Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, 1856–1943

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 ...

Diverticulitis of the Pelvic Colon 1A Paper read at a Meeting of the Bath and Bristol Branch of the British Medical Association on Wednesday, February 27th, 1924.

in the colon and the evil results that ensue. In this direction Sir Arbuthnot Lane has done much to stimulate interest, to excite admiration, and indeed to inspire awe into the hearts of not a few of us.

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...

The Classic: The Operative Treatment of Fractures

This Classic article is a reprint of the original work by William Arbuthnot Lane, The Operative Treatment of Fractures. An accompanying biographical sketch on William Arbuthnot Lane, M.S., F.R.C.S., is available at DOI 10.1007/s11999-009-0861-3. The Classic Article is 1909 by Wolters Kluwer Health-Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and is reprinted with permission from Lane WA. The operative treatme...

Sir Francis Fremantle