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John Frederick Halls Dally

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John Frederick Halls Dally
Portrait by Walter Stoneman, c. 1916
Born2 August 1877
Died4 November 1944
Known forHigh blood pressure, its variations and control : manual for practitioners, W. Heinemann (1923)

John Frederick Halls Dally (2 August 1877 – 4 November 1944) was a British physician and president of the History of Medicine Society of the Royal Society of Medicine from 1941 to 1942 and in 1944.[1]

Early life

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John Frederick Halls Dally was born on 2 August 1877 at Wolverhampton[2] and attended Wolverhampton School. He gained admission to St John's College, Cambridge, and then went on to St Bartholomew's Hospital.[3]

Medical career

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He gained the Conjoint in 1901, MA MB MCH in 1903, MD in 1907 and MRCP in 1909.[3]

He subsequently became physician to Mount Vernon Hospital when it was a chest hospital in Hampstead and was a senior physician to the St Marylebone and Western General Dispensary.[3] In addition, he edited the journal of the West London Medico-Chirurgical Society, where he was also president.[3]

Personal and family

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He married Norah Willoughby Curtois and they lived at 93 Harley Street. They had one son, Edward.[2]

He died at home on 4 November 1944.[3]

Publications

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References

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  1. ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses : a Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Volume 2 Part 2. From 1752 to 1900. Venn, John Archibald., Venn, John. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2011. p. 215. ISBN 9781108036122. OCLC 889954771.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ a b "Peregrine Edward Curtois and his children". www.chradams.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Obituary". BMJ. 2 (4381): 837. 23 December 1944. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.4381.835-a. PMC 2287101.