Freeman, William Thomas ( - 1918)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Asset Name
E001909 - Freeman, William Thomas ( - 1918)

Title
Freeman, William Thomas ( - 1918)

Author
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Identifier
RCS: E001909

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2012-01-25

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Freeman, William Thomas ( - 1918), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Freeman, William Thomas

Date of Death
23 December 1918

Place of Death
Reading, UK

Occupation
Physician

Titles/Qualifications
MRCS Jan 24th 1879
 
FRCS June 12th 1890
 
MD Durham 1899
 
LRCP Lond 1879

Details
Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He then became House Surgeon of the Brighton and Hove Hospital for Women and Children and Lying-in-Hospital, afterwards going into practice at Pangbourne, where he was Medical Officer at Bradfield College. From 1890 onwards he practised at Reading, where he was Senior Assistant Physician and Physician for Diseases of the Skin, and then Full Physician, at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Medical Officer to the Prison, and Medical Referee to the Provident Life and other Assurance Companies. He practised at 30 Portland Place, Camden Road, Reading, and took an active part in the affairs of the local branch of the British Medical Association. In 1898-1899 he was President of the Reading Branch, and in 1912-1913 of the Oxford and Reading Branch. He was also Vice-President of the Reading Pathological Society. He was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel RAMC (T) on March 31st, 1908, in the Third Southern General Hospital, and served in that capacity at Oxford at the beginning of the Great War (1914-1919). When No 1 War Hospital was opened at Reading he was appointed officer in charge of the Medical Division, and took command of the Redlands War Hospital. He was also President of the Officers' Medical Board at the Reading War Hospitals. He died suddenly from heart failure at Reading on December 23rd, 1918, leaving a widow, a daughter, and one son in the Royal Air Force. Freeman was a keen sportsman and wrote several papers on shooting and fishing. He was joint editor of the *Transactions of the Dermatological Society of Great Britain* for 1897, 1899, and 1900. Publications: "Some Post-vaccinal Eruptions." - *Brit Jour Dermatol.*, 1902, xiv, 186. "Treatment of Psoriasis." - *Edin Med Jour*, 1903, n.s. xiii, 309. "Treatment of Enuresis and Polyuria by Epidural Injections." - *Brit Jour Child Dis*, 1905, ii, 352. "Uncommon Causes of Skin Irritation." - *St Bart's Hosp Jour*, 1896, iii, 85. "Eczema and Allied Diseases." - *Lancet*, 1900, ii, 398. "About a Separate Creation of Species." - *Westminster Review*, 1897.

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/E001000-E001999/E001900-E001999

URL for File
374092

Media Type
Unknown