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E004944 - Camps, Percy William Leopold (1878 - 1956)
Title:
Camps, Percy William Leopold (1878 - 1956)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004944
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-02-03
Description:
Obituary for Camps, Percy William Leopold (1878 - 1956), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Camps, Percy William Leopold
Date of Birth:
1878
Date of Death:
8 March 1956
Place of Death:
Warbledon, Sussex
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 8 November 1900

FRCS 11 June 1903

LRCP 1900

MB BS London 1902
Details:
Born about 1878, he was educated at Guy's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon and resident medical officer to the paying wards. He was senior clinical assistant to the Golden Square Throat Hospital, and went into general practice at Teddington. He worked there from 1904 to 1947. He planned and built, through voluntary contributions, a fifty-bed hospital at Teddington, and hoped to associate with it a health-centre for the use of all local medical men. His advice was highly valued by his colleagues in the district, and he was active in all local affairs. He was chairman of the South Middlesex division of the British Medical Association 1938-43, President of the British Legion branch, and a constant churchman at St Mary's which he helped to restore. He was elected a Freeman of the Borough of Twickenham in 1948 in recognition of his public service. During the first world war Camps served in the RAMC in France and Malta. In the second war he had charge of a first-aid post for civilian casualties at Teddington. He suffered from coronary thrombosis in 1935, but was able to continue his practice for twelve years, including those of the war. He retired in 1947 to Warbledon near Heathfield, Sussex where he died suddenly on 8 March 1956 aged 78.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 1956, 1, 928, with appreciation by M G Fitzgerald
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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/E004000-E004999/E004900-E004999
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