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Alva Benjamin, M.B., Ch.M. (Sydney), F.F.Hom.
Obituaries ALVA B E N J A M I N , M.B.~ C H . M . ( S Y D N E Y ) , F.F.HOM.,
Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine Dr. Alva Benjamin, formerly Consultant Physician in Dermatology at the Royal London Homceopathie Hospital, a former President of the International Homceopathic League, and for many years Treasurer of the Faculty of Homoeopathy, died in Hospital on 7 February 1975, as the result of an accident sustained a month previously. He was 90. Alva Benjamin was born in England in 1884. His family moved to Australia when he was a young child. He studied medicine in Sydney and qualified there in 1913. He joined the R.A.M.C. during the First World War and saw service in the Balkans where he distinguished himself, and was mentioned in despatches, After the war Dr. Benjamin became interested in homceopathic medicine. He returned to this country and joined the London Homceopathic Hospital. He became a Member of the British Homceopathic Society in 1921, and a Fellow of the Faculty of Homceopathy in 1944. In 1921, he was also appointed Consultant in charge of the Determatological Department, a position he held until his retirement from hospital work at the age of 70. He continued in his private practice until recently. Dr. Benjamin played an active part in the British Homceopathic Society which later became the Faculty of Homceopathy. He served on the Council for many of the years between 1932 and 1970, and was I-Ion. Treasurer of the Faculty from 1948 to 1970, and Vice-President in 1955-6. He was elected an Honorary Member of the Faculty in 1969. As a Member of the International Homceopathic League, Dr. Benjamin was widely known abroad. He attended many of the League's congresses and served as President of the League from 1962 to 1965. Alva Benjamin was a man of strong principles which he defended courageously. To his patients he showed deep understanding, to his friends he extended warmth and hospitality, joined by his wife, to whom deep sympathy is expressed. E.K.L
LADY ALICE HENRIETTA STOKES, K.I.H.~ M.A.(OXON.), M.R.C.S., M.F.HOM.
I first met Lady Alice Stokes when she came with her husband, to consult the late Dr. Lees Templeton in 1947, and she really changed very little over the years. Though indifferent to the title of Doctor or Lady, she was a natural lady. She spoke in the same kindly but rather imperious manner to everyone and never dreamt that anyone would not do her bidding as conscientiously as she did herself. She was a loyal and devoted pupil of the late Dr. Lees Templeton and his Kentian approach to Homceopathy, though she was also influenced by the less formal teaching of Dr. Foubister. She qualified as a Member of the Faculty in 1956, and practised for several years as m y clinical assistant at the Royal
Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine Dr. Alva Benjamin, formerly Consultant Physician in Dermatology at the Royal London Homceopathie Hospital, a former President of the International Homceopathic League, and for many years Treasurer of the Faculty of Homoeopathy, died in Hospital on 7 February 1975, as the result of an accident sustained a month previously. He was 90. Alva Benjamin was born in England in 1884. His family moved to Australia when he was a young child. He studied medicine in Sydney and qualified there in 1913. He joined the R.A.M.C. during the First World War and saw service in the Balkans where he distinguished himself, and was mentioned in despatches, After the war Dr. Benjamin became interested in homceopathic medicine. He returned to this country and joined the London Homceopathic Hospital. He became a Member of the British Homceopathic Society in 1921, and a Fellow of the Faculty of Homceopathy in 1944. In 1921, he was also appointed Consultant in charge of the Determatological Department, a position he held until his retirement from hospital work at the age of 70. He continued in his private practice until recently. Dr. Benjamin played an active part in the British Homceopathic Society which later became the Faculty of Homceopathy. He served on the Council for many of the years between 1932 and 1970, and was I-Ion. Treasurer of the Faculty from 1948 to 1970, and Vice-President in 1955-6. He was elected an Honorary Member of the Faculty in 1969. As a Member of the International Homceopathic League, Dr. Benjamin was widely known abroad. He attended many of the League's congresses and served as President of the League from 1962 to 1965. Alva Benjamin was a man of strong principles which he defended courageously. To his patients he showed deep understanding, to his friends he extended warmth and hospitality, joined by his wife, to whom deep sympathy is expressed. E.K.L
LADY ALICE HENRIETTA STOKES, K.I.H.~ M.A.(OXON.), M.R.C.S., M.F.HOM.
I first met Lady Alice Stokes when she came with her husband, to consult the late Dr. Lees Templeton in 1947, and she really changed very little over the years. Though indifferent to the title of Doctor or Lady, she was a natural lady. She spoke in the same kindly but rather imperious manner to everyone and never dreamt that anyone would not do her bidding as conscientiously as she did herself. She was a loyal and devoted pupil of the late Dr. Lees Templeton and his Kentian approach to Homceopathy, though she was also influenced by the less formal teaching of Dr. Foubister. She qualified as a Member of the Faculty in 1956, and practised for several years as m y clinical assistant at the Royal