Walter Sydney Lazarus-Barlow
Walter Sydney Lazarus-Barlow
Early life
Lazarus-Barlow was born to
Lazarus-Barlow was educated at the City of London School and entered Downing College, Cambridge on a scholarship in 1884 from where he obtained his MB[clarification needed].[1]
Family
He married Minnie Wesson Taylor Mears on 17 January 1893 at St Saviour's church, Hanley Road. At the time of their
Career
Lazarus-Barlow's first professional appointment was as a house physician at
Lazarus-Barlow began his specialism in cancer research when he was appointed director of the newly established Cancer Research Laboratory at the Middlesex Hospital in 1903. He was one of the first physicians to research the effects of X-rays and radium on that disease[2] and his use of living cells in his work achieved international recognition.[1] In 1909 he gave the Croonian Lecture on Radioactivity and Carcinoma.[6][7] He served as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1914 to 1918,[5] spending two years in France, before returning to the Middlesex where he was appointed professor of experimental pathology in 1920.[1][2] He retired in 1924.[2]
He became a member of the
Later life
In retirement, Lazarus-Barlow gardened and edited the medical section of the 14th edition of the
Selected publications
- A manual of general pathology for students and practitioners. J. & A. Churchill, London, 1898.[10] (2nd 1904)
- The elements of pathological anatomy and histology for students. J. & A. Churchill, London, 1903.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lives of the Fellows: Munk's Roll: Volume IV: Walter Sydney Lazarus-Barlow. Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7190-3282-0.
- ^ The Times, 16 January 1943, p. 1.
- ^ "Obituary" S.C. Dyke, Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1968, 21, p. 227. doi:10.1136/jcp.21.2.227
- ^ a b c "Dr. Lazarus-Barlow", The Times, 18 January 1950, p. 7.
- PMID 20764554.
- ^ The Croonian Lectures on radioactivity and carcinoma. OHSU Digital Commons. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Deaths", The Times, 18 January 1950, p. 1.
- ^ Probate Calendar 1950.. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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