Robert Hammill Firth
Colonel Sir Robert Hammill Firth,
Biography
Robert H. Firth's parents were John Firth, a member of the educational department of the
Firth served as a member of the
From February 1906 to February 1910, Firth was in charge of the School of Army Sanitation at Aldershot.[2] In 1908 Firth's Military Hygiene: A Manual of Sanitation for Soldiers was published.[10] In 1910 he was sent to British India. Upon his return to England he held for a time the position of Sanitary Officer at Army Headquarters. In December 1912 the position of Sanitary Officer was abolished and replaced by a new position with title "ADMS (Sanitary)", i.e., assistant director of Medical Services, Sanitary Section.[1] On 13 November 1912, he was promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel.[2] In March 1915 he was sent to France as part of the BEF and served as ADMS of the 20th (Light) Division. From September 1915 to May 1917 he was deputy director of Medical Services (DDMS) of XI Corps. In May 1917 he was replaced as DDSM of XI Corps, because of his advanced age. He was transferred to the British Army's base at Le Havre.[1] He retired on 25 December 1917.[2]
Firth twice received (in 1888 and in 1891) the Alexander Memorial prize and medal and twice received (in 1889 and in 1892) the Parkes Memorial prize and medal.[2] For his WW I services, he was mentioned three times in dispatches and received the Victory and Allied medals.[1] He was made C.B. in 1918 and K.B.E. on 2 June 1919.[2] The President of the Portuguese Republic made him a Grand Officer of the Military Order of Aviz.[11] The municipality of Le Havre awarded him in 1919 a silver medal in recognition of medical services rendered to Le Havre's civilian population.[1]
Firth was a member of several learned societies. For many years he served as a member of council and examiner at the
In
Selected publications
- Firth, R. H. (1882). "Statistics of Chloroform or Ether Administration". British Medical Journal. 1 (1108): 442. PMC 2371558.
- —— (1886). "Epileptic Insanity". The Indian Medical Gazette. 21 (4): 110–112. PMID 28999596.
- —— (1886). "On the Occurrence of Icterus, Icteric Urine, and Hæmatinuria in Remittent Fever". The Indian Medical Gazette. 21 (7): 193–195. PMID 28999641.
- —— (1886). "Syphilis and Marriage". The Indian Medical Gazette. 21 (8): 231–234. PMID 28999661.
- —— (1886). "On Some Pathologico-Pigmentary Changes Seen in Remittent Fever". The Indian Medical Gazette. 21 (10): 290–291. PMID 28999512.
- —— (1886). "Pathology of Remittent Fever". The Indian Medical Gazette. 21 (12): 382. PMID 28999536.
- —— (1887). "On the occurrence of a poisonous ptomaine in milk" (PDF). The Lancet. 129 (3309): 213–214. .
- —— (1887). "The Sister Medical Services". The Indian Medical Gazette. 22 (4): 125–126. PMID 28999755.
- —— (1891). "Notes on the Appearance of Certain Sporozoöid Bodies in the Protoplasm of an "Oriental Sore."". British Medical Journal. 1 (1567): 60–62. PMID 20753218.
- —— (1911). "Paratyphoid Fever". British Medical Journal. 1 (2631): 1347–1348. PMC 2334029.
- —— (1912). "Inoculation and the Prevalence of Enteric and Paratyphoid Fevers in the European Army". The Indian Medical Gazette. 47 (9): 341–342. PMID 29005321.
- —— (1912). "Protein Element in Nutrition". The Indian Medical Gazette. 47 (10): 414–415. PMID 29005474.
- —— (1918). "Some Musings of an Idle Man". Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. 30: 37–50. pdf at militaryhealth.bmj.com
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "E004047 - Firth, Sir Robert Hammill (1857 - 1931)". Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows, Royal College of Surgeons of England. 2013-06-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Obituary. Sir Robert H. Firth, K.B.E., C.B., F.R.C.S., Colonel A.M.S. (Ret.)". British Medical Journal: 1096. June 20, 1931. (This obituary states erroneously that R. H. Firth was born in 1858 — the correct year is 1857.)
- ^ "Robert H. Firth". India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947.
- ^ "Notter, Colonel J. Lane". Who's who: An Annual Biographical Dictionary. 1903. pp. 1026–1027.
- ^ Lane Notter, James; Firth, Robert Hammill (1896). The Theory and Practice of Hygiene. London: J. & A. Churchill.
- ^ Parkes, Edmund Alexander (1883). Manual of Practical Hygiene (6th ed.). (1st edition, 1864; 5th & 6th editions edited by Francis de Chaumont)
- JSTOR 20273666.
- PMC 2401847.
- ^ Firth, R. H. (1903). "A comparative study of some dysentery bacilli". Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. 1: 436–458.
- ^ Firth, R. H. (1908). Military Hygiene: A Manual of Sanitation for Soldiers. London: J. & A. Churchill.
- ^ "Decorations Conferred" (PDF). Supplement to the London Gazette: 1064. 6 February 1922.