The Society notes the death of Member Hubert Britton in October 2017 at the age of 92. With a medical degree and a PhD in chemistry, Hubert joined the Physiology Department at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, where he remained until retirement. A Member from 1965, he worked on the metabolic role of the placenta and the foetal endocrine system, and developed a method for studying enzyme function by induced transport. A staunch supporter of integrative physiology, he arranged many demonstrations linked to the clinical course he taught.