Jacob Zimmerman qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1943. He was a foundation member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, a Fellow of the New York Academy of Science and an Hunterian Professor of our College in 1966. He was an assistant Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at the New York Medica

George Bonney, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at St Mary’s Hospital, London, was an original. Tall, fine looking with a dominating presence, a wry smile, an acute wit and a great way with words, he amused many and confused others. He was one of the last classically trained doctors. Whatever he said,

Paul Brand, a celebrated orthopaedic surgeon, devoted his life to the care of patients with leprosy. He was born in a remote mountain district in south east India, 150 miles from Mysore, on 17 July 1914, the son of Jesse Brand and his wife, Evelyn, both Baptist missionaries. Paul was sent away to En