Sir Peter James Kerley KCVO CBE was an Irish radiologist famous for his role in the lung surgery of King George VI and the naming of the radiological sign in heart failure, Kerley lines.
15 Facts About Peter Kerley
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Peter Kerley's father was a low income grocer and could not afford Kerley's education.
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Peter Kerley assisted Seymour Cochrane Shanks to edit a major radiology textbook, 'A Textbook of X-ray Diagnosis by British Authors' in 1939.
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The first two editions of Recent Advances in Radiology was another later book, Peter Kerley had spent time to organise.
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Peter Kerley became director of radiology at the Westminster Hospital in 1939 and became affiliated with the Royal Chest Hospital, London.
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Peter Kerley wrote numerous articles including his celebrated St Cyres lecture, the 'Radiology of the Pulmonary Circulation' and edited the Journal of the Faculty of Radiologists.
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Peter Kerley was involved at various times in his career, with the National Heart Hospital, King Edward VII's Sanatorium, Midhurst, the Ministry of Aviation, Shell and Esso.
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Whilst working at Westminster and the Royal Chest Hospital, Peter Kerley published on the X-ray features of early Pulmonary tuberculosis.
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Peter Kerley gave one of the earliest accounts of chest X-ray and contrast, that is bronchography and lipiodol.
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Peter Kerley was a key figure in the investigations during the king's illness in the days prior to the operation.
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Peter Kerley particularly enjoyed fishing and would travel to the River Dee to catch salmon.
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Peter Kerley received many awards and honours during his working life and after retirement.
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Peter Kerley received the Order of the British Empire in 1951 and in 1959 he became a member of honour of the Chicago Radiological Society, an honorary fellow of the American College of Radiologists and the Australasian College of Radiology.
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Peter Kerley was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972 in recognition of his services to radiology and as radiologist to the Royal Family.
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Peter Kerley discovered several of the medical signs used in interpreting radiographs.