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E007089 - Asherson, Nehemiah (1897 - 1989)
Title:
Asherson, Nehemiah (1897 - 1989)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007089
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-04-17
Description:
Obituary for Asherson, Nehemiah (1897 - 1989), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Asherson, Nehemiah
Date of Birth:
1897
Place of Birth:
South Africa
Date of Death:
1 November 1989
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1923

FRCS 1926

MA Cape Town 1918

MB BS London 1924

LRCP 1923
Details:
Nehemiah Asherson was born in South Africa in 1897, the son of Isaac Asherson and was educated initially at the University of Cape Town before coming to England in 1919, entering University College Hospital Medical School and qualifying in 1923 after gaining the Liston and Bruce Medal. He undertook early house appointments at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, before being casualty officer at University College Hospital. He was later Harker Smith cancer registrar at University College Hospital and developed an interest in pursuing a career in ear, nose and throat surgery, passing the FRCS in 1926. In 1929 he won the Geoffrey Duveen Travelling Scholarship in otorhinolaryngology which enabled him to go to Vienna for further study and shortly after his return was appointed to the staff of the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Children's Hospital, the Charterhouse Rheumatism Clinic and the Bolingbroke Hospital. He was appointed Hunterian Professor in 1941 and delivered a lecture on otogenic brain abscess. He served as President of the Section of Otology at the Royal Society of Medicine. An abiding interest was medical history and he contributed many papers on historical subjects. In particular he will be remembered for his study *The deafness of Beethoven* (1965) and his 1979 bibliography of GJ Du Verney's *Traité de l'organe de 1'ouie*, the first scientific treatise on the ear, published in 1683. He was a liveryman of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries and in addition to attending regularly was an enthusiastic member of the Faculty of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy. He was a keen collector of medical books and continued to write on medical history during his retirement. He died on 1 November 1989, aged 91, survived by his wife, son and daughter.
Sources:
*The Times* 9 November 1989

*Daily Telegraph* 11 November 1989

*The Independent* 20 November 1989
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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/E007000-E007999/E007000-E007099
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