William Riddell Watson

late medical superintendent of Hawkhead Asylum, which took place at London, on 9th February. He was a native of Glasgow, and after taking the triple qualification spent some years in general practice in Aberdeenshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Ayrshire. In 1876 he was appointed district medical officer for Bridgeton under the old Barony Board, and in 1883 he became medical superintendent of Merryflats Asylum under the Govan Parish Board. In 1894 he was appointed medical superintendent of the new asylum at Hawkhead, and he had much to do with the design, construction, and arrangement of the institution. Mr. Watson specialised for forty years in mental diseases, and '