Norman Barrett
Norman Rupert Barrett
Early life
Norman Barrett was born on 16 May 1903 in
Career
He trained at
He travelled to the United States on a
In 1946, he wrote a paper for the first issue of Thorax on spontaneous rupture of the
In 1950, he published a paper in which he described the oesophagus as "that part of the
In contrast,
In addition to his work on oesophageal disease, Barrett also worked with Leonard Dudgeon, Professor of Pathology at the University of London, on the cytology of sputum in the diagnosis of pulmonary malignancy.[10] He is also noted for his treatment of hydatid cysts.[11]
Barrett was a lecturer in surgery for the
Personal life
Norman Barrett married Annabel Elizabeth "Betty" Warington Smyth on 21 April 1931. She was the sister of a school friend, and they had met six years previously. Betty had studied English and Art, and later became a novelist. They had two children, Julia and Althea. After Norman had been appointed a Consultant at St. Thomas' Hospital, the Barrett family lived at 2 Dorset Street, Marylebone, London for about 20 years. In 1954 they moved to Richmond Green.
Outside his medical interests, he was also interested in the history of medicine, drawing and painting, and was a keen sailor.
He was appointed a
References
- PMID 10077057.
- ^ Barrett NR. Spontaneous perforation of the oesophagus. Review of the literature and report of three new cases Thorax 1946.1:103-6
- ^ Barrett NR. Report of a case of spontaneous perforation of the oesophagus successfully treated by operation. Br J Surg 1947,35:218
- ^ S2CID 72315839.
- PMID 18904843.
- PMID 21000018.
- PMID 13077502.
- PMID 13442856.
- PMID 8566611.
- ^ Barrett NR. Examination of sputum for malignant cells and particles of malignant growth. J Thorac Surg, 1938;8:169-83
- ^ Barrett NR. The treatment of pulmonary hydatid disease. Thorax 1947;2:21–57
- ^ AIM25 archive of Norman Barrett