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Irving B. Wershaw 1901–1963
Practice where he had a well-equipped laboratory in his home. He became a naturalized British citizen in 1939. Gifted as a researcher, he expressed his deepest satisfaction in the rewarding experiences which general practice had afforded him. His patients held him in such esteem that after his retirement in 1961 they took up a collection and purchased a microscope with a camera attachment so that he could pursue his hobby of photography. During his last few years he became fond of gardening and raised beautiful plants both in his Island garden and in his greenhouse. Alert right up to the time of his death, it is no coincidence that the same issue of the British Me&ml Journal which carried his obituary notice (Brit. M. J. 1: 1291, 1963) also contained a letter by him to the edit,or dictated five days prior to his death commenting on the r e c e n t published observation that hypnotism may influence the PrausnitzKiistner reaction (Brit. M. J. 1: 1287, 1963). He is survived by his two sons, one of whom, Dr. Christopher Giles, is a consultant pathologist in Staffordshire, England. It provides food for thought when we see the giants of medicine fading one by one from the scene-men like Dr. Prausnitz-Giles-to realize that their inspired work was done so recently and that the expanding fund of medical knowledge, based upon such early discoveries as the Prausnitz-Kiistner test, has accumulated in the span of a lifetime.
IRVING B. WERSHAW 1001-1963 and friends of the Academy will be saddened to learn of the M death of Irving B. Wershaw, founder of EMBERS
Dome Chemicals, on May 2 in New York. He was 61 years of age. Mr. Wershaw had the unusual hobby of collecting autographed photographs of dermatologists and allergists; there were more than 2,000 in his collection which probably comprises the largest such set in existence. Many physicians represented in the collection were his personal friends. Mr. Wershaw was born in New Haven, Connecticut, became a registered pharmacist in 1922, and graduated from Yale Universit,y with honors as a chemical engineer in 1923. With his wife, an industrial engineer, Mr. Wershaw founded Dome Chemicals in 1939. Later, in 1959, when Miles Laboratories acquired Dome, he was retained as president, and also was made vice-president of Miles.
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His lifelong interest in medical education led Mr. Wershaw to become a founder of Albert Einstein Medical School of Yeshiva University in New York, and a Patron of New York University-Bellevue Medical Center. He was a member of the Yale Club of New York, the American Pharmaceutical Association, and the Chemists Club. He was a Master Mason. Survivors include his widow, the former Lona Duval, two brothers and a sister. Medicine and the field of allergy have lost one of their staunchest laysupporters at a time when such dedicated people are sorely needed.
CHARLES
EVANDER SUTHERLAND
1895-1962 at the C age of 67 at his home indied Armadale, HARLES E. SUTHERLAND
Victoria, Aust,ralia. Born in Dandenong, he attended Melbourne Grammar School and graduated in medicine in 1920 from the University of 11elbourne. He was resident medical officer at the Hospital for Sick Children in Brisbane, following which he entered general practice in Alpha Queensland. He then served as ship’s surgeon on the S.S. Naidera and on a trip to England gained his MRCP. In 1924, his interest turned to allergy, and he worked with Dr. Mackeddie at the Baker Institute at Alfred Hospital. Dr. Sutherland established the first outpatient clinic for allergic diseasesin Australia in 1925. He was head of this clinic until his retirement in 1955. In addition to this responsibility, a.nd his private practice, he carried out extensive work in the field of asthma and particularly in research into the nature of the house dust antigen and its preparation. Dr. Sutherland was one of the foundation fellows who helped constitute the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1938. During World War II he went to England and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was invalided in 1943 and returned home after commanding the Medical unit of the Fifty-fifth Indian General Hospital in Colombo. He was invited in 1950 to work at the California Institute of Technology with Linus Pauling and others on the immunochemistry of the house dust antigen. He wrote at length on this and related subjects.
IRVING B. WERSHAW 1001-1963 and friends of the Academy will be saddened to learn of the M death of Irving B. Wershaw, founder of EMBERS
Dome Chemicals, on May 2 in New York. He was 61 years of age. Mr. Wershaw had the unusual hobby of collecting autographed photographs of dermatologists and allergists; there were more than 2,000 in his collection which probably comprises the largest such set in existence. Many physicians represented in the collection were his personal friends. Mr. Wershaw was born in New Haven, Connecticut, became a registered pharmacist in 1922, and graduated from Yale Universit,y with honors as a chemical engineer in 1923. With his wife, an industrial engineer, Mr. Wershaw founded Dome Chemicals in 1939. Later, in 1959, when Miles Laboratories acquired Dome, he was retained as president, and also was made vice-president of Miles.
OBITUARIER
555
His lifelong interest in medical education led Mr. Wershaw to become a founder of Albert Einstein Medical School of Yeshiva University in New York, and a Patron of New York University-Bellevue Medical Center. He was a member of the Yale Club of New York, the American Pharmaceutical Association, and the Chemists Club. He was a Master Mason. Survivors include his widow, the former Lona Duval, two brothers and a sister. Medicine and the field of allergy have lost one of their staunchest laysupporters at a time when such dedicated people are sorely needed.
CHARLES
EVANDER SUTHERLAND
1895-1962 at the C age of 67 at his home indied Armadale, HARLES E. SUTHERLAND
Victoria, Aust,ralia. Born in Dandenong, he attended Melbourne Grammar School and graduated in medicine in 1920 from the University of 11elbourne. He was resident medical officer at the Hospital for Sick Children in Brisbane, following which he entered general practice in Alpha Queensland. He then served as ship’s surgeon on the S.S. Naidera and on a trip to England gained his MRCP. In 1924, his interest turned to allergy, and he worked with Dr. Mackeddie at the Baker Institute at Alfred Hospital. Dr. Sutherland established the first outpatient clinic for allergic diseasesin Australia in 1925. He was head of this clinic until his retirement in 1955. In addition to this responsibility, a.nd his private practice, he carried out extensive work in the field of asthma and particularly in research into the nature of the house dust antigen and its preparation. Dr. Sutherland was one of the foundation fellows who helped constitute the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1938. During World War II he went to England and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was invalided in 1943 and returned home after commanding the Medical unit of the Fifty-fifth Indian General Hospital in Colombo. He was invited in 1950 to work at the California Institute of Technology with Linus Pauling and others on the immunochemistry of the house dust antigen. He wrote at length on this and related subjects.