Braddon, William Leonard (1863 - 1936)
by
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Asset Name
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E003898 - Braddon, William Leonard (1863 - 1936)
Title
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Braddon, William Leonard (1863 - 1936)
Author
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier
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RCS: E003898
Publisher
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London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2013-04-22
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
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Obituary for Braddon, William Leonard (1863 - 1936), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language
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English
Source
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name
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Braddon, William Leonard
Date of Birth
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1863
Place of Birth
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Upton-on-Severn
Date of Death
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29 September 1936
Place of Death
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Serembam, Federated Malay States
Occupation
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General surgeon
Titles/Qualifications
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MRCS 23 April 1884
FRCS 9 June 1887
MB BS London 1887
LSA 1887
Details
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Born at Upton-on-Severn, the son of Charles Braddon, MRCS, who had been educated at the United Hospitals and at Grainger's School in the Borough. W L Braddon entered Guy's Hospital, where he gained in 1884 the Mackenzie-Bacon prize for his essay on nervous and mental diseases and in 1885 he was Burdett prizeman. His address in 1886, 1887, and 1888 is given as Upton-on-Severn, but he practised subsequently in the far east where he became interested in the causation of beri-beri. He rightly attributed it to the consumption of polished rice. His views were not generally accepted, but in 1913 he was rewarded with a research prize for his work on the disease. During the first world war he received a commission, dated 23 May 1917, as temporary major, RAMC. He died on 29 September 1936 at Serembam, Federated Malay States, having married Marion Philpott in 1897.
Publications:-
Beri-beri, its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, pathology, and prevention. *Trans Bombay Medical Congress*, Bombay, 1909, p 266.
Beri-beri. *J trop Med*. 1911, 14, 153.
*The cause and prevention of beri-beri*. London, 1907.
On certain new appearances in blood corpuscles and changes in the bone marrow suggesting the origin of the red blood corpuscles. *Int Congr Med XVII*, London, 1913, section 2: Physiology, part 2, pp 115-122.
Sources
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*Lancet*, 1936,2, 1304
Information given by his nephew, William Vaudrey Braddon, MB
Rights
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format
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Obituary
Format
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Asset
Asset Path
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E003000-E003999/E003800-E003899
URL for File
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376081
Media Type
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Unknown