Henry Buchan Sargent

Harry qualified in Medicine at Glasgow University as did his brother Tom. He served in the Forces as a Medical Officer (ts has his "Handbook of the Swahili Language") and one of his favourite stories was of dealing with an outbreak of Meningitis in a large Army Camp. He could not examine a thousand troops personally every day but had them march in front of him. Those with early meningitis walked awkwardly.

Later he became Senior Medical Officer, Hospital Admissions Department, Western Regional Hospital Board of Scotlasnd. This position at "the bar" made him responsible for admissions to hospital for patients needing to go in urgently. In those days GPs did not phone hospitals directly as in the 1970s onwards.

He retired to Innellan and later to Largs on the Clyde coast. ts Apr08