Homoeopathy, formed to ensure that Homeeopathy took its rightful place in the National Health Service along with the other faculties and colleges. The late Dr McAusland and Dr Mitchell were two of the doctors who helped to form the basis of the now flourishing Department of Hom~eopathic Medicine in Liverpool.

Before the 1940s he felt it reasonable to ask if "Hom0eopathy works". There- after, he considered that the homoeopathic principle should be accepted in its own right, as the Law of Gravity is. I think he was right. It is the only working hypo- thesis which attempts to explain the curative effect of drugs. It is reasonable and complies with nature's actions in other fields and, above all, is the only system which avoids the ever present problem of unwanted toxic side effects.

In 1960 he retired to Brighton and, although medicine had been his life-long work, he decided to return to his student love of acting. He joined Equity in 1960 and appeared on our television screens and the stage, where he presented an appearance not unlike the genial fatherly figure of Wilfred Hyde White.

In 1975 he published a book on homoeopathy which regretfully is now out of print, largely because of the publisher's omission of an index and cross reference. This makes it difficult to abstract the very useful information on the life of Hahnemann, the origins of homoeopathy and its extension throughout Great Britain and the world in the succeeding years.

Our sympathy goes to Mrs Mitchell in her bereavement. Only doctors wives can know o f the work involved in looking after an active husband who is a doctor. For this we are greatly indebted.

We have lost a colleague and with his death seen the end of an era. I hope we are as careful custodians of the Art of Homoeopathy as he was.

C. O. K E N N E D Y

It was with great sadness that I learnt of the death of Dr G. R. Mitchell. He spent all his working life in St Annes on Sea, Lanes. before retiring to Brighton. I joined him in practice from the London Homeeopathic Hospital in 1948 and was with him until he retired in 1960. He was a brilliant homoeopath and a very fine diagnostician. It was a pleasure to work with h~m, he was always so cheerful and considerate. He was very much loved by his patients who still speak of him with affection, even though he had been retired for about 23 years. I learnt much from him and his keen sense of observation often produced the remedy that cured. Many articles and a text book on homoeopathy have flowed from his pen. He will be very much missed by myself, colleagues and friends. The Faculty of Hom~eopathy have lost a gifted and dedicated member.

P E T E R M C D O N N E L L

S A M U E L K E N N E T H H E N R Y G O O D E N O U G H

Chairman of The Homeopathic Trust

Sam Goodenough died suddenly in his sleep on 13th July. He was 53. He was educated at Eton and Oxford and joined Knight Frank & Rutley as an articled pupil in the estate management department in 1952. He became Senior Partner in 1977.

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He had many country and sporting interests and he was a talented artist, completing many water colour landscapes during his travels all over the world. He ' was also an accomplished organist and he always loved to play the organ in his local church at home.

I have never met a more generous man. He gave his advice freely when required and above all he gave his friendship and shared the love of his home, his land, and his family with his friends.

His untimely death will leave a sense of loss that will remain with all those who knew him for many years to come. As the one who worked so closely with him throughout the time of his Chairmanship, I can say that his service to the cause of homceopathy was outstanding and the amount of time, energy and thought that he gave to its development was enormous.

The Hom0eopathic Trust has lost a brilliant Chairman, but the whole homceopathic world has lost a leader, a champion and a crusader.

M. C . B .

The following address in memory of Sam Goodenough was given by Major D. Butter, President of The Homoeopathic Trust, to the Council on Thursday 22nd September 1983.

"I know that I am speaking for all of us here, members of the Faculty and The Homceopathic Trust, when I say how deeply shocked we were to hear the sad news of the sudden death of Sam Goodenough at such an early age.

Sam became Chairman of the Trust in May 1970 and from then on he worked tirelessly, not only for the Trust, but also for homfeopathy as a whole. He was a man of tremendous energy and vitality and it was his re-organization of the Trust on his appointment, and the wise choice of his team, that put the finance of the Trust on such a sound footing which has since furthered the cause of homoeopathy in so many spheres. He never flinched from following the course which he thought was the correct one, fighting for it, and taking it to the ultimate authority where necessary.

We were indeed fortunate in having a man of his calibre as our Chairman. Forceful, without being bossy, or, if he was bossy it was in the nicest possible way. Direct in his methods, but always tactful, tolerant of others and willing to hear their point of view, but clever enough to be so convincing that he could make others agree with what he considered the best course.

Finally there was his sense of humour which was never far from the surface and which must be a tremendous asset in any situation.

He never spared himself outside of his own profession in Knight Frank & Rutley, and he managed with his tremendous energy to pack in many diverse organisations, such as the Goldsmiths' Company, the Royal Society of Arts, the Agriculture Society of England and London House amongst them.

All of us present today, and many others with whom he associated in business and as friends, will miss his wise counsel and happy manner, and I am sure that you would like us as a Committee, to send our sympathy to Dorothea Lady Goodenough and the family."

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