George Riddoch (1888–1947)

摘要

George Riddoch (Figure 1) was born at Keith in Banffshire in 1888. He was educated at Gordon College, Aberdeen, and at Aberdeen University. He qualified MB ChB with first class honours in 1913 and MD in 1917. During the 1914–18 War he served as temporary captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in charge of the Empire Hospital for Injuries to the Nervous System1,2 (he had been a resident at the West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases). At the Empire Hospital he came into contact with Henry Head (1861–1940)3 who recognized his outstanding ability and drew him into mainstream neurology.1,3