Dr. Erle Reid A career which promised to be brilliant in the world of medical research was suddenly cut short by the death at the Country Hospital on November 24 of Dr. Bric Reld, aged 29, who had been on the staff of the Lester Institute for Medical Research during the past two and a half years, Dr. Reid was injured as a result of fall during a practice game of foot~ ball on October 24 but during the past month had been making a steady Fecovery, and his death therefore came og a shock to his many friends.
Dr. Reid was born at" Gamrie, Banffshire, Scotland, and he started hhis medical career at Aberdeen Unt versity, where he obtained his Bach lor of Science, Master of Arts, and was for two years at Research Institute, Aberdeen, where the was engaged in research work on the absorption of food stuts by the human body, He afterwards went to 'America, where he carried on the same branch of medicine for the period of a year. "During his three years at the Rowett Institute, and in Tamerica he was receiving a three Years' scholarship granted by the Ministry of Agriculture for Scottand.
He came to Shanghai as an Asso-date Member of the Lester Institute for Medical Research, and helped develop the Institute's programme with regard to nutrition. He did very well at the Institute, and was showing promise. He paid articular attention to the development of soya bean, milk powder for infant feeding und under' his direetion the Institute undertook a series of dietary surveys in the institutions and factories of Shanghai. It was Particularly noticeable how much he was respected and liked by his for ign colleagues and friends, and by all the Chinese with whom he came Into contact. "A member of the staff at the Lester Institute stated that Dr, Reid would certainly have had Drilliant future before him in the world of medical research had he lived. Dr. Reid was a member of the Union Church.
Funeral services were held dost Wednesday afternoon at the Hung Road Cemetery when the Rev. H. G. Newsham of the Union Church off-lating. The casket was carried to the grave side by Drs. R. Pollitzer: H. C.
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