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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
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:
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.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E001000-E001999/E001900-E001999
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