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E003746 - Steele, Charles (1838 - 1914)
Title:
Steele, Charles (1838 - 1914)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003746
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-03-21

2022-10-04
Description:
Obituary for Steele, Charles (1838 - 1914), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Steele, Charles
Date of Birth:
1838
Place of Birth:
Macclesfield
Date of Death:
20 September 1914
Place of Death:
Bristol
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS November 14th 1860

FRCS December 9th 1869

LRCP Lond 1861

MD 1880
Details:
Born at Macclesfield, where his father, the Rev John Steele, held the living of Christ Church, and studied at the Bristol Medical School and at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. He became Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, and lectured on Physiology in the Medical School. He was also Surgeon to the Bristol Hospital for Sick Children, District Medical Officer for Clifton, and Medical Officer to the Law Union and Rock Insurance Companies. He was for a time Secretary, and then Member of Council, of the Bath and Bristol Branch of the British Medical Association, a Brother of the Guild of St Luke, and a Director of Hodder & Co. He first practised at 4 Sutherland Place, and after 1863 at 12 Meridian Place, Clifton; subsequently he moved to Clifton Villa, Kingston Hill. He built up a large practice, both general and as a consultant, retiring from the Infirmary about 1908. He died, after a long illness, at Clifton Villa, on September 20th, 1914, being survived by his widow, a son and four daughters. He was the introducer or inventor of a 'perfected clinical thermometer', of flexible probes, of chair supports for spinal curvature, and of steel spring splints. In 1888 he made the first surgical attempt at correction of oesophageal atresia. **This is an amended version of the original obituary which was printed in volume 1 of Plarr's Lives of the Fellows. Please contact the library if you would like more information lives@rcseng.ac.uk**
Sources:
Information provided by Richard Spicer FRCS

*Lancet* 1888, Oct.20th, p.764.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E003000-E003999/E003700-E003799
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