THE LATE DR. JOSEPH ROGERS.

Dr. Maureen Rogers, the first Australian pediatric dermatologist

Such a quote is apt for Maureen Rogers (nee McGhee), the first Australian pediatric dermatologist. Fame and accolades have never inspired her. For Maureen, commitment to the well-being of her patients, her students, and her family, and thus her commitment to service to all, has been her driving motivation. Maureen was born in Scotland in 1942, an only child to nonmedical parents. From ages 7 to...

Dr James Joseph Cockburn, FRCPsych, FRCPI

Jim Cockburn, who has died aged 82, was inaugural in several domains of psychiatric practice. He was especially interested in the need to provide patients with treatment and help close to where they lived. Such an idea is taken for granted in the current structure of services, but even as late as the 1960s it was not unusual for patients to be admitted to hospitals many miles away from the fami...

Prof. Dr. Joseph Sebrechts: "primus inter pares".

“Bruges possesses many treasures of art from previous centuries, but the living treasure of Bruges is certainly Professor Sebrechts” (). With these words, Queen Elisabeth honoured the surgeon with whom she had closely worked with the Belgian Red Cross (Fig. 1). A few weeks later, on Easter morning, March 28 1948, Joseph Sebrechts passed away due to bleeding oesophageal varicose veins, as a cons...

The Late Dr. Reginald Farrar

The Late Dr. Francis Warner

The recent death of Dr. Warner in his eightieth year, is an event which must command the sympathy and regret of the readers of Mental Welfare. For many years past he had been retired from active work, but in the l'atter part of last century his name was one of the best known among those working in the field to which this journal is devoted. He was, indeed, a leader in the way in which he approa...