E. J. Sandeman (42-45), I. M. Sandeman (44-45); 15 Saughtenhall Avenue, Edinburgh 12. G. D.Senior (48-50): Rembrandt Hotel, London, S.W.7. J. H.Sanders (52-53): Elm Tree Farm, Petrington, Nr. Hull. J. W.Taylor (51-54): KIngsley Hotel, Bloomsbury Way, W.C.I. N. D. Vaughton (51-53): 79 Broad Oaks Road, Solihull, Birmingham. R. L.Wicks(45-49): V.C.M. Co.3 Fenchurch Street, E.C.3. D.S. Wauchope (46-50): 7 Torfield Road, Eastbourne. LETTER FROM BASUTOLAND The following is part of an interesting letter sent by Dr.O.J. Wilkinson (35-38). As for my news—well, it is so long since you had any, that you had better take the interim as read and I will tell of Lerlbe and this part of Basutoland. I am the only Doctor in this district and have about 80,000 patients—all my own! At the moment I have a 55-bed hospital, but there are extensive alterations being made and by the end of the year I should have 83 beds. I theoretically perform any operation in the book. In practice I do about 25 minor operations and 10 major operations a week—the latter including many usually referred to Specialist Surgeons! In the Out-patients Department, my record so far is 207 patients in one day. In fact, when all the wards are built, I shall have the second biggest hospital in Basutoland, second only to Maseru, the capital, with a normal staff of four doctors. So you see, I am getting as much experience as I can cope with. Medicine here is about 15 years behind the times,and we stiil speak of most ofthe"mycin" drugs with awe—speak of them, but seldom see them; and the various"-ones" (e.g. cortisone) are still names on an advertisement. However, I will pit myself against any of my South African contemporaries as far as ordinary common or garden treatment is concerned. Necessity forces us to treat the old drugs such as aspirin, with great regard. In any case, I wouldn't change this job, for it's great fun and I love it! .. . It would give us the greatest joy to have any of the Kearsney staff spend a holiday—we have ample accommodation. LETTER FROM AMERICA The following extract is taken from a letter from L. Gjestland (48-50) who is with the Medical Detachment of the U.S. Army at Fort Ord, California. In September, 1955 I drove from Minnesota to California, passing through much of the cowboy country. Buffalo Bill has his name on motels, banks, and a lake, in the area of Cody, Wyoming. Despite my hurry in covering the 2,200 miles in 65 hours, I did manage to see Yellowstone Park with the Old Faithful geyser. It was an even greater thrill to get to San Francisco, and see some of the places one so often reads about—the Golden Gate, San Quentin and Alcatraz Prisons, and so on. 266
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