Dr. J. Argyll Campbell

Abstract

ARGYLL CAMPBELL was a most distinguished student at Edinburgh, gaining very many university prizes and honours. He unfortunately suffered early in his career a catarrhal infection which resulted in deafness, a handicap which he most bravely overcame so far as his output of research was concerned, but which prevented him gaining full recognition of his worth. As professor of physiology at the Government School of Medicine, Singapore, he did valuable work, and in the War of 1914–18 prevented the authorities from substituting an equal weight of sweet potatoes (a watery food) for rice in the workers' ration. As one of a small commission, he was largely instrumental in securing the addition of the province of Trengannu to the Malay States.