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Browne established a modern labour ward service, with one senior sister in charge and improved antiseptic and aseptic techniques. He instituted antenatal and postnatal clinics and recruited many (later distinguished) assistants, including Leslie
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Edinburgh. In 1925 he was awarded the Edinburgh DSc (Doctor of Science) degree and promoted to chief physician.
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Gynaecological Visiting Society (GVS), elected in 1927. He became a founding fellow of the College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1929). He was president of the (RSM) Section of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for the 1945/6 session.
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who came from the medical unit to the obstetric unit in 1934. Other assistants included Norman White and Tim Flew who both became consultants at UCH, Robert (later
Professor) Kellar, Vivian Barnett, Fouracre Barnes, Aileen Dickens and
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