Arthur Ernest Sansom
Arthur Ernest Sansom FRCP (13 May 1838 in Corsham – 10 March 1907 in Bournemouth) was an English physician, known for his pioneering research on anaesthesiology, the use of carbolic acid in medicine, and diagnosis of heart disease.[1]
Biography
[edit]Sansom was educated at Queenwood College near Stockbridge, Hampshire and then at King's College, London.[2] He wrote one of the first and most practical handbooks on anaesthetics and read a paper Anaesthetics in Obstetric Practice before the Obstetrical Society. In 1869–1870 he emphasized the importance of Pasteur's research, together with some research of his own, in a series a papers he presented to the Medical Society of London. He was consulting physician to the London Hospital and to the North-Eastern Hospital for Children.[1] Sansom was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1878. He was President of the Medical Society of London for the year 1897.
In a number of his published Obituaries in 1907, the final sentence states that - ‘He was survived by his wife and six children’. This was incorrect, as at his death seven legitimate children survived him.
His burial was at East Finchley Cemetery.[3]
Books
[edit]- Sansom, Arthur Ernest (1865). Chloroform: its action and administration. A handbook.
- Arrest and prevention of cholera. 1866.
- On the pain of parturition, and anæsthetics in obstetric practice. 1869.
- Sansom, Arthur Ernest (1871). The antiseptic system.
- The physical diagnosis of diseases of the heart and thoracic aorta. 1876.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Arthur Ernest Sansom, M.D. Lond., F.R.C.P." Br. Med. J. 1 (2412): 722. 23 March 1907. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.2412.722. PMC 2357063.
- ^ "Sansom, Arthur Ernest". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1555.
- ^ "Obituary: Arthur Ernest Sansom, M.D. Lond., F.R.C.P., Lond". The Lancet: 842–845. 23 March 1907. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(01)46512-3.
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