DW Carmalt Jones (1874-1957) had a Victorian upper middle class childhood in England. He studied medicine at Oxford, with clinical studies at St Mary's Hospital, before becoming a physician at Westminster Hospital with a West End practice, and Dean of Westminster Hospital Medical School. Following his service as an army doctor during the First World War he was appointed, on the advice of Sir William Osler, as Professor of Systematic Medicine at Otago in 1919. He retired in 1939, remained in New Zealand until 1947, then returned to London until his death in 1957. Besides having a distinguished medical career, Jones was interested in literature and sport. Carmalt Jones worked closely with Almroth Wright and had contact with many well-known figures including Alexander Fleming, Rudyard Kipling and George Bernard Shaw. A* Medical service in the First World War. As a territorial officer in the RAMC, Jones was mobilized in 1914 and remained a soldier until 1919.

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