Stewart Ranken Douglas, 1871 -1936

Stewart Ranken Douglas, youngest son of the late J . A. Douglas, was ,born at Coulsdon Grange, Surrey, on 22 February , 1871 ; he died in London , after a brief illness, on 20 January , 1936. His life of almost sixty-five years was devoted to the service of medicine— especially pathology . Douglas was educated at Hailey bury College an dafterwards at St. Bartholomew ’s Hospital. Here he was dresser to Sir Thomas Smith ; and Colonel H. J. Walton , I.M.S ., who was house-surgeon at that time, writes : “ I was attracted to him by his marked keenness. He was not a bookish man , and it was the handicraft, not the theory of medicine and surgery, that interested him . When other dressers left in the afternoon, Douglas could be relied upon to stay and help with any practical work (putting up of fractures, making plaster splints, etc.) that had to be done in the ward s.” This desire to do things for the benefit of his fellow men was characteristic of his whole career.