The Pharmaceutical
Journal Vol 267 No 7170 p581
20 October 2001
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The Pharmaceutical
Journal Vol 267 No 7170 p581 |
TributePenny In a tribute to the late Santiago Penny (PJ, 29 September, p446), VICTOR HAMMOND writes: Santiago Penny was one of a considerable number of pharmacists who served in Lucknow and in the British Military Hospital there during the 1939–45 war. It was through his article “Wartime experiences in India” (PJ, 22/25 December 1989) that my correspondence with him began. Many wartime coincidences involving pharmacists, particularly in India and Burma, came to light in correspondence with Santiago and others. One coincidence was being affected by fires in bamboo basha cookhouses, causing widespread damage. Santiago was serving with 53 (Combined) Indian General Hospital, then in Kohima, when the cookhouse there caught fire. In 1944 Santiago was commissioned and then sent to Calcutta to form 36 Indian Base Depot Medical Stores. No commanding officer had then been appointed, and he, the second in command, had to take command temporarily. Santiago must have been aged about 77 when he wrote the article in 1989. I missed his helpful letters when he became frail and our correspondence ceased. |