Davis Evan Bedford
Davis Evan Bedford | |
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Born | British Heart Journal[1] | 21 August 1898
Life
After education at
Parkinson directed Bedford's interest toward French cardiology, and the time he spent in the mid-1920s in Paris with Laubry and in Lyons with Gallavardin left him with an admiration for French attitudes to study and thinking which he passed on to several succeeding generations.[1]
Returning from France, Bedford in 1926 was appointed Paterson Research Scholar at the
He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps throughout the second world war, during which he was appointed consulting physician to the Middle East Forces. Brigadier Bedford became known as an efficient if demanding officer among the medical divisions, from Aleppo on the Turkish frontier to the hospitals behind the Eighth Army in Cyprus, Malta, and Khartoum.[2]
During the war, he kept a detailed diary, chronicling notable events such as his treatment of Winston Churchill, who became ill while visiting Tunis.[4][5]
When WWII ended, D. Evan Bedford resumed his appointments at the Middlesex Hospital and the National Heart Hospital and established a large private practice in cardiology. In the post WWII era, cardiac catherisation and angiocardiography helped to revolutionise cardiac surgery. Evan Bedford and William Somerville worked closely with cardiac surgeons such as
Bedford was appointed in 1946 the
He collected a private library of over 1000 books which he donated in 1971 to the Royal College of Physicians.[7] According to Peter Robert Fleming,[8] the Bedford collection is an indispensable and comprehensive resource for historians of cardiology.[9]
Bedford's interest in collecting rare books on the heart and circulation began when he was a registrar, evolving through his professional life into a unique and internationally acclaimed library now housed in the Harveian Library of the Royal College of Physicians. He spent the last few years of his life cataloguing his collection ... With the publication of the Catalogue of the Evan Bedford Library of Cardiology, Bedford considered his contribution to his craft complete.[2]
In 1935 in Marylebone, London, he married Audrey Selina Ely (b. 1902), daughter of Milton Victor Ely (b. 1873), chair of the Board of Governors of the National Heart Hospital. Evan and Audrey Bedford had two sons.[2]
Selected publications
- Bedford, D. Evan (January 1928). "Aneurysmal Dilatation of the Pulmonary Artery in a Case of Congenital Heart Disease". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 21 (3): 441–443. PMID 19986262.
- Bedford, D. Evan (May 1928). "Tuberculous Pericarditis". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 21 (7): 1162–1164. PMID 19986487.
- Bedford, D. Evan (December 1929). "Three Cases of Congenital Heart Disease with Cyanosis, in Adults". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 23 (2): 130–134. PMID 19987243.
- Bedford, E. (1 June 1933). "A Case of Chronic Rheumatic Disease". Postgraduate Medical Journal. 9 (92): 215–216. PMID 21312819.
- Parkinson, J.; Bedford, D. E.; Almond, S. (1 October 1939). "The Kinked Carotid Artery That Simulates Aneurysm". Heart. 1 (4): 345–361. PMID 18609830.
- Bedford, D. E.; Papp, C.; Parkinson, J. (1 January 1941). "Atrial Septal Defect". Heart. 3 (1): 37–68. PMID 18609869.
- Bedford, D. E.; Aidaros, S. M.; Girgis, B. (1 April 1946). "Bilharzial Heart Disease in Egypt: Cor Pulmonale Due to Bilharzial Pulmonary Endarteritis". Heart. 8 (2): 87–95. PMID 18610033.
- Bedford, D. E. (1 October 1951). "The Ancient Art of Feeling the Pulse". Heart. 13 (4): 423–437. PMID 14886463.
- Sellors, T. H.; Bedford, D. E.; Somerville, W. (14 November 1953). "Valvotomy in the Treatment of Mitral Stenosis". BMJ. 2 (4845): 1059–1067. PMID 13094116.
References
- ^ PMID 356866.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Davis Evan Bedford". Munk's Roll, Volume VII, Royal College of Physicians.
- PMID 18609810.
- PMID 12484287.
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- PMID 4879971.
- PMC 199474.
- ^ "Peter Robert Fleming". Munk's Roll, Volume VII, Royal College of Physicians.
- ^ Fleming, Peter Robert (1997). A short history of cardiology. Wellcome Institute Series in the History of Medicine. Vol. 40. Rodopi.