A Surgeon's Century: The Life of Sir Ian Fraser - Softcover

Clarke, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903688507 ISBN 13: 9781903688502

Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation, 2005

Synopsis

Ulster has produced an impressive number of surgeons who have gained world-wide renown. None has been more celebrated, or more deserving of a biography than Sir Ian Fraser whose life spanned almost the whole of the 20th century. Following a brillant university career, Fraser's training occupied most of the inter-war years. As with most innovatory surgeons, his career really flourished in war-time conditions. During the Second World War, he was at the forefront of the early field trials of a drug that would benefit the whole of mankind - penecillin - first, in the crucial allied victory in North Africa and then in Italy. For the courage and skill he consistently showed during during these campaigns, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. In 1945 came his timely appointment to the surgical staff of the Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, in which he was to serve with equal distinction until his retirement in 1966. Richard Clarke's sympathetic, insightful and not uncritical biography could only have been written by someone who was taught by Fraser and who then worked alongside him. The outcome is a fascinating, and informed overall view of Sir Ian Fraser, the surgeon, the teacher, the writer and, above all, the man.

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About the Author

Richard Clarke is emeritus professor of anaesthetics at Queen's University Belfast. He is author of a bicentenary History of the Royal Victoria Hospital, as well as many papers on anaesthesia and historical subjects. Over the past 38 years he has also compiled and or edited many books of gravestone inscriptions, published by the Ulster Historical Foundation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1903688507
• ISBN 13: 9781903688502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 155