William Thornton Mustard
William Thornton Mustard (born August 8, 1914 in Clinton , Canada , † December 11, 1987 in Naples , USA ) was a Canadian doctor and cardiac surgeon . In 1949 he was one of the first to perform an operation with a mechanical heart pump and a biological lung on a dog at the “Banting Institute” . He developed two surgical techniques, named after him: the "Mustard operation", which is used in orthopedics to treat hip damage in people with polio , and the "Mustard cardiovascular procedure" to correct the transposition of the large arteries , a congenital one Heart defect ("blue baby syndrome"), which is used in thousands of children worldwide every year.
Life
William Mustard was born the fourth of five children to James Thornton Mustard and Pearl E. Macdonald. His father was killed as a passenger in the sinking of the British liner Athenia in 1939 . In 1937 he finished his medical studies at the University of Toronto . This was followed by one-year internships at Toronto General Hospital and in surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children , before he moved to the New York Orthopedic Hospital on a scholarship . In 1940 he returned to Toronto , where he completed six months of training in the surgery, pulmonology and neurosurgery departments .
Second World War
In 1941 he joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps , where he initially served as first lieutenant and rose to the rank of major . During the Second World War , he performed repeated operations that attracted attention. For example, he led an operation that helped save a soldier's limbs with severely damaged arteries instead of amputating them. In 1944 he performed a leg operation on a soldier for which he was later awarded the Order of the British Empire . In 1941 he married Elise Dunbar Howe († 1979), together they had seven children, including the twins Susan and Shirley.
Work at a children's hospital
After the end of World War II, Mustard returned to Toronto and was senior physician at the Hospital for Sick Children for six months . He then moved to the "New York Orthopedic Hospital" for a year before taking up a position as a surgeon at the Hospital for Sick Children in 1947. In Baltimore , he spent a month with the surgeon Alfred Blalock . In 1957 he was appointed head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery. In 1976 Mustard retired.
William Mustard died of a heart attack in 1987.
Awards
- 1975 Receipt of the Gairdner Foundation International Award
- 1976 Order of Canada in the officer class in recognition of his services in the field of medicine, particularly as a cardiac surgeon of international importance.
- 1995 Induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g William Mustard . In: The Banting Research Foundation . Archived from the original on February 20, 2010. Retrieved February 2010.
- ^ Supplement, London Gazette . In: London Gazette . April 19, 1945. Accessed on October 23, 2013. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Order of Canada citation . In: Office of the Secretary to the Governor General . Retrieved October 23, 2013.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mustard, William Thornton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mustard, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian physician and heart surgeon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clinton, Ontario , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1987 |
| Place of death | Naples (Florida) , USA |