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First Title value, for Searching MacIsaac, Ian Alexander (1932 - 2014)

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by Sarah Gillam
Publication Date 2014-09-19 2016-11-03
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Occupation Gynaecological surgeon Gynaecologist
Details Ian Alexander MacIsaac was a gynaecological surgeon and a founding consultant at Mercy Hospital for Children in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. He was born on 17 June 1932. His father was Angus MacIsaac; his mother was Agnes MacIsaac née Thomson. In 1960 he sailed to England from Australia. He gained his membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and his FRCS in 1962. He trained at Queen Charlotte's Hospital and the Chelsea Hospital, before completing an obstetrician and gynaecologist registrar position in Middlesbrough. In 1965 he returned to Melbourne. He married Ruth. They had five sons, Andrew, Richard, David, Robert and Christopher, and 18 grandchildren. Three of his sons followed him into medicine. Ian Alexander MacIsaac died on 20 June 2014. He was 82.
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First Title value, for Searching Simmons, Stanley Clifford (1927 - 2017)

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by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2022-04-12
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Occupation Gynaecological surgeon
Details Sir Stanley Simmons was a former president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk
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First Title value, for Searching Hudson, Christopher Melville (1930- 2020)

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by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2020-04-14
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Occupation Gynaecological surgeon
Details Christopher Hudson was a gynaecological surgeon and professor at Barts and Homerton hospitals. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk
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First Title value, for Searching Chenhall, Frederick Nicholas (1903 - 1962)

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First Title value, for Searching Cameron, John Lyle (1888 - 1963)

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by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2014-02-03
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Occupation Gynaecological surgeon Gynaecologist
Details Born in Canada on 18 June 1888 and educated at the University of Manitoba, he came to England in 1913 and continued his medical studies at the London, King's College, and Charing Cross Hospitals. He served in the RAMC during the war of 1914-18, and afterwards, having served as chief assistant and registrar to the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Department of St Barthlomew's Hospital, he was appointed to the staff of the Royal Waterloo Hospital as gynaecological surgeon. He was also for a time attached to Rochford Hospital, Essex. In 1954 Cameron served on the committee of management of the BMA's Empire Medical Advisory Bureau. Cameron specialised in tying unusual knots and one, which was called the "South American Joe", is still in use today. He died on 13 October 1963 aged 75, survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. Publication: "Gynaecological Operations" in Maingot's *Post-Graduate Surgery* 1936.
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First Title value, for Searching Chapman, Clement Lorne (1891 - 1958)

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by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2014-02-03
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Occupation Gynaecological surgeon Gynaecologist
Details Born about 1891, he was educated at the University of Sydney, qualified in 1914 and, after serving as a resident at Sydney Hospital, went on active service in 1915, was mentioned in dispatches, won the DSO 1918, and was demobilised as a Lieutenant-Colonel, Australian Army Medical Corps; he was also awarded the French Médaille des Epidemies. He was morbid anatomist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney 1922-25, was then appointed assistant gynaecological surgeon, became surgeon in 1943, and retired as consulting gynaecological surgeon in 1951. He was also consultant to the Manly Hospital and clinical lecturer in gynaecology at the University 1943-51. He was in command of the 5th Field Ambulance 1929-33 and was awarded the Volunteer Decoration; during the second world war he was Assistant Director of Medical Services, 1st Cavalry Division 1939-42, and Deputy Director to the 2nd Army Corps during 1942. He practised at 185 Macquarie Street, and died at Sydney on 13 February 1958 aged about 67. Publications. Early diagnosis of cancer of the cervix; with Herbert H Schlink. *Med J Austral* 1938,2,71. The role of vaginal hysterectomy in gynaecological surgery. *ANZJ Surg* 1949, 19, 139.
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First Title value, for Searching Clare, Thomas Charles (1881 - 1958)

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by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2014-02-03
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Occupation Gynaecological surgeon Gynaecologist
Details Born at Birmingham where his father was city treasurer, he was educated at King Edward's School there and trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He held resident posts at the Gordon Hospital, London, and the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, and was resident medical officer under Bland-Sutton at the Chelsea Hospital for Women. He went into general practice at Leicester in 1909, and was much interested in pathology. He was appointed to the staff of the Royal Infirmary, Leicester, as assistant surgeon in 1913, but served in the RAMC in Mesopotamia and on the Indian North-West Frontier during the war of 1914-18. Returning to Leicester he was appointed surgeon to the Infirmary, and continued at work after the age of retirement through the second world war till 1946, and returned for part-time duty in 1949. He practised as a gynaecological surgeon first at 192 London Road and later at 19 Central Avenue. He was President of the Leicester Medical Society in 1929 and of the Midland Obstetric and Gynaecological Society in 1938. He died on 12 November 1958 aged 77, survived by his wife and their only son, the Rev T C Hunter Clare. "Tommy" Clare was a man of whimsical charm. He was a keen fisherman and played golf and bridge, but was also interested in music and natural history. He held high office in Freemasonry. Publications: *The physiology of cancer* 1929. *A Socratic dialogue on cancer* 1938.
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First Title value, for Searching Bloomfield, Alice (1895 - 1977)

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by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2014-11-14
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Occupation Gynaecological surgeon Gynaecologist
Details Alice Bloomfield was born in India on 13 October 1895 where her father was a merchant. She and her sister were brought back to Scotland as children by their mother after their father was murdered by terrorists. Alice decided to study medicine and qualified at Edinburgh University in 1919 with first class honours after a brilliant studentship. In 1915 she won the silver medal for systematic chemistry and at qualification was given the Annandale Gold Medal for clinical surgery. After being awarded the Leckie Mactier postgraduate scholarship and the William Gibson research fellowship at the Royal Society of Medicine, she obtained the degree of MD in 1921, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1922, and ChM in 1925. Following resident appointments at Queen Charlotte's Hospital and the Hospital for Women in Soho Square, Alice Bloomfield was made gynaecological surgeon at the South London Hospital for Women at the age of 28, and later was appointed to the staff of the Marie Curie Hospital. She took an active interest in the College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and was a foundation member, being elected Fellow in 1935. She served on the Council for several terms, and was on many committees there, being a member of the Examination Committee for 23 years and its Chairman for four years. She was a founder member of the Women's Gynaecological Visiting Club, a select group of 22 members, and was for many years an active member of the Medical Women's Federation. An able diagnostician and a deft and speedy surgeon, she was kind to her patients and junior staff, but could be impatient and irascible with colleagues. She remained in good health, physically and mentally, until the time of her retirement from hospital, leading an active life including cross-country walking and playing golf, and bridge, and she then decided to read for the bar. She was very successful in all her examinations, always being near the head of the list, and was finally called to the bar by Gray's Inn at the age of 70. She worked in South Western circuit dealing mainly with criminal cases. A great traveller, particularly in the winter to escape the cold, she was helped by her linguistic ability, speaking several languages, and in the last days of her life, was attending Spanish classes. She died from a stroke after only a few days illness on 5 January 1977 at the age of 82.
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First Title value, for Searching Beckett-Overy, Harry (1875 - 1950)

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by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2013-04-10
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Occupation Gynaecological surgeon Gynaecologist
Details Harry Overy was born 5 January 1875 at Brenchley, Kent, the first of the thirteen children (nine sons and four daughters) of Henry James Overy, a farmer, and Sarah Mannington, his wife. He assumed the name of Beckett-Overy by deed poll, after his marriage with May Beckit in 1906; Mrs Beckett-Overy died before him, leaving an only daughter, Mrs Horsburgh. He was educated at Kent College, Canterbury and Swanley Agricultural College. He then attended the University of St Andrews and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and graduated from Edinburgh University at the age of twenty-seven in 1902. From the London Hospital he took the English Conjoint qualification in 1903, and served as casualty officer and pathologist at the Metropolitan Hospital. He was surgical registrar, and then assistant surgeon, at the Kensington General Hospital. Beckett-Overy practised as a gynaecological surgeon in a fashionable district of Kensington, first at 19 Lowndes Street, and latterly at 15 Herbert Crescent, both addresses being near Sloane Street, SW1. He was honorary secretary of the British Gynaecological Society and of its successor the obstetrics and gynaecology section of the Royal Society of Medicine, and later a vice-president of this section. He served as honorary secretary of the Kensington division of the British Medical Association. Beckett-Overy publicly supported Beatrice Webb's attack on the Poor Law in 1910. During the war of 1914-18 he was medical officer in charge of the Londonderry House hospital for officers in Park Lane. Later he was consulting surgeon to the Cobham and district cottage hospital. Details of Beckett-Overy's marriage have been given above. He died in a nursing home in London on 27 February 1950, aged 75, and was cremated at Golders Green. Publications:- The medical proposals of the Minority Report [of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law], an appeal to the medical profession, with Somerville Hastings, FRCS and Arnold Freeman. *Lancet*, 1910, 2, 229. Treatment of varicose veins by sclerosing injections, with L Gaugier of Paris. *Franco-British med Rev*. 1927, 4, 57.
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First Title value, for Searching Wilson, John St George (1891 - 1967)

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by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2014-10-31
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Occupation Gynaecological surgeon Gynaecologist
Details Wilson was born in China on 8 April 1891 and was educated at Liverpool University graduating in medicine in 1914 and taking the Conjoint Diploma on 30 July 1914. On 4 August the first world war broke out and he served throughout it in the RAMC, winning the Military Cross. On demobilisation he returned to Liverpool and held resident and registrar appointments at the Royal Infirmary and the Shaw Street Hospital for Women, having decided to specialise as a gynaecological surgeon; he also studied in Vienna. He took the Fellowship and the Liverpool Master of Surgery degree in 1921. He became assistant gynaecological surgeon at the Royal Infirmary and assistant surgeon at the Maternity Hospital, and later was a consultant at the Walton Hospital and the Hoylake and West Kirby Hospital. He had one of the leading practices in the north-west of England at 13 Rodney Street, Liverpool, and was a regular attendant at meetings of the North of England Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society. He was a member of the Gynaecological Club, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1933, having been a foundation member in 1929. Throughout his career he valued independence above success, and was an outspoken master of repartee. His great ability, vision and experience made him widely respected; he was generous and careful of the interests of his juniors. At the formation of the National Health Service in 1948 he retired from his hospital posts, and withdrew completely from professional contacts, though he practised privately for a time in the home counties and went briefly to South Africa. He was always restless and was said never to have lived in the same house for more than three years. When he finally gave up practice he farmed for some time, and also kept a market-garden. He had been in the forefront of the improvement of obstetric practice, and published a very influential paper *Lower uterine segment Caesarian section* in the *Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of the British Empire* in 1931, and an excellent handbook *Prenatal and postnatal management* in 1937. He died at Wem, Shropshire on 4 June 1967 aged 76, survived by his wife with their daughter and three sons, one of whom is a member of the medical profession.
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First Title value, for Searching Walker, Sir Arnold Learoyd (1897 - 1968)

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by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2014-10-24
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Occupation Gynaecological surgeon Gynaecologist
Details Born 5 April 1897, the second son of Edward Walker, MBE, MD (Edin) who was consulting physician to the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Arnold Learoyd Walker was always proud of his Yorkshire origins. He went to Oundle School before going up to Cambridge. The first world war intervened and he served in France with the Royal Garrison Artillery, becoming Lieutenant. He was severely wounded in the right shoulder in 1918 with the result that he was invalided out of the Army in the following year, when he went back to Pembroke College, Cambridge. He became a Senior Broderip Scholar, and won the Leopold Hudson Prize in 1923 at the Middlesex Hospital. This was a great nursery for gynaecological surgeons and Comyns Berkeley and Victor Bonney were his chiefs. He was soon appointed to the staff of the City of London Maternity Hospital and became gynaecological surgeon to the West London Hospital, the Grosvenor Hospital for Women and the Miller General Hospital; and in the manner of those days he became the visiting gynaecological surgeon at Harrow and Wembley Hospitals. In 1928 he and G F Gibbert were appointed assessors to examine the records of maternal deaths for the Inter-Departmental Committee on Maternity Mortality, whose report gave British obstetrics a new ideology, and lowered the maternal mortality from 4.3 per thousand in 1929 to 3.1 in 1939 and at the same time paved the way for the improved training of doctors and midwives and for blood transfusion, chemotherapy, antibiotics and improved physique to confer the maximum benefit. In 1944 the mortality rate dropped to 1.5 and by 1964 to 0.23 per thousand births. Apart from our new knowledge about Rhesus sensitisation the system of ante-natal supervision is the same in 1969 as was laid down in 1929. Arnold Walker continued this work later, in association with A J Wrigley, on behalf of the Ministry of Health by examining the case records of each maternal death so as to draw attention to avoidable factors and to pinpoint the first departure from the normal supervision and treatment. Subsequently the Reports on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths were published every three years so that four reports covered a period of 12 years from 1952-1963. He was able to put the recommendations of the report into practice because he was put in charge of a model maternity hospital which was built by the Willesden Borough Council under the guidance of an enlightened medical officer, Dr J F Buchan. With the obstetrician in charge living on the spot and controlling both the ante-natal care and the in-patient treatment of the patients, the Willesden Maternity Hospital was able to show a great improvement in the results. The National Health Service took over the hospital in 1948 and it became Kingsbury Maternity Hospital in the Charing Cross Hospital Group; and in it a ward had been named after Arnold Walker. He became a member of the Central Midwives Board in 1937 and when Sir Comyns Berkeley died in 1946 he became chairman, to remain in the post for 21 years. He saw the work of midwives reach an altogether higher level than anything thought possible in the 1920's. Clinically he was both a sound obstetrician with a common-sense approach to obstetric problems, and a first-rate gynaecological surgeon whose speed and technical skill made even the most difficult operations look easy. Arnold Walker examined for the Diploma in Obstetrics and the Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, for the Central Midwives Board and the Midwife Teachers Diploma. He examined on the Conjoint Board in England for three years from 1948-51 and for the Cambridge finals for a longer period. In his early years when he was on the staff of six hospitals, he practised at 121 Harley Street and was called upon disproportionately by doctors to attend their own wives and daughters. He had the same address for 25 years; but in the later years of his chairmanship of the Central Midwives Board he was devoting so much time to the affairs of the Board and to the Ministry of Health that he gradually relinquished both private practice and those hospital appointments which he had retained in 1948 when the National Health Service was established. Arnold married Gwenville, daughter of John Clouston of Middlesbrough, and they had no children. They had a protégé, Steven Goldsmith, whose mother was companion to the Walkers, and his success at Worksop School and in the police college gave them a good deal of pleasure. Lady Walker died in 1966 after a long illness, during which he gave up many of his social contacts to tend her and she still shared in his interests. They lived latterly at Hatch End, Middlesex. He retired from all active work in 1967 and thereupon undertook a world tour, visiting Australia and New Zealand. He greatly enjoyed the social contacts of medical societies. He was a liveryman of the Society of Apothecaries of London and a Freeman of the City. In the West London Medico-Chirurgical Society he was President in 1958-9 and he was a member of the West Kent Medico-Chirurgical Society for 40 years, lecturing to the Society on several occasions. He was a Vice-President of the Section of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the BMA Annual Meeting in 1949 and a member of Council of the Section of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Royal Society of Medicine for several years. Arnold Walker's final illness was short. He had been a cigarette smoker all his life and he developed carcinoma of the lung. He died in Mount Vernon Hospital on 14 September 1968 and had no surviving close relations. Arnold Walker's publications were not numerous; but many of the reports and recommendations of the Ministry of Health on maternal care were prepared by him. Publications: Chemical observations on toxaemia of pregnancy, with special reference to liver function in relation to the induction of premature labour. (Jointly with Berkeley and Dodds.) *J Obstet Gynaec Brit Emp* 1924, 31, 20-40. Berkeley's *Handbook of midwifery*, 14th edition. London, 1953. *Midwifery services in A historical review of British obstetrics and gynaecology, 1800-1850*, by J M M Kerr, R W Johnstone and M H Phillips. Edinburgh and London, 1954.
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