Lewis Cook was educated at, and house physician to, the Westminster Hospital before he joined the Indian Medical Service. He rose to the rank of Colonel and was Inspector General of the civil hospitals of Bihar and Orissa. He died in 1965 at the age of 89 years.

Born at Oldham, 20 September 1878, the fourth child and second son of Edward Richards Noall, waste merchant, and Jane Stevens Paynter, his wife. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and afterwards entered Owens College, where he acted as prosector in anatomy. Coming to London he took courses

Born on 19 August 1876 in Birmingham, son of John McGavin, he was educated at King Edward's High School and the University of Birmingham. He trained at the London Hospital, winning a gold medal and university scholarship. During the South African war he served as a civilian surgeon with the army, im