Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E003587 - Winchester, William Henry Blewett (1816 - 1901)
Title:
Winchester, William Henry Blewett (1816 - 1901)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003587
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-02-13
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Winchester, William Henry Blewett (1816 - 1901), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Winchester, William Henry Blewett
Date of Birth:
1816
Date of Death:
8 February 1901
Place of Death:
Blackheath
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS February 16th 1838
FRCS (by election) October 13th 1853
LSA 1837
Details:
Studied at University College Hospital, London, and practised successively at Tamerton-Foliot, Devonshire; by 1855 at 14 Westbourne Terrace Road, London, when he was Surgeon to the Marylebone Eye and Ear Institute, to the Westbourne Dispensary, and to the Female Temperance Home, Gloucester House. He was a member of the Harveian Society and interested in the treatment of fractures. At the International Exhibition of 1862 he obtained honourable mention for the improvement in splints for fractures.
After 1860 he practised at Knowl Hill, Twyford, Berkshire; by 1871 he had moved to Boyne Grove, Maidenhead. From about 1875 he practised at Castlenau, Barnes, Surrey; by 1890 he had removed to Rasdale, Westcombe Park, Blackheath; finally to 5 Park Villas, Charlton Road, Blackheath, where he died on February 8th, 1901.
Publications:-
"New Method of Treating Fractures." - *Lancet*, 1852, ii, 592.
"Winchester's Method of Treating Fractures." - *Assoc Med Jour*, 1853, 975.
"New Instrument for Treatment of Fractures." - *Med Times and Gaz*,1855, NS xi, 214.
"Treatment of Fractures." - *Lancet*, 1868, ii, 162; 1874, ii, 757.
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E003000-E003999/E003500-E003599
Media Type:
Unknown
