Arthur Mayo-Robson

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Arthur William Mayo-Robson

Sir Arthur William Mayo-Robson , sometimes also Arthur Mayo Robson , KBE , CB , CVO , FRCS (born April 17, 1853 in Filey , Yorkshire , † October 12, 1933 in London ) was a British surgeon .

Career

Arthur Mayo-Robson was born in Filey to the chemist John Bonnington Robson . He took the additional surname Mayo only in middle age. In Sheffield he went to Wesley College and then in 1870 to the Leeds School of Medicine . He won a number of awards while studying and became an MRCS ( Member of the Royal College of Surgeons ) in 1874 . From 1876 he lectured in Leeds. In 1884 he became a surgeon at General Infirmary in Leeds. From 1886 he was a lecturer in pathology . From 1890 to 1899 he was professor of surgery at the Yorkshire College of Victoria University , the predecessor of the University of Leeds . In 1902 he gave up his professorship in Leeds and went to London. Mayo-Robson was president of several societies, including the British Gynaecological Society .

During the First World War , Mayo-Robson served in France, then in Gallipoli and Egypt and reached the rank of Colonel in the Army Medical Service . Mayo-Robson was knighted in 1908, Companion of the Royal Victorian Order in 1911, Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1916 and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919 . Back from Egypt, Mayo-Robson settled in Seale / Surrey .

Arthur Mayo-Robson married Florence in 1883. She was the daughter of William Walker from Osmondthorpe Hall near Leeds. He had three daughters with her. When his wife died in 1930, Mayo-Robson married a second time shortly before his death in 1932.

plant

Arthur Mayo-Robson has authored several books. For example, On gallstones and their treatment (1892), Diseases of the gall bladder and bild duct (1897), Gall-stones, their complications and treatment (1909), Diseases of the stomach and their surgical treatment (1901), Diseases of the pancreas and their surgical treatment (1902), The pancreas, its surgery and pathology (1907) and Cancer of the stomach (1907).

He was a pioneer in the field of biliary surgery as well as in the field of orthopedics. For example, on November 21, 1895, he performed a cruciate ligament suture for the first time on a 41-year-old miner with torn cruciate ligaments.

In the Anglo-Saxon specialist literature there are two anatomical locations named after Mayo-Robson: the Mayo-Robson point and the Mayo-Robson's position .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ HH Pässler and A. Driessen: The history of cruciate ligament surgery. In: ATOSNews 11, 2008, pp. 50-61.
  2. ^ AW Mayo Robson: Ruptured crucial ligaments and their repair by operation. In: Ann Surg 37, 1903, pp. 716-718. PMID 17861289 , PMC 1431029 (free full text)
  3. ↑ Mayo-Robson point. Retrieved February 9, 2010
  4. ↑ Mayo-Robson position. Retrieved February 9, 2010.

literature

  • Sir Arthur Mayo-Robson, KBE, CB, CVO, FRCS In: Ann R Coll Surg Engl 11, 1952, pp. 330-332. PMID 12986638 , PMC 2377568 (free full text)
  • Obituary: Sir Arthur Mayo-Robson, KBE, CB. In: Br Med J 3798, 1933, pp. 761-762. PMC 2369480 (free full text)

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personal data
SURNAME Mayo-Robson, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mayo-Robson, Sir Arthur William (full name); Mayo Robson, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British surgeon
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Filey , Yorkshire
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1933
Place of death London