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E002584 - Lush, William George Vawdrey (1834 - 1904)
Title:
Lush, William George Vawdrey (1834 - 1904)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E002584
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-07-06
Description:
Obituary for Lush, William George Vawdrey (1834 - 1904), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Lush, William George Vawdrey
Date of Birth:
24 May 1834
Date of Death:
7 December 1904
Place of Death:
Dorset
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS April 27th 1864

FRCS June 14th 1864

MB Lond 1865

MD 1866

FRCP Lond 1889
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Born on May 24th, 1834, and educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He enjoyed the distinction of possessing the highest medical and surgical qualifications obtainable in the United Kingdom. He practised at 12 Frederick Place, Weymouth, and was Hon Physician to the County Hospital, Dorchester, a post he retained for thirty-two years. He was also Consulting Physician to the Weymouth Royal Hospital, the Portland Dispensary, and the Dorset Friendly Society. Lush was devoted to his profession, and was a man of simple and unaffected piety, addicted to such good works as church restoration, to which he subscribed large sums. He early formed the Dorset and West Hants Branch of the British Medical Association, was its Hon Secretary, and for many years represented it on the Central Council. After holding the Secretaryship for thirty years, he was presented by the members of the branch with a handsome testimonial consisting of a service of silver plate and a clock with chimes. As a skilled surgeon Lush was much called in consultation, his colleagues valuing also his fine character and fidelity to professional etiquette. On December 7th, 1904, while attending a committee meeting at the Dorset County Hospital, Lush, who had just spoken, fell from his chair and died almost at once. He was survived by his widow. His funeral was the largest known in Weymouth for a period of some forty years. There were about fifty mourning coaches. The clergy especially honoured a layman who had been an active member of the Salisbury Diocesan Synod and an Hon. Secretary of the Dorset Branch of the Queen Victoria Clergy Fund. Vawdrey Lush was a remarkable example of what could be done by sheer industry and conscientiousness without much outstanding mental ability. For several years he was 'coached' by Henry Power (qv), and 'come rain, come shine', as the clock struck seven he rang the door bell. Tea was provided at nine, and it was often midnight, or later, before he left, the 'coach' by that time exhausted and the 'coach's' wife fractious. Publications:- Lush was a contributor to the *Lancet*, the *Brit Med Jour*, and the *Med Times and Gaz*, from 1871 to 1898.
Sources:
*Brit Med Jour*, 1904, ii, 1669, with portrait, and p1732
Rights:
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/E002000-E002999/E002500-E002599
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