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SIR FARQTTHAR BUZZARD died at Oxford of coronary thrombosis on December 17 in his seventy-fourth year. Like his father, Dr. Thomas Buzzard, of the National Hospital, Queen Square, he was a distinguished neurologist. After graduation from Oxford and St. Thomas's Hospital, he became house physician at Queen Square to the great Hughlings Jackson, an old friend of his family. He was elected to the staff at Queen Square in 1905, and later to St. Thomas's. His published contributions to neurology consist of a well-known book on the “Pathology of the Nervous System”(with J. G. Greenfield) and numerous articles and lectures on clinical subjects, including the Goulstonian and Lettsomian Lectures and the Harveian Oration. These reveal him as a keen clinical observer, with a deep understanding of the psychological aspects of illness. He was, indeed, a pioneer among organic neurologists in recognizing the importance of minor psychological ailments and their relationship to the major psychoses, at a time when it was considered at Queen Square that a neurologist ought not to concern himself with the functional side of neurology. His opinion on difficult cases was much sought, for he had to a marked degree the qualities of a good consultant: he was imperturbable yet sympathetic, direct and honest with patient and medical man alike-and with himself in his own unobtrusive way ; and he had a strong constitution and great physical and moral endurance.
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CAIRNS, H. Sir Farquhar Buzzard, Bart., K. C. V. O. Nature 157, 218–219 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157218b0
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