartholomew's where he served as house surgeon, he was also house surgeon at the East London Hospital for Children. He settled in South Africa in 1902, practising at Fordsburg, Transvaal. After the first world war he moved to Johannesburg, practising at Mayfair for nearly twenty years

Born 21 February 1872 at Barnet, Hertfordshire, the second child and second son of Thomas Douglas, civil engineer, and Isabella McLaren his wife. He was educated at Dulwich College and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon, resident midwifery assistant, and demonstrator of anat

Born 18 October 1872 at Hornsby Gate, Armathwaite, Cumberland, the third son and fourth child of Pearson Hewetson, farmer, of Fenton, Cumberland, and Charlotte Toppin his wife. He was educated at Grosvenor College, Carlisle, at the University of Edinburgh, at King's College Hospital, and at St Barth