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Irving Heward Cameron

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CAMERON, IRVING HEWARD Canadian surgeon, son of Sir Matthew Crooks Cameron, one-time Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, was born in Toronto on July 17, 1855. He was educated at Upper Canada college and the Univer sity of Toronto of which he was Emeritus professor of Surgery. He founded and edited the Canadian Journal of Medical Sciences, and was formerly president of the Canadian Medical Association. He held honorary fellowships of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh, Ireland and England) and was an honorary LL.D. of Edinburgh university.