Storrs, Guy Simonds (1904 - 1971)
by
 
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Asset Name
E006098 - Storrs, Guy Simonds (1904 - 1971)

Title
Storrs, Guy Simonds (1904 - 1971)

Author
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Identifier
RCS: E006098

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2014-10-14

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Storrs, Guy Simonds (1904 - 1971), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Storrs, Guy Simonds

Date of Birth
1904

Date of Death
27 January 1971

Occupation
General practitioner
 
Orthopaedic surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
MRCS 1928
 
FRCS 1931
 
BA Cambridge 1925
 
MB BCh 1931
 
LRCP 1928

Details
Storrs was educated at Sherborne School, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital. After qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1928, he held house appointments at St Thomas's, first as a casualty officer for six months, followed by six months as a house surgeon. This was followed by a year as senior casualty officer with charge of beds in the block for septic cases. He then went to Mount Vernon Hospital as resident medical officer and, for a time, was clinical assistant at St Peter's Hospital for Stone. In 1931 he passed the Fellowship and then joined a large partnership in general practice in Bradford; having an opportunity to specialise, he chose orthopaedics and, in 1934 was appointed orthopaedic surgeon to Bedford Hospital, at the same time carrying on a busy general practice. With the coming of the NHS in 1948 he gave up general practice and was appointed orthopaedic surgeon to the Bedford Group of Hospitals. He ran an extremely busy unit with only minimal help right up to his retirement in 1966. His interests outside his profession were many. He was a fine watercolour artist as well as a skilled craftsman. He designed and built his own caravan which he used on his travels abroad. Sailing and golf were his other hobbies and, after retirement to North Huish in Devon, he was able to enjoy his garden in spite of a coronary thrombosis in 1969. He died on 27 January 1971 survived by his wife and two sons, one of whom became a doctor.

Sources
*Brit med J* 1971, 1, 508

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/E006000-E006999/E006000-E006099

URL for File
378281

Media Type
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