The development of hand surgery in Great Britain

Fisk, G.R.

doi:10.1016/0266-7681(90)90115-k

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“…Rainsford was a founder member of the Hand Club of Great Britain in 1952 with a joint membership of orthopaedic and plastic surgeons. 74…”

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Arthur Rainsford Mowlem (1902–1986), plastic surgeon

Griffiths

2013

J Med Biogr

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Arthur Rainsford Mowlem, the junior of the 'big four' plastic surgeons, with Harold Delf Gillies, Thomas Pomfret Kilner and Archibald Hector McIndoe, came to prominence managing casualties of the Second World War. Rainsford Mowlem's ancestor was John Mowlem, the creator of the construction firm. Rainsford worked his passage to the United Kingdom from New Zealand in 1927 and did not return to New Zealand but retired at the age of 60 to enjoy 23 more years in Spain. He was the driving force between 1934 and 1939 at the Plastic Surgery Unit at St James's Hospital, Balham, and instigated the North London Plastic Surgery Unit at Hill End, St Albans, from 1939 to 1953 and subsequently developed the Unit after moving to Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex. After successfully hosting the International Meeting of Plastic Surgeons in London in 1959, he received recognition and honours in America but soon afterwards he surprised colleagues by retiring in 1962. Despite his significant contributions, he did not receive national honours but his life outside surgery was active including Trusteeship of the Mowlem Estate at Swanage in Dorset for 40 years.

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“…Rainsford was a founder member of the Hand Club of Great Britain in 1952 with a joint membership of orthopaedic and plastic surgeons. 74…”

Section: Rainsford Mowlem’s Published Work and Symposia Contributionsmentioning

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Arthur Rainsford Mowlem (1902–1986), plastic surgeon

Griffiths

2013

J Med Biogr

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“…The differing recollections of Geoffrey Fisk (1990) and Robert Robins (1991) about the formation of the Second Hand Club show how necessary it is to have written records.…”

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