Breheny J
Med J Aust. 1979 Jun 2;1(11):504-6.
Branches of the British Medical Association arose throughout the Commonwealth, one of the later being in Victoria, one of the smaller and thickly populated of the States. There were the usual causes. Dissatisfaction led to cliques, views of ethics varied with age and position and ambitions clashed. But the immediate causa causans was the blackballing of a candidate whose merits were his own, but whose ancestory was condemned. His "fidus Achates", with many traits in common who had been 20 years the mainstay, and 18 years the Editor, of the existing and repellant Medical Society of Victoria, promptly resigned, and refused repeated offers to return even at the price of a testimonial. SoDr Neild and Dr Louis Henry came together and between them ran the Branch for years and in process of time took prominent positions medically, musically and many ways.
英国医学协会的分会在英联邦各地纷纷成立，其中较晚成立的一个分会在维多利亚州，该州是澳大利亚面积较小但人口密集的州之一。成立分会有着常见的原因。不满情绪导致了小团体的形成，伦理观念因年龄、职位而异，野心相互冲突。但直接起因是对一名候选人投反对票，该候选人自身很有才能，但其出身却遭人诟病。他的“忠实伙伴”，与之有许多共同特质，此人曾在令人厌恶的维多利亚州医学协会担任了20年的中流砥柱和18年的编辑，随即辞职，且多次拒绝了请他回来的提议，哪怕是以给予褒奖为代价。于是尼尔德医生和路易斯·亨利医生走到了一起，多年来共同管理这个分会，随着时间的推移，他们在医学、音乐及诸多方面都占据了显著地位。
