In London last week a modest Scotsman tucked away the symbol of his monarch's deepest gratitude: the Knight Commander's cross of the Royal Victorian Order. Then he went back to work on his ponderous, four-volume Textbook of Ophthalmology.
Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, Presbyterian minister's son who rose to become one of Britain's top eye specialists and Surgeon-Oculist to the King, had just come back from Buckingham Palace. His royal patient had added his personal honor to Sir Stewart's already impressive collection of medals and awards. The King, who reads through horn-rimmed glasses because of farsightedness, could thank Britain's foremost glaucoma expert for many...
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