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Joan N. Mackover M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H.
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J o h n Raeside was very much a Scot, with the humanity and humour and concern for truth which characterize them. The moving enthusiasm in him was undoubtedly for the philosophy and work of Rudolf Steiner and he felt strongly that, from this source, impulse and enlightenment for the future development of Hom~eopathy was possible. He was naturally choleric, with the tenacity and energy of this temperament, and in discussion and argument could be forthright to the point of bluntness. But he was always accessible to reason and his whole being would expand with delight when he grasped some new and different aspect of a problem. With patients he manifested a quite different side to his character, patient, sympathetic, willing to listen, willing to enter into their problems fully and constructively, a friend and counsellor. Ilmumerable have been the tributes from his patients, full of gratitude for his help and willingness to t r y and help when all else had failed. He felt t h a t the true impulse in a doctor is the impulse to bring healing activity to the sufferer and that science has a place in medicine only in so far as it increases the therapeutic insight and zeal of the physician. He often emphasized t h a t it is within the homoeopathic tradition and movement that the idea and reality of healing has a central place and t h a t it is this which so distinguishes it from orthodox scientific medicine which really has no concept of the healing forces. Apart from medicine he had a wide range of interests, from the pursuit of ancient stone circles to music. He loved children and became with them a child again, entering into all the fun of their games, and he obviously enjoyed to the full the responsibilities of his own family. My own friendship with him ripened over the years and we found a complementariness in our respective temperaments and talents which, apart from the pleasure of working together, also on occasion gave rise to the discovery of new insights barred to either of us singly. His death is a personal loss to all of us who knew him, but most especially to his children and wife. The greatest m a r k of our s y m p a t h y will be in the efforts of all of us who remain to see to it that the ideals of J o h n and those who died with him are carried on and taken further. L. R .
JOAN
N.
MACKOVER
M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P.,
TWENTYMAlq
D.P.H.
Dr. J o a n N. Mackover, general practitioner in North-west London and clinical assistant to the Royal London Homceopathic Hospital, died in the Trident air disaster at Heathrow on 18 June 1972. She was 49. J o a n Natalie Mackover was born on 17 August 1921 in London and educated at H a m p s t c a d High School and the Royal Free Hospital, where she qualified in 1946, taking the D.P.m in 1949. Always eager to learn new medical skills and to follow new approaches, her particular interest in the patient as an individual led her to study Homceopathy. She became an Associate Member of the Faculty of I-Iomceopathy in 1968 and worked as a clinical assistant in the children's outpatient department at the Royal London Homceopathie Hospital since F e b r u a r y 1970. I remember J o a n Mackover as a keen, cheerful, intelligent personality when we were fellow students at the Royal Free and also in later years. Always a great reader, she had an impressive knowledge of ancient and modern religions and philosophies. Very much absorbed in her N H S practice, she also took great interest in her work in child welfare clinics. I n spite of m a n y adversities she always remained cheerful and optimistic, and dedicated to the welfare of her
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family and her patients. She had great understanding, patience, and sympathy, especially for the elderly and deprived, and her warm, intelligent personality will be greatly missed by her many patients and friends. She is survived by a daughter and two sons, one of whom is a veterinary surgeon.
THEA FRY
M A R J O R I E GOLOMB, M.B.~ B.S.~ I~I.R.C.S.~ L . R . C . P . ,
M.F.HOM.
Marjorie Golomb was born in 1923. In 1946 she qualified in London with a M.R.C.S.(ENG.) and L.R.C.P.(LOND.) and took her M.B., B.S. in the same year. She was then house physician at the London Jewish Hospital with which she kept in touch throughout her future fife. For a short time she was in general practice. Her medical career was interrupted by her marriage in 1948 and by the birth of her four children. As the children started school, Dr. Golomb returned to medical work, first as a school doctor, then as a hospital physician. She first became a Clinical Assistant at the Marlborough Day Hospital for a number of years and then turned to dermatology. In 1962, she joined the Faculty of Homceopathy and later took her M.r.~OM. Since 1962, she worked in the Skin Dept. of the Royal London Homceopathic Hospital as Clinical Assistant and, in addition, held positions in Dermatological Departments at St. Albans City Hospital, The Royal Northern Hospital, The Central Middlesex Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth II. Hospital in Welwyn Garden City and recently at St. John's Hospital for the Diseases of the Skin. Marjorie Golomb's high intelligence, perceptiveness of other people's needs, her great modesty and unfailing friendliness made her a beloved doctor, a universally liked colleague and a friend to a large circle of people. She was one of the victims of the recent air disaster at London Airport. She is survived by her children. E. K. L E D E R M A N N
L U D I M A R Y L O N E K A N D A L L A , lVi.B . , C H . B . , L . M . S . S . A . ,
M.F.HOM.
K A W T H E R T E R E S A KANDALLA~ M . B . , C H . B . , M . R . C . S . ~ L . R . C . P ,
Ludi and K a y Kandalla were the only children of a prominent Baghdad physician, Dr. F. K. Kandalla, who, not content with what he had learned in his own country, at the Harvard Medical School, and at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London, turned in middle life to the study of Homceopathy. What he found so thrilled him that he determined that his daughters should share his work and carry it further, and they both duly studied medicine and qualified at the University of Baghdad. After that, however, they proved to be as independent and inquiring as their father had been, and both decided to learn all they could of Western orthodox medicine before committing themselves to one branch. One after another, to the distress of their parents (but perhaps also to their father's grudging admiration) they came to England, took their medical Finals again, and settled down to work in this country for several years. Ludi was the first to feel the pull of Homceopathy. Disillusioned with housejobs in orthodox hospitals, she came to the Royal London Homceopathic Hospital as House Physician in October 1970, and stayed until May 1971. She will be remembered for many things: her decorative appearance, like some great Assyrian goddess; her spontaneous laughter; her refusal to compromise in any way with what she felt to be incompetence or injustice in staff or colleagues,
THE
BRITISH
HOMG~OPATHIC
JOURNAL
J o h n Raeside was very much a Scot, with the humanity and humour and concern for truth which characterize them. The moving enthusiasm in him was undoubtedly for the philosophy and work of Rudolf Steiner and he felt strongly that, from this source, impulse and enlightenment for the future development of Hom~eopathy was possible. He was naturally choleric, with the tenacity and energy of this temperament, and in discussion and argument could be forthright to the point of bluntness. But he was always accessible to reason and his whole being would expand with delight when he grasped some new and different aspect of a problem. With patients he manifested a quite different side to his character, patient, sympathetic, willing to listen, willing to enter into their problems fully and constructively, a friend and counsellor. Ilmumerable have been the tributes from his patients, full of gratitude for his help and willingness to t r y and help when all else had failed. He felt t h a t the true impulse in a doctor is the impulse to bring healing activity to the sufferer and that science has a place in medicine only in so far as it increases the therapeutic insight and zeal of the physician. He often emphasized t h a t it is within the homoeopathic tradition and movement that the idea and reality of healing has a central place and t h a t it is this which so distinguishes it from orthodox scientific medicine which really has no concept of the healing forces. Apart from medicine he had a wide range of interests, from the pursuit of ancient stone circles to music. He loved children and became with them a child again, entering into all the fun of their games, and he obviously enjoyed to the full the responsibilities of his own family. My own friendship with him ripened over the years and we found a complementariness in our respective temperaments and talents which, apart from the pleasure of working together, also on occasion gave rise to the discovery of new insights barred to either of us singly. His death is a personal loss to all of us who knew him, but most especially to his children and wife. The greatest m a r k of our s y m p a t h y will be in the efforts of all of us who remain to see to it that the ideals of J o h n and those who died with him are carried on and taken further. L. R .
JOAN
N.
MACKOVER
M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P.,
TWENTYMAlq
D.P.H.
Dr. J o a n N. Mackover, general practitioner in North-west London and clinical assistant to the Royal London Homceopathic Hospital, died in the Trident air disaster at Heathrow on 18 June 1972. She was 49. J o a n Natalie Mackover was born on 17 August 1921 in London and educated at H a m p s t c a d High School and the Royal Free Hospital, where she qualified in 1946, taking the D.P.m in 1949. Always eager to learn new medical skills and to follow new approaches, her particular interest in the patient as an individual led her to study Homceopathy. She became an Associate Member of the Faculty of I-Iomceopathy in 1968 and worked as a clinical assistant in the children's outpatient department at the Royal London Homceopathie Hospital since F e b r u a r y 1970. I remember J o a n Mackover as a keen, cheerful, intelligent personality when we were fellow students at the Royal Free and also in later years. Always a great reader, she had an impressive knowledge of ancient and modern religions and philosophies. Very much absorbed in her N H S practice, she also took great interest in her work in child welfare clinics. I n spite of m a n y adversities she always remained cheerful and optimistic, and dedicated to the welfare of her
OBITUARIES
251
family and her patients. She had great understanding, patience, and sympathy, especially for the elderly and deprived, and her warm, intelligent personality will be greatly missed by her many patients and friends. She is survived by a daughter and two sons, one of whom is a veterinary surgeon.
THEA FRY
M A R J O R I E GOLOMB, M.B.~ B.S.~ I~I.R.C.S.~ L . R . C . P . ,
M.F.HOM.
Marjorie Golomb was born in 1923. In 1946 she qualified in London with a M.R.C.S.(ENG.) and L.R.C.P.(LOND.) and took her M.B., B.S. in the same year. She was then house physician at the London Jewish Hospital with which she kept in touch throughout her future fife. For a short time she was in general practice. Her medical career was interrupted by her marriage in 1948 and by the birth of her four children. As the children started school, Dr. Golomb returned to medical work, first as a school doctor, then as a hospital physician. She first became a Clinical Assistant at the Marlborough Day Hospital for a number of years and then turned to dermatology. In 1962, she joined the Faculty of Homceopathy and later took her M.r.~OM. Since 1962, she worked in the Skin Dept. of the Royal London Homceopathic Hospital as Clinical Assistant and, in addition, held positions in Dermatological Departments at St. Albans City Hospital, The Royal Northern Hospital, The Central Middlesex Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth II. Hospital in Welwyn Garden City and recently at St. John's Hospital for the Diseases of the Skin. Marjorie Golomb's high intelligence, perceptiveness of other people's needs, her great modesty and unfailing friendliness made her a beloved doctor, a universally liked colleague and a friend to a large circle of people. She was one of the victims of the recent air disaster at London Airport. She is survived by her children. E. K. L E D E R M A N N
L U D I M A R Y L O N E K A N D A L L A , lVi.B . , C H . B . , L . M . S . S . A . ,
M.F.HOM.
K A W T H E R T E R E S A KANDALLA~ M . B . , C H . B . , M . R . C . S . ~ L . R . C . P ,
Ludi and K a y Kandalla were the only children of a prominent Baghdad physician, Dr. F. K. Kandalla, who, not content with what he had learned in his own country, at the Harvard Medical School, and at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London, turned in middle life to the study of Homceopathy. What he found so thrilled him that he determined that his daughters should share his work and carry it further, and they both duly studied medicine and qualified at the University of Baghdad. After that, however, they proved to be as independent and inquiring as their father had been, and both decided to learn all they could of Western orthodox medicine before committing themselves to one branch. One after another, to the distress of their parents (but perhaps also to their father's grudging admiration) they came to England, took their medical Finals again, and settled down to work in this country for several years. Ludi was the first to feel the pull of Homceopathy. Disillusioned with housejobs in orthodox hospitals, she came to the Royal London Homceopathic Hospital as House Physician in October 1970, and stayed until May 1971. She will be remembered for many things: her decorative appearance, like some great Assyrian goddess; her spontaneous laughter; her refusal to compromise in any way with what she felt to be incompetence or injustice in staff or colleagues,