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Curry On 14 February, Mary Edwina Curry, aged 93, of c/o 66 Douglas
Road, Longniddry, East Lothian EH32 0LJ. Mrs Curry registered in 1937
and retired from the Register in 2004.
Falconer Recently, William Gibb Falconer, MRPharmS, aged 84, of 65 Beresford
Road, Lilydale, Victoria 3140, Australia. Mr Falconer registered in 1943 and
retired from the Register in 2001. He worked in community pharmacy until 1976,
when he joined Allen & Hanburys as a medical representative, retiring from
work in 1986. He is survived by his wife Susan and daughter Ann.
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Tribute
Humphreys In a tribute to the late Kenneth
John Humphreys (PJ, 11 February,
p187), DRUMMOND FORBES writes:
As the district pharmaceutical officer
appointed to move hospital pharmacy in Southampton forward from the old
cottage hospital to the challenges of a new teaching hospital, I could
not have made a better appointment than Ken Humphreys.
There was no clinical pharmacy input and Ken charmed his way to establish
the ward pharmacy service for me. There was often suspicion and perhaps
resentment
by some consultants that pharmacy should check up on them. Ken managed to win
over the doubters by offering his unique blend of wit, charm and gentlemanly
conduct.
Coming from an academic background at Sunderland, his clinical knowledge was
thorough. He never hesitated to admit his weaknesses and then work with medical
staff to gain a better understanding. He was also a great tutor.
Clinical pharmacology under Professor Charles George was just beginning and Ken
and I worked with Charles to establish a great relationship that was to prove
so fruitful in the years that followed at getting clinical pharmacy in Southampton
established.
Ken and Joan offered their enviable home hospitality to many staff, visitors
and preregistration trainees who passed through the department. My family remember
Ken with great affection. He was a wonderful raconteur and we had so many wonderful
times together. But, most of all, Ken was “top drawer” and I am desperately
sorry to lose such a good friend.
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