Sidney Reginald Hunt, LMSSE, DPM
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Obituary SIDNEY REGINALD HUNT, LMSSE~ DPM Dr Sidney Hunt died on 9 March 1988 at the age of 87. He had the distinction of being the eldest student of any on the homceopathic long courses, joining one in 1981 at the age of 80. To those of us associated with this long course, Sidney was a fascinating person with a fund of interesting stories. These related firstly to his career in the army, from 1917 to 1947, and secondly to his medical career, which he began after retiring from the army. During his army career Sidney rose to the rank of Colonel and during the war was mentioned in dispatches. He worked in Intelligence for some of this time and had spells of duty in a variety of countries, including Palestine, Japan (where he learnt fluent Japanese), China, India and France. Sidney's medical career was as varied as his army one. He qualified from Kings College and St George's Hospital in 1954 at the age of 53 and worked in paediatrics, casualty and private general practice in England. In 1964 he moved with his wife first to France, then Australia and New Zealand, doing general practice in a variety of locations, including a hydro-electric project and on sheep farms. He also had two attachments as ship's surgeon, and then the Hunts returned to England in 1971. He worked on the Isle of Wight, initially in casualty and general practice, including an attachment to the Albany top security prison. From 1972 onwards, Sidney became interested in psychia- try, gaining the DPM in 1977. During this time he worked under Dr William Sargent, well known for his use of insulin coma therapy in schizophrenia. Sidney also worked for one year in a leading treatment unit for alcoholism, a subject he became extremely interested and experienced in. After finishing the long course at the Royal London Homceopathic Hospital he did some locum work in the Out-Patients and also worked as a medical officer at the Nature Cure Clinic in Marylebone until he retired in 1984. Through his study of the homoeopathic litera- ture Sidney became very interested in Hahnemann's second wife, Melanie. He came to the conclusion that Melanie had been maligned by her peers and that she was in fact a very intelligent person with a vast skill and know- ledge of homceopathy and had been a great per- sonal support to Hahnemann. Sidney was in contact with two researchers of Melanie's life and wrote an interesting article on her. Sidney was a man of great learning and con- sidered himself a perpetual student. He was a very keen reader, particularly on historical and medical subjects, and had a considerable inter- est in all aspects of life. In spite of his vast know- ledge and experience Sidney was a very open- minded and modest man. He was an extremely courteous person and was one of the 'old school' of doctors to whom nothing was too much trouble and who thought about his patients long after they had left the surgery. Both his patients and colleagues held him in very high regard and were extremely fond of him. Sidney is survived by his wife Thyrza, two daughters and several grandchildren and our deepest sympathies go to all of them. He is very much missed by all of us. RUTH TAYLOR 206
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Obituary
SIDNEY REGINALD HUNT, LMSSE~ DPM
Dr Sidney Hunt died on 9 March 1988 at the age of 87. He had the distinction of being the eldest student of any on the homceopathic long courses, joining one in 1981 at the age of 80. To those of us associated with this long course, Sidney was a fascinating person with a fund of interesting stories. These related firstly to his career in the army, from 1917 to 1947, and secondly to his medical career, which he began after retiring from the army.
During his army career Sidney rose to the rank of Colonel and during the war was mentioned in dispatches. He worked in Intelligence for some of this time and had spells of duty in a variety of countries, including Palestine, Japan (where he learnt fluent Japanese), China, India and France.
Sidney's medical career was as varied as his army one. He qualified from Kings College and St George's Hospital in 1954 at the age of 53 and worked in paediatrics, casualty and private general practice in England.
In 1964 he moved with his wife first to France, then Australia and New Zealand, doing general practice in a variety of locations, including a hydro-electric project and on sheep farms. He also had two attachments as ship's surgeon, and then the Hunts returned to England in 1971. He worked on the Isle of Wight, initially in casualty and general practice, including an attachment to the Albany top security prison. From 1972 onwards, Sidney became interested in psychia- try, gaining the DPM in 1977. During this time he worked under Dr William Sargent, well known for his use of insulin coma therapy in
schizophrenia. Sidney also worked for one year in a leading treatment unit for alcoholism, a subject he became extremely interested and experienced in.
After finishing the long course at the Royal London Homceopathic Hospital he did some locum work in the Out-Patients and also worked as a medical officer at the Nature Cure Clinic in Marylebone until he retired in 1984.
Through his study of the homoeopathic litera- ture Sidney became very interested in Hahnemann's second wife, Melanie. He came to the conclusion that Melanie had been maligned by her peers and that she was in fact a very intelligent person with a vast skill and know- ledge of homceopathy and had been a great per- sonal support to Hahnemann. Sidney was in contact with two researchers of Melanie's life and wrote an interesting article on her.
Sidney was a man of great learning and con- sidered himself a perpetual student. He was a very keen reader, particularly on historical and medical subjects, and had a considerable inter- est in all aspects of life. In spite of his vast know- ledge and experience Sidney was a very open- minded and modest man. He was an extremely courteous person and was one of the 'old school' of doctors to whom nothing was too much trouble and who thought about his patients long after they had left the surgery. Both his patients and colleagues held him in very high regard and were extremely fond of him.
Sidney is survived by his wife Thyrza, two daughters and several grandchildren and our deepest sympathies go to all of them. He is very much missed by all of us.
RUTH TAYLOR
206
