Medical and general report and accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1941 : (from Swaylands, Penshurst, Kent.) Present address: Ash hall, Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent. / The Cassel Hospital for Functional Nervous Disorders.

  • Cassel Hospital for Functional Nervous Disorders (Richmond, England)
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[1942?]
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Credit: Medical and general report and accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1941 : (from Swaylands, Penshurst, Kent.) Present address: Ash hall, Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent. / The Cassel Hospital for Functional Nervous Disorders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THOMAS ARTHUR ROSS, M.D., F.R.C.P. The recent death of T. A. Ross stirs up memories which reach back many years. It must have been at the end of the last great war and during the first year of peace that Maurice Craig, Henry Head and I used to meet at Brook House and discuss with the Founder of the Hospital, Sir Ernest Cassel, the medical problems associated with the birth of the institution and, in particular, the choice of its first Director. We did not take very long in agreeing that if T. A. Ross was available he was our man. We had known him in pre-war days as a busy doctor in the Isle of Wight who seemed to have a natural gift for treating patients suffering from nervous ailments and we had watched his career in the Army during the war, in the course of which he had made his name as a successful psycho-neurologist. Ross did not hesitate to accept the post, offering as it did the kind of work to which he was enthusiastically devoted and lie seized gladly the opportunity, provided for him by Sir Ernest Cassel, of spending many months abroad studying institutions with aims similar to those of the hospital whose destinies had been placed in his charge. From the hour of his appointment no one had any reason to doubt its wisdom. It was no easy task for a man in middle life, inexperienced in administration, to create a new species of hospital in this country, but ho had his own ideas as to what were the right principles to adopt in the treatment of his patients and as to what kind of atmosphere was necessary for the success of his efforts. By dint of untiring energy and unswerving loyalty to his ideals he gradually achieved his purpose and when the time came to give up his post the Cassel Hospital had deservedly earned the great reputation it still holds. Such, in the fewest possible words, is our memory of his work. And what of the man ? Almost a life-long resident in the South of England, his Scottish origin was never in doubt to the end of his days, and perhaps to this source may be attributed his canny wisdom, his pawky humour and his imperturbability. Our memory of Ross is of one who combined the supreme gift of personal charm with intellectual honesty and courage. And finally, while we cannot forget that he had more than his share of domestic sorrow, we can rejoice that in the years spent at Swaylands he derived solace and contentment from his enduring contributions to the advance of knowledge and to the happiness of his fellow creatures. E. F. B. THE WORKS OF T. A. ROSS. Traumatism as a Factor in the Aetiology of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Brit. Med. J., HJ03, 2, 50. The Nature and Treatment of Neurasthenia. Edinh. Med. J., 1014, 7i.s., 12, 208-315. The Ocular Troubles of Neurasthenia. Edinh. Med. J., 1015, 15, 121-126. Also, Med. Pr., 1015, 100, 207-200. The Teaching of Psychology to Medical Students. Edinb. Med. J., 1018, n.s., 21, 231-240. Freudism. Edinb. Med. J., 1010, n.s., 23, 105-205. Certain Inter-Relations between Peace and War Neuroses. Proc. R. Soc. Med., 1012, 12, Neurol. Sect., 13-20. With TURNER (A.) et al. Discussion on Psychotherapy. Brit. Med. .1., 1020, 2, 610-627. Some points about Repression. Proc. R. Soc. Med., 1022-23, 15, Sect. Psvchiat., 31-38. The Common Neuroses; their Treatment by Psychotherapy. London, 1023. The Attitude of the Medical Profession to Scientific Problems ; a Rejoiner. Edinb. Med. J., 1024, n.s., 31, 527—532. With M A POT HER (E.) et al. Discussion on Manic Depressive Psychosis. Brit. Med. J.. 1026, 2, 872-870. With GILLESPIE (R. I).). Progression and' Regression in Tiro Homosexuals. J. Neurol. Psychopath., 1027, 7, 313-331. Also, Proc. R. Soc. Med., 1027, 20, (Sect. Psvchiat.), 0-24. Advantages of Nervous Illness. Clin. J., 1027, 56, 380-383. Characteristics of Psychogenic history. J. Neurol. Psychopath., 1028, 8, 287-303. Observations on Diagnosis and Treatment of Functional Nervous Disorder. Brit. Med. J., 1020, 2, 1,041-1,044. Some Difficulties in Analytical Theory and Practice. Brit. J. Med. Psychol., 1030, 10, 1-10. An Introduction to Analytical Psychotherapy. London, 1032. Prognosis in Hysteria and Anxiety States. Lancet, 1034, 2, 885-886. Note on “ Merchant of Venice.'' Brit. J. Med. Psychol., 1031, 14. 303-311. Teaching of Neuroses to Medical Students (Morison lecture). Edinb. Med. J., 1935, 42, 415 ; 505. An Enquiry into Prognosis in the Neuroses. Cambridge, 1036. Medicine and Science ; President's Address. Proc. R. Soc. Med.. 1036, 30, 170-100. The Common Neuroses ; their Treatment by Psychotherapy. 2nd edit. London, 1037. With PARTRIDGE (E. J.), CRICHTON-MILLER (//.) and CROOKSHANK (F. G.). The Management of Early Infancy. Puberty and Adolescence. The Psychological Approach. The Neurotic Character. (Individual Psychology Publications, Medical Pamphlets No. 18.) London, 1037. Psychological Diagnosis and Treatment in General Practice. Practitioner, 1038, 141, 1—9. Mental Factors in Medicine. Brit. Med. J., 1038, 2, 200-211. Psychotherapy hi General Practice (Honyman Gillespie lecture). Edinb. Med. J., 1030, 46, 313-330. Aspect of Insomnia. Practitioner, 1040, 144, 320-336. Contributor to HURST (Sir A. F.). Medical Diseases of War. London, 1040 (3rd erf., 1040). The Influence of Mental Factors on Physical States. London, Hospital Gazette, 1038. Lectures on War Neuroses. London, 1041 (published posthumously).