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Asset Name:
E006575 - Heslop, James Firth (1911 - 1978)
Title:
Heslop, James Firth (1911 - 1978)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E006575
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-12-18
Description:
Obituary for Heslop, James Firth (1911 - 1978), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Heslop, James Firth
Date of Birth:
1911
Place of Birth:
South Shields
Date of Death:
1978
Titles/Qualifications:
MBE

MRCS and FRCS 1936

MB ChB Manchester 1933

LRCP 1936
Details:
James Firth Heslop was born in South Shields and studied medicine at Manchester University, where he graduated with honours in 1933. As a house surgeon he came under the influence of John Morley and took the FRCS in 1936, becoming in turn registrar to the surgical outpatients department, resident casualty officer, and resident surgical officer at Manchester Royal Infirmary. As senior registrar to Sir Geoffrey Jefferson he began a training in neurosurgery for which his gentleness, operative skill and outstanding clinical judgement would have fitted him admirably. When offered a travelling scholarship to Baltimore he elected to do a year's training in urology but returned home as soon as war was declared to join the RAMC. He served with the 14th Army in Burma and was mentioned in the dispatches and appointed MBE. When the war ended he was appointed consultant surgeon to Park Hospital, Davyhulme, where, as well as building up an excellent service in urology, his reputation in wider subjects, such as diseases of the thyroid, was well established. A few weeks before his retirement he had an accident and never fully recovered from its effects. He died in 1978, aged 67 years, survived by his elder brother, also a Fellow of the College.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 1978, 1, 249
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E006000-E006999/E006500-E006599
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