sir february july british surgeon specialised fundamental contributions comparative anatomy work structure evolution born educated london studying king college london followed final years medical training interrupted world war served war qualified surgeon studied france usa resuming career junior surgeon 1920s worked aspects throat surgery anatomy work contributing degree master surgery surgical innovations included designs operating table equipment major publications mechanism work clinical text diseases nose throat starting fourth edition awarded published medical papers works comparative anatomy senior surgeon consulting surgeon founders helping establish discipline newly formed member numerous international national organisations presided fourth international congress london period career following second world war worked anatomy played key role rebuilding establishing collections animal comparative married sons retired continued publish comparative anatomy history medicine honours retirement included fellowship king college london honorary degree medal honorary ireland honorary gold medal royal college england died aged early life education victor born february london youngest sons william née father solicitor justice peace deputy lieutenant victor pre university education took place awarded scholarship king college london strand studies years included subjects passing required examinations proceeded stage basic medical education nearby time located portugal street strand lincoln years study led membership known diploma marking formal qualification practice medicine final year studies usher funeral service lord westminster abbey connection generation came worked surgical house surgeon sir house surgeon stages training involved diseases ear nose throat direction influenced guided years following qualification worked started clinical training golden square interrupted outbreak world war served months war initially deployed 1st saw action trenches line machine gun battalion battle effects explosives period left followed period serving hospital barges posted 3rd division took deployed western opening months war later awarded star service ended surgical career family following discharge army advice guidance resumed studies preparations career throat surgery graduated london bachelor surgery taken surgical exams fellow qualification gain experience spent periods time abroad studying renowned firstly france secondly philadelphia usa return london clinical assistant point early surgical career took different approach common time leading surgeon ear nose throat undertook basic research structure lead higher degree publication books papers topic later years engaged research continued work appointed junior surgeon period following return usa promoted methods tools seen philadelphia jackson worked improve designs equipment surgery instruments developed collaboration included surgical innovations developed included operating table known table speaking valve use tubes helped develop strategies treatments throat cancer aid choice surgery married known eve sons david richard surgical medical teaching career continued progress appointed surgeon major work clinical medicine fourth edition diseases nose throat published work reference described years standard textbook english subject major literary contribution clinical medicine edition continued work earlier editions worked jointly new edition fifth edition worked men published following death sixth edition appeared family moved surrey second world war served medical capacity time retirement colleague appointed senior surgeon reached peak profession consulting surgeon post war period patients future prime minister winston_churchill diagnosed high frequency hearing loss retired clinical teaching work age comparative anatomy parallel career throat surgeon teaching hospital leading expert comparative anatomy nose strand professional life started research carried 1920s eventually led degree master surgery awarded work started early laboratories museum housed collections animal specimens gathered working specimens adding supplied carried meticulous enabled trace stages evolution development wide variety animals research submitted thesis excellence work recognised award gold medal degree addition gave april talk titled mechanism recognition work came professor followed years later awarding came prize following year published observations conclusions mechanism classic piece research referred years later standard reference book topic work shown main function valve allows air lower respiratory tract humans voice vital function lecture resulting work given auspices named german born british talk delivered november title observations law earlier works followed second world war publication work condensed updated version original work post war period increasingly study function nose organ sense smell role nose prompted wartime damage included loss parts collection contained specimens prepared hungarian adolf demonstrated undertook replace destroyed damaged specimens extend collection animal specimens work covered lecture delivered title introduction comparative anatomy nose followed years later publication later work carried retirement laboratories research years topics relation nose throat surgery led awarding medal presented following year delivered april titled comparative anatomy physiology respiratory tract relation clinical problems years later end life published legacy field assessed british surgeon comparative sir expert writing subject harrison states pioneer research mechanism animal established unique comparative harrison quotes scottish sir preface mechanism preface work described showing patient power assembling observation observation darwin hot pursuit function urged hunter societies administration leading practitioners served roles organisation administration national international level particular worked closely body responsible representation practising england wales organisation supported comparative anatomy located london president president training surgeon general surgery changing advent ear nose throat medicine combined specialised discipline colleagues attempted set necessary structure represent profession emerging regulations place allow type organisation planned led found able represent following war opted represent level member college worked set examination taken diploma reorganisation taking place background immense change medicine practised advent colleague writing credits having represent interests established major right president number held including fourth international congress large event took place london week july held great hall king college london attended specialists countries patron king congress opened president host annual meeting held london august september treasurer associated gave talks numerous medical societies abroad connections ranging honorary corresponding honorary foreign societies included american countries included sweden denmark canada usa austria france italy hungary turkey opined obituary unlikely surgeon honoured societies following retirement continued involvement trustee later chairman trustees collection included specimens research thirty years earlier published books history college collections history trustees collection artistic possessions honours awards legacy later years received awards honours fellow king college london july received honorary fellowship tributes followed honorary doctor science conferred london honorary fellow years later knight bachelor taking place buckingham palace february august turn ireland honorary fellowship addition awards continued lectures including demonstration awarded lecture april received william chicago usa monumental contributions science february sir sir stanford presented honorary gold medal royal college england award thirty times prior ceremony presented liberal acts distinguished discoveries improvement natural knowledge healing art medal presented sir president paid tribute sir distinguished served council opted member known great research worker scientist earned medal man exceptional integrity industry persistent advocate value tradition best sense paid tribute wife crafted presented college coat arms responding thanked members privilege having college facilities concluding honour mark approval work feel sit leave carry like thank inviting wife day taken great died july age survived wife children status history remarked obituary times stated worthy fourth appeared range medical journals course biographical entries appeared volume lives photographic portraits held collections london archives relating houses reserve collections sections animals additional collections animal heads prepared held london selected publications books mechanism diseases nose throat 4th edition 5th edition 6th edition comparative anatomy physiology comparative anatomy physiology nose williams articles course evolutionary history man evidence nose archives obituary observations air conditioning mechanism nose annals sir archives voice annals named lectures mechanism lecture observations law lecture september introduction comparative anatomy nose ann comparative anatomy physiology respiratory tract relation clinical problems ann lecture october bull
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