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3 Medico-Legal & Criminological Rev. 1 (1935)

handle is hein.journals/medlgjr3 and id is 1 raw text is: THE MEDICO-LEGAL AND CRIMINOLOGICAL REVIEW VOL. III. PART I. JANUARY, 1935 THE LATE LORD RIDDELL SINCE the last issue of the REVIEW the Society has to mourn the loss of George Allardice, Baron Riddell, who was one of its most distinguished Presidents. He was first elected a Member of the Society in 1922 and in June, 1927, was elected a Vice-President. In 1929, on the retirement of Sir William Willcox, Lord Riddell was elected President, which office he held until June, 1933. He always displayed the keenest interest in the Society from the time that he was first elected a Member, and during his term of office as President he worked indefatigably to promote its interests in every possible way. It was due, not only to his initiative, but also to his generosity, that the publication of the REVIEW in its present form was made possible, and this was one of the matters in which he took the closest interest. He placed his ripe experi- ence in journalism freely at the disposal of those upon whom devolved the task of its production. There were probably no two subjects in which Lord Riddell took greater concern than Law and Medicine, and, although he abandoned his chosen profession of the Law quite early in his career, he always maintained the closest touch with it and all questions relating to Law Reform. In the field of Medicine Lord Riddell rendered great service in many directions, and not least by his extensive benevolence. He was for several years Chairman of the Royal Free Hospital, and his work in this capacity was especially directed to the alleviation of suffering in women and the study and treatment of diseases peculiar to their sex. One of the honorary distinctions