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Percy Furnivall

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His essay "The pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of the various neoplasms met with in the stomach, small intestine, caecum, and colon", won him the 1897 Jacksonian prize and in 1901 he chose the subject "Neoplasms of the stomach and intestine" when he was appointed Hunterian professor of pathology
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to describe his own experiences of his treatment, saying "I would not wish my worst enemy the prolonged hell I have been through with radium neuritis and myalgia for over six months." His correspondence prompted a debate in the columns of the journal that reflected the wider debate in the medical
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In addition to diet recommendations for the cyclist, Furnivall advised abstention from alcohol and tobacco, and streamlined clothing designed "not to catch the wind, and yet to leave all the joints free play". He also warned the cyclist never to forget "that you are a sportsman and a gentleman."
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in the 1880s and won 11 prizes during a tour of the United States. In 1886 he was the champion one and five-mile bicyclist, and in 1887 was the record-holder for the quarter-mile bicycle race. He wrote an early book on athletic performance,
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community between those who favoured the new treatments for cancer of radium and x-rays and those that favoured the traditional treatment of surgery which they saw as having fewer injurious side-effects. He died on 3 May 1938.
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as a "tall gaunt figure in a great fur coat, smoking an enormous cigar, stepping out from one of the earliest of motor cars" while
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and Eleanor Nickel Dalziel. A sister, Ena, died in infancy. His father lost his inherited wealth in the failure of the
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He retired early due to ill-health and died of throat cancer in 1938 having prompted a debate in the columns of the
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bank in 1867 and thereafter lived on what he could make by writing. He was the second editor of the
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He was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1937 and as a result received treatment using x-rays and
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In 2019, findings from Furnivall's surgical logbook were presented in a public lecture at the
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Sarah Gillam, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 21 July 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
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who was a champion cyclist in the 1880s and wrote an early book on athletic performance,
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commented that he was "outspoken and somewhat caustic in his remarks" but not tactless.
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about the merits of surgery compared to X-rays and radium in the treatment of cancer.
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In 1919, Furnivall took early retirement due to ill-health and subsequently moved to
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows, Royal College of Surgeons. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
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for Diseases of the Rectum and in January 1899 he was made assistant surgeon to the
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titled "Lays of the Track. XI Ye Champion" by F.F.S. appeared in
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professor of pathology and surgery, assistant surgeon to the
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Peterson, William S. (2007) . "Furnivall, Frederick James".
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Percy married Olive Mary Butlin, the eldest daughter of
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for Diseases of the Rectum and assistant surgeon to the
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Percy Furnivall was born in London on 5 April 1868 to
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Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
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Health Research Books. pp. 24–25. 305:I ts lasting glory, Time will never fade. 474: 472: 470: 468: 466: 464: 462: 335:, he took up a post as house surgeon at 301:N o flaw to dim the lustre, or to shade; 547: 545: 543: 541: 539: 494:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 458: 280:C areful to act on honour's noble plan; 276:R ich in the qualities that make a man, 284:Y ielding to none who dare the fight, 225:List of Percy Furnivall's race results 309:V ictor and modest-combination rare!- 7: 677:Deaths from throat cancer in England 441:, Vol. 149, No. 3848 (29 May 1897). 422:. Chatto & Windus, London, 1888. 339:and became an anatomy demonstrator. 213:, with whom he had three daughters. 405:. In February 1938 he wrote to the 360:Worshipful Society of Apothecaries 14: 577:"Pioneer of heart surgery found". 229:Furnivall was a champion amateur 629: 427:The Anatomie of the Bodie of Man 479:"Furnivall, Percy (1868–1938)". 347:, was also elected surgeon to 246:, that was published in 1888. 152:, that was published in 1888. 1: 447:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)95191-8 511:UK public library membership 383:Plarr's Lives of the Fellows 687:Medical doctors from London 667:British colorectal surgeons 599:Lakhovsky, Georges (1996). 370:Furnivall was described by 708: 523:Furnivall, Percy. 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FRCS

Colorectal surgery
FRCS
colorectal surgeon
Hunterian
Metropolitan Hospital
St Mark's Hospital
London Hospital
heart surgery
British Medical Journal
Frederick James Furnivall
Overend and Gurney
Oxford English Dictionary
Sir Henry Trentham Butlin

bicyclist
tricyclist
tandemist
acrostic
The Bicycling News
University College School
St Bartholomew's Hospital
Metropolitan Hospital
St Mark's Hospital
London Hospital
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
Henry Souttar
British Medical Journal
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

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