Leonard Guthrie
Leonard Guthrie | |
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| Born | Leonard George Guthrie 7 February 1858 Kensington, London, England |
| Died | 24 December 1918 (aged 60) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Paediatrician |
Leonard George Guthrie
Early life
Guthrie was born on 7 February 1858,[1] in Kensington, London, the second son of Thomas Anstry Guthrie and his wife Augusta Amherst. His brother was the novelist and journalist Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856โ1934).[2] His basic education was at King's College School after which he read classics at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. He acquired his master's degree in 1880.[1]
Medical career
Guthrie completed his medical studies at
He went on to become senior physician to the Paddington Green Children's Hospital and was subsequently associated with the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis in Maida Vale.[3]
Medical writing
Guthrie's major work was Functional Nervous Disorders of Childhood (1907), and he added chapters to
In 1907 and 1908 he gave the Fitzpatrick Lecture to the Royal College of Physicians on "Contributions to the Study of Precocity in Children" and "The History of Neurology". The lectures were privately printed in 1921 after his death by his nephew, Eric G. Millar.[4]
In 1913, Guthrie reviewed the evidence relating to
Death
According to a report in The Times, on Christmas Eve 1918, following a consultation in the afternoon, Guthrie had visited a friend in Notting Hill Gate. He left at 5.30 pm to travel home by Tube but, walking too close to the platform edge, he was killed when he was hit by a train as it entered the station.[2] He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.[1] He never married.[7]
Selected publications
- "Chronic Interstitial Nephritis in Childhood: A Paper Read Before the Harveian Society of London on Nov. 19th, 1896", The Lancet, 27 February & 13 March 1913.
- Interstitial Nephritis in Childhood. London, 1897.
- Hospital Sketches. Grant Richards, London, 1902. (as Lucas Galen)
- Functional Nervous Disorders in Childhood. Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, Oxford University Press, London, 1907.
- Did Napoleon Bonaparte Suffer from Hypopituitarism (Dystrophia Adiposo-genitalis) at the Close of His Life?, The Lancet, 13 September 1913.
- Contributions to the Study of Precocity in Children: The Fitzpatrick Lectures on the History of Medicine Delivered at the Royal College of Physicians in the Years 1907, 1908. Millar, 1921.
References
- ^ a b c d e Guthrie, Leonard George (1858โ1918). AIM25. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4724-2381-8.
- PMC 2340549.
- ISBN 978-0-19-968217-1.
- ISSN 0140-6736.(subscription required)
- ISBN 978-0-8180-1901-2.
- ^ Leonard George Guthrie. Munk's Roll, Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
External links
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