Winchester, William Henry Blewett (1816 - 1901)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Asset Name
E003587 - Winchester, William Henry Blewett (1816 - 1901)

Title
Winchester, William Henry Blewett (1816 - 1901)

Author
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Identifier
RCS: E003587

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2013-02-13

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Winchester, William Henry Blewett (1816 - 1901), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Winchester, William Henry Blewett

Date of Birth
1816

Date of Death
8 February 1901

Place of Death
Blackheath

Occupation
General surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
MRCS February 16th 1838
 
FRCS (by election) October 13th 1853
 
LSA 1837

Details
Studied at University College Hospital, London, and practised successively at Tamerton-Foliot, Devonshire; by 1855 at 14 Westbourne Terrace Road, London, when he was Surgeon to the Marylebone Eye and Ear Institute, to the Westbourne Dispensary, and to the Female Temperance Home, Gloucester House. He was a member of the Harveian Society and interested in the treatment of fractures. At the International Exhibition of 1862 he obtained honourable mention for the improvement in splints for fractures. After 1860 he practised at Knowl Hill, Twyford, Berkshire; by 1871 he had moved to Boyne Grove, Maidenhead. From about 1875 he practised at Castlenau, Barnes, Surrey; by 1890 he had removed to Rasdale, Westcombe Park, Blackheath; finally to 5 Park Villas, Charlton Road, Blackheath, where he died on February 8th, 1901. Publications:- "New Method of Treating Fractures." - *Lancet*, 1852, ii, 592. "Winchester's Method of Treating Fractures." - *Assoc Med Jour*, 1853, 975. "New Instrument for Treatment of Fractures." - *Med Times and Gaz*,1855, NS xi, 214. "Treatment of Fractures." - *Lancet*, 1868, ii, 162; 1874, ii, 757.

Rights
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Collection
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Format
Obituary

Format
Asset

Asset Path
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E003000-E003999/E003500-E003599

URL for File
375770

Media Type
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