sions were promptly executed. His thinking was always along the lines of basic principles, the details to fall in line as a natural expression of his skill. He was never a defeatist; he was always hopeful, no matter how serious or complicated the case. His searching mind and the ready applica- tion of new ideas kept him from being mired in stereotype procedures, thus ensuring his rapid advance in his chosen field.
With his associates, Dr. Bunnell stressed the same sound principles of surgery he practiced himself and was critical if his student failed to rise to this standard. As a result, he has left us not only the fruits of his labors in the way of scientific accomplishment, but also the in- spiration that he so dynamically displayed during his lifetime. Through his efforts, surgery of the hand has been nourished and developed to the state of worldwide recognition it enjoys today.
The acceptance of his scientific and surgical accomplishments came early, both in the United States and abroad, as evidenced by society mem- berships and awards. He was a licentiate of the American Boards of General, Plastic, and Ortho- pedic Surgery. He was an honorary member of the American Orthopedic Association, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the Western Orthopedic Association, the California Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Societal Latino-Americana de Ortopedia y Traumatologia, an honorary fellow of the British Orthopedic Association, and a foreign corresponding member of the Societas Ortopedica Scandinavica. He was a member of the American Surgical Association, American Association of Plastic Surgeons, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, and an emeritus member of the Hand Club of Great Britain. He was a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association (1951–1953).
He was consultant to the Surgeon General of the United States Army, to the United States Navy, and to the Alaska Department of Health. He received the United States Medal for Merit, Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur, and Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul.
He was a member of the Sigma Nu medical fra- ternity and the Sigma Xi scientific society. In San Francisco, he was a staff member of the Stanford University Hospital, the St. Francis Memorial Hospital, and Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Sterling Bunnell, world renowned surgeon, teacher, and author of Surgery of the Hand died at his home in San Francisco on August 20, 1957. His death ended an active life of scientific inquiry and accomplishment. He was survived by his wife, Elizabeth Bunnell, and a son, Sterling Bunnell, Jr.
The name of Sterling Bunnell is destined to be one of the great names in the profession for posterity.
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Who’s Who in Orthopedics
Sir Stanford CADE
1895–1973
Stanford Cade was born in St. Petersburg, received his early schooling in Antwerp, and entered the Medical School of the University of Brussels in 1913. In 1914, he joined the Belgian Army, and at the fall of Antwerp, he was evacu- ated to England where he resumed his medical studies. He qualified at Westminster Hospital, where he was appointed to the surgical staff in 1924.
He was a broadly experienced general surgeon,
but developed a special and overriding interest
in the treatment of malignant diseases not only
by surgery but also by radiotherapy and, in due
course, chemotherapy. He was, thanks to the
encouragement of Ernest Rock Carling, one of the
pioneers of the use of radium, especially for oral
cancer. His enormous experience in this field is
encapsulated in his book Malignant Disease and
its Treatment by Radium, first published in 1940
with a four-volume second edition in 1948, which
remains a classic. He also wrote extensively on
breast cancer, melanoma, and tumors of the musculoskeletal system.
The approach discussed in his 1955 paper on the primary management of osteogenic sarcoma by irradiation formed a rational and humane basis of management that was widely followed until the concept was superseded by advances in cytotoxic therapy and limb conservation surgery. Cade’s hospital career was interrupted by the Second World War in which he served in the medical branch of the Royal Air Force, making significant contributions to the safety of fighter pilots and reaching the rank of Air Vice Marshal. He was knighted in 1945. He retired from the active staff of Westminster Hospital in 1960 and was subse- quently consulting surgeon, until his death in 1973.
when he felt it a duty to set a good example to younger brothers. The next year he entered St.
Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School.
He was noted for neatness and accuracy, pleas- ing manners, and a well-dressed appearance.
After gaining many honors and prizes, he was admitted as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1852 and appointed house surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. In July 1854 he became registrar and demonstrator of morbid anatomy and thereafter never lost his interest in this subject. In the Transactions of the Royal Society of 1869 (p. 163) he published a paper enti- tled “The Formation and Growth of the Bones of the Human Face.” This, with other scientific anatomical works, secured his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1871. In the same year, on the resignation of Sir James Paget, he was elected Surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hos- pital and Examiner in Surgery to the University of Cambridge. He practiced in Queen Anne Street and held the appointments of Surgeon to the Charterhouse and Professor of Anatomy at the College of Surgeons. He claimed that septicemia was almost unknown in his wards and, though he did not refer to Lister’s theories of asepsis, the principle of his treatment was, in fact, a modified Listerism. His last publication, on “The Avoid- ance of Pain,” was delivered to the Section on Surgery at the Bath meeting of the British Medical Association. Having gained a prominent place in the esteem of his colleagues, and being recognized as one who represented the highest merits of British surgery, he died at the age of 49 years, and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery on October 29, 1879.
To Callender belongs the distinction of solving the problem of the fate of the premaxilla in man.
Many anatomists had speculated on this subject.
Galen, Vesalius, Sylvius (Dubois), Colombus, Falloppius, Riolan, Tyson, Nesbitt, Albinus, Daubenton, Vicq d’Azyr, Camper, Goethe, Soemmering and other nineteenth-century anatomists had made contradictory contributions to the literature. It was due to the careful investi- gations of Callender that the truth of the devel- opment of the maxilla emerged.
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