Reginald Wyndham Lloyd-Davies (24 June 1934 – 25 March 2023) was a British urologist and head of clinical urology at St Thomas' Hospital, London, who completed early studies of the bladder epithelium with a scanning electron microscope.

Lloyd-Davies co-authored A Colour Atlas of Urology, first published in 1983.

Early life and education

Wyndham Lloyd-Davies was born on 24 June 1934 in Wolverhampton, ^[1] where he spent his childhood. ^[2] He completed his early education from Rugby school, where he sustained a fracture of the tibia during a rugby game; the injury kept him confined for a year. ^[2] In 1952, he gained admission to study medicine at St Thomas' Hospital. ^[2] One of his early junior posts was at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. ^{[2] [3]}

Career

Upon returning to St Thomas' Lloyd-Davies assisted in setting up a dialysis unit. ^[2] He gained a Master of Science degree after completing a year of research in San Francisco. ^[2] There, in 1970 with Frank Hinman and in collaboration with the Donner Laboratory, University of California, he completed early studies of the bladder epithelium with a scanning electron microscope, comparing its appearance to the moon's surface. ^{[4] [5]} They photographed the surface of the bladder and urethra at a magnification of 30,000 times, and found it to be far from regular. ^{[4] [6]} They noted that the irregularity became exacerbated by infection, hindering washout. ^[4] They found that the irregularities resolved with urethral and bladder distension. ^{[4] [6]}

Lloyd-Davies later became head of clinical urology at St Thomas' and was on the list of honorary medical staff at King Edward VII's Hospital. ^[7]

Lloyd-Davies co-authored A Colour Atlas of Urology, first published in 1983. ^[8] It contains images including those of pathological specimens, photographs of the bladder at endoscopy and diagrams that explain diagnostic procedures. ^[9] 70 images relate to lesions of the penis and scrotum. ^[9]

Personal life and death

From his first marriage to Elizabeth he had two daughters; Vanessa Lloyd-Davies, a Major in the RAMC, and Fiona, a documentary film maker. ^[2]

Lloyd-Davies died from metastatic pancreatic cancer on 25 March 2023, at the age of 88. ^{[2] [1]}

Selected publications

Papers

• Lloyd-Davies, R. Wyndham; Lee, John C.; Hinman, Frank (1 July 1971). "Urothelial Micro-Contour. II. Intracellular Crypts and Secretory Substances". The Journal of Urology. 106 (1): 75–80. doi: 10.1016/S0022-5347(17)61229-1. ISSN  0022-5347. PMID  4327620.
• Mayo, M. E.; Lloyd-Davies, R. W.; Shuttleworth, K. E.; Tighe, J. R. (April 1973). "The damaged human detrusor: functional and electron microscopic changes in disease". British Journal of Urology. 45 (2): 116–125. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1973.tb12127.x. ISSN  0007-1331. PMID  706493.
• McFarkinson, I. R.; Eykyn, S. J.; Gardner, N. H. N.; Vanier, T. M.; Bennett, A. E.; Mayo, M. E.; Lloyd-Davies, R. W. (May 1973). "Bacteruria in pregnancy". British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 80 (5): 385–405. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1973.tb15952.x. PMID  4712935. S2CID  43841391.
• Lloyd-Davies, R. W.; Collins, C. D.; Swan, A. V. (August 1990). "Carcinoma of prostate treated by radical external beam radiotherapy using hypofractionation. Twenty-two years' experience (1962-1984)". Urology. 36 (2): 107–111. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(90)80207-4. ISSN  0090-4295. PMID  2385876.

Books

• A Colour Atlas of Urology. Wolfe Medical Publications. 1983. ISBN  978-0-7234-1607-4. (Co-authored)

References

External links

• "Semanticscholar". www.semanticscholar.org. Retrieved 25 April 2023.