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E008746 - Louden, Margaret Mary Crawford (1910 - 1998)
Title:
Louden, Margaret Mary Crawford (1910 - 1998)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E008746
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-11-18
Description:
Obituary for Louden, Margaret Mary Crawford (1910 - 1998), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Louden, Margaret Mary Crawford
Date of Birth:
6 April 1910
Place of Birth:
Palmers Green
Date of Death:
11 December 1998
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1934

FRCS 1938

MB BS London 1934

LRCP 1934
Details:
Margaret Louden was a former consultant surgeon at South London Hospital for Women and Children. She was born on 6 April 1910 in Palmers Green. She attended St Paul's School, from which she was admitted to the London School of Medicine for Women (now the Royal Free) in 1928, with exhibitions from St Dunstan's Foundation, London University and St Paul's School. She worked under Sir Heneage Ogilvie as a registrar at Guy's Hospital, and was appointed consultant to the South London Hospital for Women and Children. During the war, she treated soldiers and pilots, as well as civilians, under great pressure. She rediscovered the crush syndrome, its mechanism and successful treatment, but never published her work. Latterly, she struggled to save the hospital from closure and she subsequently worked as a locum at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital until her retirement in 1977. Margaret was talented in both music and art, and at school she captained the cricket and swimming teams. She combined technical skill with psychological insight and she took infinite pains in everything she did. She would undertake cases thought hopeless, but only operated when she deemed it absolutely necessary. She was a very good-looking woman. She married first, in 1937, Derek Martin, museum curator at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, and secondly, in 1962, Bernard Simpson, a consultant engineer. She left two daughters by her first marriage and three grandchildren. She died on 11 December 1998.
Sources:
*BMJ* 1999 318 813-4

*Daily Telegraph* 19 February 1999
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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/E008000-E008999/E008700-E008799
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