Edward Sayers (doctor)
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Sir Edward George Sayers (10 September 190212 May 1985) was a New Zealand
doctor, (Parasitologist
), Methodist missionary, military medical administrator, consultant physician then Dean of the University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine
, (1958–1968). Having trained as a doctor, from 1927 to 1934 he worked at the Methodist
mission in the Solomon Islands
where he carried out fieldwork in the treatment of malaria
. The significance of this work became apparent when Edward used his knowledge to reduce deaths of American, Australia and New Zealand military forces during the invasion of Pacific Islands during World War II. Edward Sayers served as a doctor with the 2nd Division 2 NZEF, during 1941-42 he served in Greece and North Africa. In 1942 he was transferred to the Pacific to serve with the 3rd Division, 2 NZEF IP.
His handbook on malaria control Malaria in the South Pacific (1943) became a standard text. As a specialist in tropical diseases (malaria
, dengue fever
, sand-fly fever
and dysentery
) his work contributed to minimising deaths in the New Zealand army. The pre-war experience and malaria records of Edward Sayers was also helpful to the United States forces in reducing malaria rates during the Guadalcanal Campaign
. His contribution was acknowledged by the award of the Legion of Merit
(U.S).
and became paraplegic after an accident. Edward's brothers were Stanley, Harry and Charles. Edward won a scholarship to Christ's College, Christchurch where he remained until he was 15.
and graduated MB, ChB in 1924; He spent a year as a house at Wellington Hospital; and then gained further training at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
, where he received a diploma in Tropical Medicine in 1926.
mission in the Solomon Islands
. On 3 March 1928, at Roviana in New Georgia
in the Solomon Islands
Sayers married Jane Lumsden Grove; they were to have six children: two sons, John and Edward; and four daughters, Kathleen, Margaret, Nancy and Pamela. Edward Sayers set up hospitals at Gizo, Munda and Vella Lavella
in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands
.
The Methodist Mission in Western Province in the New Georgia Islands
around the Roviana lagoon had been established by Rev. John Frances Goldie in 1902. He dominated the mission and gained the loyalty of Solomon Islander members of his church, although he had an autocratic approach to the management of his subordinates. The relationship with the colonial administrators of the British Solomon lsland Protectorate were also fraught with difficulty, at this time due to Goldie’s effective control over the Western Solomon Islands. Managing these complicated relationships give Edward valuable management skills, which he would later apply as a military medical administrator and university dean. However it was the knowledge as to the treatment of maleria and other tropical diseases that Edward gained from setting up hospitals in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands
that he later applied during his service as a physician with the New Zealand General Hospital that was part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force
during World War II
. Edward also identified that an effective treatment of tropical ulcers was the application of non-adherent dressings; Edward used the recently developed sticking plaster tape. On reporting his findings Beiersdorf
, the manufacturer of Elastoplast
, sent him a years supply.
In 1935 Edward gained membership of the Royal College of Physicians
of London. He and his family returned to New Zealand, where Edward established himself as a medical consultant in Auckland
. In 1938 he was a foundation fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians
(RACP).
Following the outbreak of war, Edward enlisted with the rank of captain and on 1 May 1940 he was sent to the Middle East with No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital, as a physician and adviser on tropical medicine. In 1941 the 2nd Division 2 NZEF, was engaged in the retreat from Greece to Crete to North Africa.
In early April 1941 No. 1 General Hospital was located at Pharsala
(Pharsalos or Pharsalus) now known as Farsala. In the chaotic withdrawal of troops from Greece the sisters, staff, and patients of No. 1 General Hospital were to be evacuated from the port of Piraeus
. The officers and men embarked on MV Rawnsley on 19 April, but the ship missed its convoy and was machine gunned and bombed by German aircraft. Captains Sayers and King accompanied the nurses, although they actually took much longer to leave Greece than the officers and men; the nurses expect to join the hospital ship Aba, but it left Piræus before the designated time in order to avoid air attacks. The MV Rawnsley and the hospital ship Aba arrived in Alexandria
on 23 April 1941. The nursing sisters, with Captains Sayers and King, arrived in Cairo
on 1 May 1941, having travelled via Crete
.
As a consequence of the loss of medical personnel in 2 NZEF during the Greece campaign
, No. 1 General Hospital was not reformed as an active hospital until new personnel arrived. On 10 August 1941 Edward Sayers, promoted to major, was placed in charge of the medical division of No. 1 General Hospital, which was located in the Cairo zone at Helwan, with the hospital acting as a base hospital during the North African campaigns of 1941-42.
Edward Sayers was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and in November 1942 he was transferred from the Middle East to the Pacific to take charge of the medical division of No. 4 New Zealand General Hospital which was deployed to New Caledonia
. As the consultant in tropical diseases, Edward identified that providing a solution of the malaria
problem was an important element in the conduct of the Pacific war. The anti-malarial precautions and training given to the New Zealand soldiers in the Solomon Islands campaign resulted in a low sickness rate from malaria of 3.19 per cent of the troops that entered zones in which malaria was prevalent. Edward’s contribution to the minimisation of deaths from malaria
is acknowledged in the Official Histories of World War 2 of the New Zealand Forces and of the United States. His contribution to the American forces was acknowledged by the award of the Legion of Merit
(U.S).
, New Zealand where he was a physician in private practice and consultant to the Auckland Hospital. He carried out research into pollen
based allergies
and produced serums to counteract the effect of these pollens; he had an extensive patient list of asthma
tics in Auckland.
In the 1950s he became the sub-dean of the Auckland Branch Faculty at which final-year students of University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine
completed their training. He was appointed as dean of the University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine
in 1958, which position he held until he retired in 1968.
He served on committees of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
(RACP); Edward was the first New Zealander to serve as president of the RACP in 1956-58. He chaired the New Zealand Medical Council (1956–64) and he also served as president of the New Zealand Branch of the British Medical Association
(1963–64). He was appointed the colonel commandant of the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (1964–1967).
His services were recognised by the award of honours: he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
(CMG) in 1956; He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
in 1961; a Knight Bachelor
in 1965; and a Knight in the Order of St John in the same year. He was made an Honourary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
and an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Physicians
.
He died in Dunedin on 12 May 1985 in Dunedin
, New Zealand.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
doctor, (Parasitologist
Parasitology
Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them. As a biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question, but by their way of life...
), Methodist missionary, military medical administrator, consultant physician then Dean of the University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine
University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine
The Dunedin School of Medicine is one of three medical schools that make up the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Otago. All Otago University medical students who gain entry after a first year "Health Sciences" program, or who gain graduate entry spend their second and third years studying...
, (1958–1968). Having trained as a doctor, from 1927 to 1934 he worked at the Methodist
Methodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
mission in the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
where he carried out fieldwork in the treatment of malaria
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. The disease results from the multiplication of Plasmodium parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases...
. The significance of this work became apparent when Edward used his knowledge to reduce deaths of American, Australia and New Zealand military forces during the invasion of Pacific Islands during World War II. Edward Sayers served as a doctor with the 2nd Division 2 NZEF, during 1941-42 he served in Greece and North Africa. In 1942 he was transferred to the Pacific to serve with the 3rd Division, 2 NZEF IP.
His handbook on malaria control Malaria in the South Pacific (1943) became a standard text. As a specialist in tropical diseases (malaria
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. The disease results from the multiplication of Plasmodium parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases...
, dengue fever
Dengue fever
Dengue fever , also known as breakbone fever, is an infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles...
, sand-fly fever
Leishmaniasis
Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites that belong to the genus Leishmania and is transmitted by the bite of certain species of sand fly...
and dysentery
Dysentery
Dysentery is an inflammatory disorder of the intestine, especially of the colon, that results in severe diarrhea containing mucus and/or blood in the faeces with fever and abdominal pain. If left untreated, dysentery can be fatal.There are differences between dysentery and normal bloody diarrhoea...
) his work contributed to minimising deaths in the New Zealand army. The pre-war experience and malaria records of Edward Sayers was also helpful to the United States forces in reducing malaria rates during the Guadalcanal Campaign
Guadalcanal campaign
The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by Allied forces, was a military campaign fought between August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre of World War II...
. His contribution was acknowledged by the award of the Legion of Merit
Legion of Merit
The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States armed forces that is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements...
(U.S).
Early life
Edward Sayers was born in New Brighton, Christchurch, on 10 September 1902. His mother was Amelia Ruth Blandford; his father was Henry Hind Sayers, a cabinet maker from Sussex, England. Henry suffered from T.B. spineTuberculous meningitis
Tuberculous meningitis is also known as TB meningitis or tubercular meningitis.Tuberculous meningitis is Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of the meninges—the system of membranes which envelops the central nervous system. It is the most common form of CNS tuberculosis.-Clinical features:Fever...
and became paraplegic after an accident. Edward's brothers were Stanley, Harry and Charles. Edward won a scholarship to Christ's College, Christchurch where he remained until he was 15.
Medical Training
With the assistance of his church was able to attend university. Edward Sayers studied at the University of Otago Dunedin School of MedicineUniversity of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine
The Dunedin School of Medicine is one of three medical schools that make up the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Otago. All Otago University medical students who gain entry after a first year "Health Sciences" program, or who gain graduate entry spend their second and third years studying...
and graduated MB, ChB in 1924; He spent a year as a house at Wellington Hospital; and then gained further training at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is a constituent college of the federal University of London, specialising in public health and tropical medicine...
, where he received a diploma in Tropical Medicine in 1926.
Methodist missionary in the Solomon Islands
From 1927 to 1934 he worked at the MethodistMethodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
mission in the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
. On 3 March 1928, at Roviana in New Georgia
New Georgia
New Georgia is the largest island of the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.-Geography:This island is located in the New Georgia Group, an archipelago including most of the other larger islands in the province...
in the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
Sayers married Jane Lumsden Grove; they were to have six children: two sons, John and Edward; and four daughters, Kathleen, Margaret, Nancy and Pamela. Edward Sayers set up hospitals at Gizo, Munda and Vella Lavella
Vella Lavella
Vella Lavella is an island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands. It lies to the west of New Georgia, but is considered one of the New Georgia Group...
in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
.
The Methodist Mission in Western Province in the New Georgia Islands
New Georgia Islands
The New Georgia Islands are part of the Western Province of the Solomon Islands. They are located to the northwest of Guadalcanal. The larger islands are mountainous and covered in rain forest. The main islands are New Georgia, Vella Lavella, Kolombangara , Ghizo, Vangunu, Rendova and Tetepare...
around the Roviana lagoon had been established by Rev. John Frances Goldie in 1902. He dominated the mission and gained the loyalty of Solomon Islander members of his church, although he had an autocratic approach to the management of his subordinates. The relationship with the colonial administrators of the British Solomon lsland Protectorate were also fraught with difficulty, at this time due to Goldie’s effective control over the Western Solomon Islands. Managing these complicated relationships give Edward valuable management skills, which he would later apply as a military medical administrator and university dean. However it was the knowledge as to the treatment of maleria and other tropical diseases that Edward gained from setting up hospitals in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
that he later applied during his service as a physician with the New Zealand General Hospital that was part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force was the title of the military forces sent from New Zealand to fight for Britain during World War I and World War II. Ultimately, the NZEF of World War I was known as the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force...
during World War II
Military history of New Zealand during World War II
thumb|A 1940 poster, signed by Michael Joseph Savage, calling on New Zealanders to support the war effort.New Zealand entered the Second World War by declaring war on Nazi Germany with Britain...
. Edward also identified that an effective treatment of tropical ulcers was the application of non-adherent dressings; Edward used the recently developed sticking plaster tape. On reporting his findings Beiersdorf
Beiersdorf
Beiersdorf AG is a multinational corporation based in Hamburg, Germany, manufacturing personal care products. Its brands include Elastoplast, Eucerin , Labello, and Nivea....
, the manufacturer of Elastoplast
Elastoplast
Elastoplast is a trademark name of a brand of adhesive bandages and medical dressings made by Beiersdorf. Beiersdorf bought UK and Commonwealth rights from the parent company, Smith & Nephew in 1992 for £46.5 million. It has become a genericized trademark for "sticking plaster" in some...
, sent him a years supply.
In 1935 Edward gained membership of the Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians of London was founded in 1518 as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518 - the first medical institution in England to receive a royal charter...
of London. He and his family returned to New Zealand, where Edward established himself as a medical consultant in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
. In 1938 he was a foundation fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, or RACP, is the organisation responsible for training, educating, and representing over 9,000 physicians and paediatricians in Australia and New Zealand. It was founded in 1938....
(RACP).
Service as military medical administrator
Edward Sayers served in Greece and North Africa with the 2nd Division 2 NZEF (1941–42). In 1942 he was transferred to the Pacific to serve with the 3rd Division, 2 NZEF IP.Following the outbreak of war, Edward enlisted with the rank of captain and on 1 May 1940 he was sent to the Middle East with No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital, as a physician and adviser on tropical medicine. In 1941 the 2nd Division 2 NZEF, was engaged in the retreat from Greece to Crete to North Africa.
In early April 1941 No. 1 General Hospital was located at Pharsala
Farsala
Farsala , known in Antiquity as Φάρσαλος, Pharsalos or Pharsalus, is a city in southern Thessaly, in Greece. Farsala is located in the southern part of Larissa regional unit, and is one of its largest towns. The city is linked with GR-3, the old highway linking Larissa and Lamia and is also...
(Pharsalos or Pharsalus) now known as Farsala. In the chaotic withdrawal of troops from Greece the sisters, staff, and patients of No. 1 General Hospital were to be evacuated from the port of Piraeus
Piraeus
Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....
. The officers and men embarked on MV Rawnsley on 19 April, but the ship missed its convoy and was machine gunned and bombed by German aircraft. Captains Sayers and King accompanied the nurses, although they actually took much longer to leave Greece than the officers and men; the nurses expect to join the hospital ship Aba, but it left Piræus before the designated time in order to avoid air attacks. The MV Rawnsley and the hospital ship Aba arrived in Alexandria
Alexandria
Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...
on 23 April 1941. The nursing sisters, with Captains Sayers and King, arrived in Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
on 1 May 1941, having travelled via Crete
Crete
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
.
As a consequence of the loss of medical personnel in 2 NZEF during the Greece campaign
Battle of Greece
The Battle of Greece is the common name for the invasion and conquest of Greece by Nazi Germany in April 1941. Greece was supported by British Commonwealth forces, while the Germans' Axis allies Italy and Bulgaria played secondary roles...
, No. 1 General Hospital was not reformed as an active hospital until new personnel arrived. On 10 August 1941 Edward Sayers, promoted to major, was placed in charge of the medical division of No. 1 General Hospital, which was located in the Cairo zone at Helwan, with the hospital acting as a base hospital during the North African campaigns of 1941-42.
Edward Sayers was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and in November 1942 he was transferred from the Middle East to the Pacific to take charge of the medical division of No. 4 New Zealand General Hospital which was deployed to New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
. As the consultant in tropical diseases, Edward identified that providing a solution of the malaria
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. The disease results from the multiplication of Plasmodium parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases...
problem was an important element in the conduct of the Pacific war. The anti-malarial precautions and training given to the New Zealand soldiers in the Solomon Islands campaign resulted in a low sickness rate from malaria of 3.19 per cent of the troops that entered zones in which malaria was prevalent. Edward’s contribution to the minimisation of deaths from malaria
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. The disease results from the multiplication of Plasmodium parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases...
is acknowledged in the Official Histories of World War 2 of the New Zealand Forces and of the United States. His contribution to the American forces was acknowledged by the award of the Legion of Merit
Legion of Merit
The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States armed forces that is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements...
(U.S).
Career in medical education
At the end of the Pacific War Edward Sayers returned to AucklandAuckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand where he was a physician in private practice and consultant to the Auckland Hospital. He carried out research into pollen
Pollen
Pollen is a fine to coarse powder containing the microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce the male gametes . Pollen grains have a hard coat that protects the sperm cells during the process of their movement from the stamens to the pistil of flowering plants or from the male cone to the...
based allergies
Allergen
An allergen is any substance that can cause an allergy. In technical terms, an allergen is a non-parasitic antigen capable of stimulating a type-I hypersensitivity reaction in atopic individuals....
and produced serums to counteract the effect of these pollens; he had an extensive patient list of asthma
Asthma
Asthma is the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath...
tics in Auckland.
In the 1950s he became the sub-dean of the Auckland Branch Faculty at which final-year students of University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine
University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine
The Dunedin School of Medicine is one of three medical schools that make up the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Otago. All Otago University medical students who gain entry after a first year "Health Sciences" program, or who gain graduate entry spend their second and third years studying...
completed their training. He was appointed as dean of the University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine
University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine
The Dunedin School of Medicine is one of three medical schools that make up the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Otago. All Otago University medical students who gain entry after a first year "Health Sciences" program, or who gain graduate entry spend their second and third years studying...
in 1958, which position he held until he retired in 1968.
He served on committees of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, or RACP, is the organisation responsible for training, educating, and representing over 9,000 physicians and paediatricians in Australia and New Zealand. It was founded in 1938....
(RACP); Edward was the first New Zealander to serve as president of the RACP in 1956-58. He chaired the New Zealand Medical Council (1956–64) and he also served as president of the New Zealand Branch of the British Medical Association
British Medical Association
The British Medical Association is the professional association and registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom. The association does not regulate or certify doctors, a responsibility which lies with the General Medical Council. The association’s headquarters are located in BMA House,...
(1963–64). He was appointed the colonel commandant of the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (1964–1967).
His services were recognised by the award of honours: he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
(CMG) in 1956; He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Royal Society of New Zealand
The Royal Society of New Zealand , known as the New Zealand Institute before 1933, was established in 1867 to co-ordinate and assist the activities of a number of regional research societies including the Auckland Institute, the Wellington Philosophical Society, the Philosophical Institute of...
in 1961; a Knight Bachelor
Knight Bachelor
The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the most basic rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry...
in 1965; and a Knight in the Order of St John in the same year. He was made an Honourary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh was established in the 17th century. While the RCPE is based in Edinburgh, it is by no means just a Scottish professional body - more than half of its 7,700 Fellows, Members, Associates and Affiliates live and practice medicine outside Scotland, in 86...
and an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Physicians
American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians is a national organization of doctors of internal medicine —physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection, and treatment of illnesses in adults. With 130,000 members, ACP is the largest medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in...
.
He died in Dunedin on 12 May 1985 in Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand.
Publications
- Sayers, E. G. ( 1943) Malaria in the South Pacific with Special Reference to the Solomon Islands. New Zealand Government Printing Office (24 pages)
- Sayers, E. G. (1966) The staffing of clinical departments of the Medical School (44 pages)
- Sayers, E. G. Observations on Doctor Price's Revolution Sermon, University of Otago: graduation address ( 7 December 1967), Published 1970, University of Otago (66 pages)