George Makins
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Sir George Henry Makins FRCS (3 November 1853 – 2 November 1933) was an English surgeon.
He was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, the son of George Hogarth Makins, MRCS, and educated at The King's School, Gloucester, St Thomas' Hospital and Halle, Vienna.
He was appointed resident Assistant Surgeon at
During wartime Makins was a Consulting Surgeon to the South African Field Force, 1899-1900 and again a Consulting Surgeon, alongside Sir
First World War
, 1914-18. He spent much of the latter conflict in France, working in hospitals in Paris and Boulogne before taking over the supervision of new hospitals at Camiers and Étaples, where he established a research centre to trial new methods of wound treatment.
He was a Fellow of the
KCMG in 1915.[4]
He died at his London home on 2 November 1933 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. He had married Margaret Augusta née Kirkland, the widow of General Fellowes. They had no children.
Published work
- Surgical experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900. London, 1901; 2nd edition, 1913.
- A case of artificial anus treated by resection of the small intestine. St Thos. Hosp. Rep. 1884, 13, 181.
- Rickets, in Treves, System of surgery, 1895, 1, 363.
- Surgical diseases due to microbic infection and parasites. Ibid. 1895, 1, 294.
- Injuries of the joints; dislocations, in Warren and Gould, International text-book of surgery, 1899, 1, 589.
- Gunshot injuries of the arteries (Bradshaw lecture, R.C.S.). London, 1914.
- On gunshot injuries to the blood-vessels, founded on experience gained in France during the great war 1914-1918. Bristol, 1919.
- Operative surgery of the stomach, with B. G. A. Moynihan. London, 1912.
- The influence exerted by the military experience of John Hunter on himself and the military surgeon of today. (Hunterian oration, R.C.S.). Lancet, 1917, 1, 249.
See also
References
- ^ Makins, Sir George Henry – Biographical entry – Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online. Livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk. Retrieved on 8 June 2014.
- ^ Obituaries: Sir G. H. Makins The Surgery Of War Wounds. The Times, 3 November 1933; p. 16; Issue 46592; col B
- ^ "MAKINS, Sir George Henry", in Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2007
- ^ "MAKINS, Sir George Henry (1853-1933)". King's College London. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
External links
- Works by George Henry Makins at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about George Makins at Internet Archive
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