Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E005420 - Treissman, Herman (1901 - 1963)
Title:
Treissman, Herman (1901 - 1963)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005420
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-06-09
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Treissman, Herman (1901 - 1963), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Treissman, Herman
Date of Birth:
15 December 1901
Place of Birth:
Mile End Newtown
Date of Death:
January 1963
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 13 November 1924
FRCS 10 December 1936
LRCP 1924
MB BS London 1926
DOMS 1944
Details:
Born on 15 December 1901 at Mile End Newtown, he was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, was a house surgeon at the Nottingham and Midland Eye Infirmary, Clinical Assistant at the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, and Chief Assistant at Moorfields. He subsequently became Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Hospital Savings Association, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Ealing, and the Regional Ophthalmic Unit at the South Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth.
During the second world war he served in the Royal Air Force Medical Service as an ophthalmic specialist with the rank of Squadron Leader.
He practised at 78 Harley Street, and died in January 1963 aged 61, survived by his wife.
Publication:
*Principles of the contact lens*, with E A Plaice. London, Kimpton 1946; 88 pages 40 illustrations.
Sources:
Information from Mrs Treissman and from Mr John L Thornton, Librarian of St Bartholomew's Hospital
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/E005000-E005999/E005400-E005499
Media Type:
Unknown
