Charles Plumley Childe | |
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Born | 1858 |
Died | 30 January 1926 | (aged 67–68)
Occupation(s) | Surgeon, writer |
Charles Plumley Childe (1858 – 30 January 1926) was a British surgeon, cancer researcher and public health activist.
Childe was born in Cape Colony. [1] He was educated at Cambridge University and King's College Hospital for his medical training. He graduated from the University of the Cape of Good Hope with honours in 1877. He obtained a Warneford scholarship at King's College Hospital. In 1883, obtained the M.R.C.S., in 1885 the L.R.C.P. and in 1900 the M.R.C.P. [1] He took the F.R.C.S. in 1892 and was appointed assistant surgeon to the Royal Portsmouth Hospital. He established himself as one of the most successful surgeons in the South of England. [1] He was surgeon to the Southsea Home for Sick Children and Hampshire and Isle of Wight School for the Blind. [1]
Childe retired in 1923 and was appointed senior honorary consulting surgeon and chairman of the committee of management. He was President of the British Medical Association (1923–1924). [1] Childe was one of the earliest proponents of cancer education to the public. [2] He encouraged early detection of cancer and recourse to surgery. [3] Childe's mission to propagate lay education of cancer was not popular in the United Kingdom during his lifetime but influenced the American Society for the Control of Cancer. [4] [5]
His best known work was The Control of a Scourge: Or How Cancer is Curable, published in 1906. [2] [6] Childe died at Monte Carlo on Jan 30th, 1926, from influenza and pneumonia. He was buried at Highland Road Cemetery, Southsea. [1]
Charles Plumley Childe | |
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Born | 1858 |
Died | 30 January 1926 | (aged 67–68)
Occupation(s) | Surgeon, writer |
Charles Plumley Childe (1858 – 30 January 1926) was a British surgeon, cancer researcher and public health activist.
Childe was born in Cape Colony. [1] He was educated at Cambridge University and King's College Hospital for his medical training. He graduated from the University of the Cape of Good Hope with honours in 1877. He obtained a Warneford scholarship at King's College Hospital. In 1883, obtained the M.R.C.S., in 1885 the L.R.C.P. and in 1900 the M.R.C.P. [1] He took the F.R.C.S. in 1892 and was appointed assistant surgeon to the Royal Portsmouth Hospital. He established himself as one of the most successful surgeons in the South of England. [1] He was surgeon to the Southsea Home for Sick Children and Hampshire and Isle of Wight School for the Blind. [1]
Childe retired in 1923 and was appointed senior honorary consulting surgeon and chairman of the committee of management. He was President of the British Medical Association (1923–1924). [1] Childe was one of the earliest proponents of cancer education to the public. [2] He encouraged early detection of cancer and recourse to surgery. [3] Childe's mission to propagate lay education of cancer was not popular in the United Kingdom during his lifetime but influenced the American Society for the Control of Cancer. [4] [5]
His best known work was The Control of a Scourge: Or How Cancer is Curable, published in 1906. [2] [6] Childe died at Monte Carlo on Jan 30th, 1926, from influenza and pneumonia. He was buried at Highland Road Cemetery, Southsea. [1]