Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, 1856–1943

Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, 1856–1943

This biographical sketch on William Arbuthnot Lane corresponds to the historic text, The Classic: The Operative Treatment of Fractures, available at DOI 10.1007/s11999-009-0860-4 .

Fantasy surgery, 1880–1930: with special reference to Sir William Arbuthnot Lane

specialist opinions was such as to enrage the medical establishment, why did not paediatricians emerge to supply that demand? Perhaps the GPs already had too firm a grip on the family, while the hospital staff, recruited from the teaching hospitals' high-flying physicians, had, unlike the Germans and Americans, little experience of infants and preferred to move on to the adults. Dr Lomax has no...

William Arbuthnot Lane (1856-1943): Surgical Innovator and His Theory of Autointoxication.

William Arbuthnot Lane contributed to the advancement of many fields of orthopedics, otolaryngology, and general surgery. He is credited for his "no-touch technique" and the invention of long-handled instruments, some of which are still in use today, to minimize tissue handling. He is most well known for his hypothesis that slowing of gastric contents could cause a variety of ailments and this ...

Sir William Ramsay

Whither Sir William?

There are times when something is simply so familiar that we can no longer see it at all. It can be a story, or a concept, or even a flesh-and-blood person. Familiarity breeds not only contempt, but a kind of invisibility as well. For too many of us, such is the case with Sir William Osler. In his time (1849–1919), many considered him to be one of the greatest practitioners, teachers, and write...