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E003612 - Smith, William Johnson (1840 - 1912)
Title:
Smith, William Johnson (1840 - 1912)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003612
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-02-21
Description:
Obituary for Smith, William Johnson (1840 - 1912), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Smith, William Johnson
Date of Birth:
1840
Date of Death:
26 November 1912
Place of Death:
Kenley, Surrey
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Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS May 9th 1840

FRCS December 14th 1865

LSA 1863
Details:
Studied at King's College Hospital, where he was Warneford Scholar and then House Surgeon. In 1863 he was appointed Assistant Surgeon to the Seamen's Society Hospital, Greenwich, and subsequently Surgeon to the Seamen's Branch Hospital, Royal Albert Docks. In 1867 he gained the Jacksonian Prize at the Royal College of Surgeons with his essay on "The Various Deformities Resulting from Severe Burns, etc." The essay is preserved in the Library. He was also Surgeon to the Cottage Hospital, Eltham, Kent. He had for many years almost a monopoly of the teaching of operative surgery on the dead body owing to the number of unclaimed bodies at the Seamen's Hospital. He died at Kenley, Surrey, on November 26th, 1912. Publications: *Analysis of 50 Cases of Hepatic Abscess traded in the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich 1870-1895*, 8vo, Greenwich, 1895. A classical paper of that date. *A Medical and Surgical Help for Shipmasters and Officers in the Merchant Navy*, 12mo, London, 1895; 2nd ed, 1900. " Scurvy" in Allbutt and Rolleston's *System of Medicine*, 1909, v, 879.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E003000-E003999/E003600-E003699
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