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Somerset for 4 years. He then joined the Medical Branchof the Royal Air Force, in which he served for 5 years,much of the time in North Africa and Italy. He returned togeneral practice in 1945, in Bristol, where he began to showa great interest in the National Health Service, activelycampaigning in’ favour of its introduction.

At the time of the inception, in 1948, of the NationalHealth Service, Dr. Cardew moved to London to becomegeneral secretary of the Medical Practitioners’ Union,which for some time had been relatively inactive. He

engrossed himself in its development and this enabled himto use his unique talents for organisation, planning, andadministration; his unusual skill in medical journalismwas also of much value, so that he was able to build up thejournal of the M.P.U., the Medical World, from a smallmagazine into a medical journal with a national reputation.His comments and reports on the medical scene, bothspoken and written, had such an impact that the M.P.U.’s" Blueprint for the Future " became incorporated in theB.M.A.’s " Family Doctor’s Charter ".As representative on the General Medical Services

Committee he was able to put across his point of view onmany controversial issues with regard to the administra-tion and development of the National Health Service, andeven those who disagreed with him could but respect himfor his obvious sincerity and deep regard for the well-being of the N.H.S. and of the patients it cared for. Itwas his idea to produce the film "General Practice",which showed the work of the N.H.S. family doctor andis still frequently shown to medical meetings at the presenttime. He was also the prime-mover behind the Lloyd-Hamol appointment system-a method introduced byhim and used now by almost 13,000 doctors in generalpractice.One of the ventures that he was most proud of was the

setting up in 1965 of the General Practitioners’ AdvisoryService, which was jointly administered by the RoyalCollege of General Practitioners, the British MedicalAssociation, and the Medical Practitioners’ Union-nomean feat when it is remembered how difficult it was forthese organisations to see eye to eye over various matters.Dr. Cardew was bitterly disappointed when the financialsupport ceased, but for some time now, and indeedthroughout the last few months of his terminal illness,he worked ceaselessly to set up a new foundation thatwill carry on with the work he thought was so vital for thefurther development of the National Health Service. Inits early years, Dr. Cardew did much to encourage thefoundation of the College of General Practitioners; in

April this year he was awarded one of the College’s highesthonours-its Foundation Council award. British Medicinehas lost one of its most sincere campaigners for improve-ments in the National Health Service.

Dr. Cardew is survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.P. H.

GEORGE ALEXANDER HENDRYM.D., B.Sc.Aberd., D.M.R.T.

Dr. G. A. Hendry, consultant radiotherapist to theNewcastle Regional Hospital Board, died on June 13.He was born in 1914, the son of a general practitioner of

Buckie, in the county of Banffshire, and he always retaineda strong affinity with his native locality. Following educa-tion at Buckie High School, he studied medicine at MarechalCollege, Aberdeen, graduating M.B. in 1938. During hisfirst house-officer post he was responsible for the patientsof the radiotherapy department, and this explains hisinitial introduction to his eventual career. After warservice with the R.N.V.R., during which he served in the

Mediterranean and attained the rank of surgeon Heut.-commander, his further study of radiotherapy was delayed,when, after the death of his father, he held together thefamily practice until his younger brother qualified. Hethen resumed his chosen career, studying at Manchester,Newcastle, and Aberdeen before being appointed con.

sultant in 1956.

George had a unique place in the department, of which hewas an exceptionally well-liked member. Always present,though usually towards the background, he was ever readyto help a colleague, a patient, a radiographer, or a secretary.For many years he made a special study of patients withlung cancer, about whom he wrote a thesis for which hewas awarded the M.D. in 1970. His hobbies were motoring,golf, and the cultivation of his interest in North-East Scot.land.

He is survived by his wife and their two sons, one ofwhom is a doctor. W.M.R.

Lord BOYD ORR, F.R.S., who was first director-general ofthe United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisationand was known internationally for his work on nutrition,died on June 25 at the age of 90.

Sir WILFRID LE GROS CLARK, F.R.S., professor of anatomyin the University of Oxford from 1934 to 1962, died onJune 28.

Appointments

BENSON, E. A., B.M.Oxon., F.R.C.S. : consultant general surgeon,General Infirmary, Leeds, and Pinderfields General Hospital,Wakefield.

GALTON, D. J., M.D., B.sc.Lond., M.R.C.P.: consultant physician in (general medicine, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. i,

GARDINER, A. Q., M.B., PH.D.Aberd., D.P.M.: consultant psychiatrist, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen. II.WALKER, J. G., M.D.Lond., M.R.C.P.: consultant physician, St. Mary’sHospital, London.

Manchester Regional Hospital Board:KERBY, I. J., M.B.Durh., F.F.R., D.M.R.T.: consultant radiotherapist,

Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester.MILLER, T. N., B.M.Oxon, M.R.C.P. : consultant general physician,

Ashton, Hyde, and Glossop hospital group.RocCKLBY, G. J., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.P.E., D.P.M.: consultant psychiatrist,

Prestwich Hospital.SHREEVE, D. R., M.B.Manc., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.P.E.: consultant physician,

North-East Manchester hospital group.

South Eastern Regional Hospital Board, Scotland:CHAWLA, H. B., M.B.St.And., F.R.C.S.E., D.o.: consultant ophthalm

ologist, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.DAVIES, I. T., M.B.Edin., F.F.A. R.C.S. : consultant anesthetist,

Edinburgh Northern hospital group.DupF, A. J., M.B.Edin., F.R.C.S.E.: consultant general surgeon,

Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.ROBINSON, R. A., M.B.Belf., D.P.M.: consultant psychiatrist, Bangour

Village Hospital, West Lothian.RUCKLEY, C. V., M.B.Edin., F.R.C.S.E.: consultant general surgeon,

Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.

Welsh Hospital Board:HAYES, B. R., M.B.Durh., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.E. : consultant’-general

surgeon, East Glamorgan Hospital, Pontypridd.jBssop, J. D., M.B.Dubl., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.P.I., D.PHYS.MED.: Coll-

sultant in physical medicine and rheumatology, Cardiff area.PIERCE, D. W., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.P.E., D.P.M.: consultant psychiatrist.

Pontypridd and Rhondda, and Bro Morganwg hospital groups.SEATON, ANTHONY, M.B.Cantab., M.R.C.P. : consultant in diseases of

the chest, University Hospital of Wales H.M.C.WATERS, J. S., M.B.Lond., F.R.C.S. : consultant general surgeon.

Singleton Hospital, Swansea.WILLINGTON, F. L., M.D.Dubl.: consultant physican in geriatric

medicine, University Hospital of Wales H.M.c.WINSEY, H. S., M.B.Lond., F.R.C.S.: consultant general surgeon.

Singleton Hospital, Swansea.