Henry Edward Shortt, 15 April 1887 — 9 November 1987

The Indian Medical Service (I.M.S.) provided, since its formation in 1680 until its demise in 1947, 42 Fellows of the Royal Society (McDonald 1950), including two centenarians: the late Sir Rickard Christophers and Colonel H. E. Shortt, subject of the present memoir. It was only nine years ago that Shortt and I produced a memoir of Christophers, our much admired friend. Members of the I.M.S. have contributed extensively to the solution of problem s in tropical medicine, amongst whom are numbered in the last 100 years the following Fellows: Sir Ronald Ross, Brigadier John Sinton, V.C., Colonel S. P. James, Sir Leonard Rogers, Colonel D. J. Cunningham and Colonel A. W. Alcock.